Baptiste Morin, edited by Juliette Moreau Alvarez 06:09, January 04, 2023
In 2023, the real estate market was turned upside down by new legislation.
Goods that consume too much energy can no longer be rented out.
Professionals in the sector already fear that this new law will have serious economic consequences on the market.
Since January 1, the most energy-intensive properties can no longer be put back on the rental market.
In total, some 700,000 homes are affected by this change in legislation.
The ax is the DPE, the energy performance diagnosis, which determines the classification of the property.
Today, some real estate professionals fear that they will weigh on the market in 2023.
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50,000 diagnoses per week
In 2022, the real estate market experienced a shift.
After the summer, the number of transactions and the price per square meter fell.
For Charles Marinakis, president of Century 21 France, the increase in credit rates has obviously played a role, but so has the growing importance of energy performance diagnostics.
However, according to him, the means are lacking.
"The diagnosticians are not able to do it, they don't all have the right certifications and if you have work to do, you no longer find the craftsmen to do it," he explains.
"So even if we would like to apply the texts and do it, we are lacking the means. We are not in working order to respect the texts."
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This is false, answer the diagnosticians.
50,000 assessments are carried out each week in France.
"Perhaps some are crying wolf because they don't want to do the work because it costs them money and because it makes them lose return on their real estate", replies Yannick Ainouche, president of the Chamber of Real Estate Diagnosticians of the National Real Estate Federation.
By 2034, the rental ban must affect nearly 14 million homes.