Forced to close their agencies, real estate professionals will also not be able to visit property during confinement, whether for purchase or rental, confirms this Friday morning the Ministry of Ecological Transition, on which depends housing.
"The goal is to limit traffic, therefore to avoid travel", we justify.
As with the first confinement, real estate agencies will therefore be able to deploy the “virtual visit”, but it is often only a first glimpse before a first physical visit and does not complete a purchase.
The professional unions - Fnaim, Plurience and Unis - demanded, Thursday, in a joint statement that "the visits to housing (be) considered as a reason for exceptional travel", but their appeal has not yet been heard .
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The rule is the same for the private individual: it is forbidden to visit an apartment or a house, for sale or for rent.
However, again this Friday morning, on real estate portals, ads for properties to rent "immediately", or to visit this weekend despite the confinement, were published.
Any offender is liable to a fine of 135 euros.
Moves well authorized
For the real estate sector, it is a new blow after the first confinement which had completely stopped the sector for almost two months, before a recovery on the hats of wheels then a clear slowdown.
This time, the impact of confinement should be more limited, the bulk of transactions generally being carried out before the start of the school year.
The moves are, them, well authorized, "as soon as one can prove that one has a new lease", explains the ministry.
In this case, it is still possible to move with a specialized company or by yourself, but without the possibility of getting help from friends.
"Getting help from friends is not compatible with the rules for the protection of confinement," we explained to the office of the Minister of Housing.
Signing sales at notaries (for goods visited before confinement, therefore) is also permitted, remotely when possible, if not in office.