Covid19: what is the outcome for sellers and buyers one year after the start of the pandemic?

The real estate market has experienced very strong fluctuations in 2020. After a sharp drop in transactions during the first lockdown, a very strong recovery took place in May 2020, before slowing down again in November and then picking up again in January 2021.
Also, the health crisis has increased the tension of the real estate market and the shortage of real estate that existed before the Covid-19 crisis, has worsened. Despite this, buyers' morale is resilient. 54 % of buyers believe that real estate remains a safe investment and 49% of those planning to buy a property believe that the health crisis will create new opportunities.
However, the tightening of mortgage conditions  and the deterioration in purchasing power linked to the economic consequences of the health crisis mean that 77 % of buyers do not have confidence that their project will be completed in the next 6 months.