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Shortage of property ”, “
more maintained
” housing
, “
investors on the run
”, “
increased conflicts with tenants
”, Lyon real estate agents do not have words harsh enough to describe the first year of rent control In Lyon.
During a conference organized this Thursday morning, the
professionals of the Unis Lyon-Rhône painted an unflattering portrait of the measure put in place by the metropolis of Lyon on November 1, 2021.
T1 and T2 down.
Some owners had to rent 200 euros less than what he was doing so far.
While conversely, prices from T3 have gone up
, ”explains Olivier Dumas, data manager at Unis Lyon-Rhône.
For Patrick Lozani, the measure has thus created a erosion of more than 10% of small surface apartments for rent.
“
While the measure was made for the youngest, today, on this kind of apartment, we have 90 calls for a property.
The reality is that professionals are penalized and that, ultimately,
it will benefit sleep merchants who will take advantage of the situation by doing anything
, ”laments the president of Unis Lyon-Rhône.
And Olivier Dumas to abound: “
today in Lyon, in September, there are families in tears because they cannot find an apartment for their child.
Finally, the reality is that some owners will raise the stakes without going through the professionals
”.
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Average rents by district in Lyon and Villeurbanne.
United Lyon-Rhône
Growing real estate tension
In 2022, according to figures from the United, real estate tension, that is to say the relationship between supply and demand, increased by 68%.
A particularly exacerbated tension, therefore, on small surfaces (studio / T1 / T2) which represent 60% of the Lyon stock.
The Covid crisis and the war in Ukraine have also contributed to the scarcity of apartments on the Lyon market, where there has been an increase in the duration of housing occupancy.
More broadly, the drop in the number of constructions in Lyon, the increasing restriction of the conditions of access to loans, in particular for first-time buyers, and the forthcoming exclusion from the rental of classified F and G housing (10,000 housing units in the mainland de Lyon) leave the real estate world wary about the future of the sector in Lyon.
“
We created a sea serpent that we control more and more difficult.
Between 15% and 18% of owners have left the rental market and those who remain can no longer maintain their property because rents are capped
,” said the president of the United.
According to the latter, citing figures for Greater Lyon, in 2022, 60 apartments were reported as part of rent control, 29 procedures initiated and seven rents were lowered.
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