What happens to a local property market when a city, town or region is told to go into lockdown?
In Aberdeen this week First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, re-introduced lockdown for a period of seven days. But viewings will already have been booked for that period and transactions taking place.
The Scottish Government hasn’t put a hold on the property market functioning, but it has insisted that estate agents and others in the industry follow ‘best practice’ in terms of coronavirus guidelines. England, Wales and North Ireland will follow similar procedures.
This means estate agencies don’t have to close the local branch and they can still go ahead with viewing (provided it is socially-distanced with only one person per household and that everyone attending wears a mask). They stress that in the first place though viewings should be via video or online. Physical viewings are only appropriate for buyers or tenants who seem very likely to purchase or rent.
