Expectations and high prices in the face of the rush to buy a house: "The houses are crazy"

Just 10 meters separate

from the couple that make up

José is looking for a low house with a garden in the central almond of Madrid, while Mari Carmen and Javier want a bigger and more spacious house to move to outside the capital now that their little one has just been born.

a young man whose company buys houses and properties to later sell them to clients such as José, Mari Carmen and Javier,

also walks near them

.

All this happened yesterday in one of the corners of the Ifema pavilion where these days

, the Madrid Real Estate Exhibition,

is being held

in its autumn edition.

The scene itself is a metaphor for the day:

that, although high, does not satisfy the enormous fervor with which buyers and sellers attend.

The first, with the hope of acquiring the house of their dreams, and the second, with the idea of ​​doing a round business.

Some and others moved yesterday among the more than 70

distributed throughout the premises, a bustle that summed up well the current situation of the housing market in Spain:

train

We have come for the first time to see what was at the fair,

because being homes of this type that are close to Madrid, since the coronavirus they have sold themselves

tells it

, a veteran of the sector who has come to the Show to market a housing development in

(Segovia). As she explains to those who come to her, these are semi-detached single-storey chalets, plots starting at 420 meters "with a very modern design", and with two, three and four bedrooms. "We have come for the first time to see what was at the fair,

because being homes of this type that are close to Madrid, since the coronavirus they have been sold alone," he explains to

. While she responds in the capital, there are another 10 visits programmed in the pilot villa of the promotion, whose price begins to count at

.

It is not what José Lorenzo is looking for, the man who wants a bass with a garden in the central almond of Madrid.

"I have come looking for something very specific that it is very difficult for me to find because I like to live in the center, but having a garden at home there is a luxury," he says while walking loaded with bags.

The problem of Mari Carmen and Javier is the opposite.

They do find homes that fit what they are looking for, but

says Mari Carmen.

Unlike José, the couple live for rent in the big city and look for something more spacious and bright on the outskirts to move with their newborn baby.

Those who have attended the Sima in previous editions assure that the Hall "is no longer what it used to be."

The pandemic still slows the attendance of many firms, but that does not detract from the interest of many people who aspire to find good alternatives in this renewed

housing

in Spain.

And not just buying alternatives, as explained by a young couple from Madrid who prefer not to give their name and who have come to look for a rental house for their next summer vacation in the north of the country.

"What we are seeing in these first hours of the fair is a reflection of what is happening this year with housing and the great interest that there is," says

delegate of the

marketer

in the central area of ​​Madrid.

"We have had a barbarous 2021.

The trend has been seen in the numbers of homes sold this year, although we have noticed the big change in the type of home that customers demand," he adds.

"Before they gave priority to the location and now a good terrace, light and living spaces

for families is

. All this product has sold very well this year," he assures.

Raquel points out another of the changes that have caught her attention in this edition.

"Normally we have some offer that makes a

to attract attendees, but that strategy is not being necessary now. Unlike previous years, in which we had to offer for example free writing expenses, this year we see that it does not do nothing like that needs to be done, neither in the Sima nor in the day-to-day life, "he says.

Despite this, they will offer free deed expenses to all sales that take place in the Sima and that have the Spanish coast as their destination.

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