“Sellers are nervous and
buyers
are fickle.”
The atmosphere is very tense on the real estate market, reports Olivier Pujol, negotiator in a notarial office.
“Our role takes on its full meaning in this context.
You have to show a lot of pedagogy because the feverishness will settle for some time, ”
explains this real estate expert.
Sellers are not yet ready to lower their prices although the context is less favorable to them.
As for the buyers, who know that they are in a strong position, they want to make the best deal possible.
But by dint of waiting for a potential drop in prices, buyers let slip the rising credit rates which weigh on their purchasing power.
This sometimes generates behavior that is confusing to say the least.
This is how a buyer recently made an offer at the price for an apartment that nevertheless required major work.
"He fell in love with this property located a stone's throw from his current address"
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