Because of the coronavirus, more and more people are trying to get out of town. In April, the demand for luxury houses has risen by 60-80% in comparison with March. The volume of supply in January–April decreased by 35%, while the price of expensive suburban real estate increased by a third since the end of 2019. The interest of buyers to country houses has led to the fact that brokers in the real estate market changed their strategies and instead of flats began to offer customers the cottages.On the background of the pandemic coronavirus interest of Muscovites to the elite suburban real estate continues to grow, analysts estimated. According Oxe Capital, in April the number of requests for big-budget rent country houses increased by 82.3 per cent compared to March. Uncharacteristic season interest in summer cottages tenants have started to show a month ago, but after 25 March, President Vladimir Putin announced after hours April, “began the real excitement in the segment of short-term rental”, analysts say. However, the tenants had to adjust their requests and to negotiate for a longer contract term. First customers tried to rent a cottage for two months and less, but in the luxury segment this proposal is virtually absent, add Oxe Capital. The growth of interest in renting expensive houses and confirm at Knight Frank. In the first quarter the number of queries was two times more than in January—March 2019, said the Director of Department of country real estate Knight Frank Oleg Mikhailik. A similar trend has affected the sales of country real estate in Oxe Capital recorded a 62.4% more queries than in March. At Knight Frank, however, added that the transaction is not closed, forming a pent-up demand.The recovery in the rental market led to the fact that the volume of supply of high-budget homes in the suburbs in January—April decreased by 35%, according to Knight Frank. According to consultants, in this segment, the average rental rate amounted to 1.6 million rubles. per month, which is 30% more than the end of 2019. The rising cost in Knight Frank is associated with the fall of the ruble: about half of the luxury homes are priced in the currency.The desire of buyers to move to the time of the pandemic for the city has helped not only to owners of cottages, and brokers in the real estate market. The Agency’s founder of Apple Real Estate Danila Savchenko told “Kommersant” that the coronavirus has affected the change of strategy of the company. In March, Apple Real Estate, which specializiruetsya on lease premium apartments stagnated: about a third of the demand, the company has previously provided tenant-expatriates who prefer to return home.In the end, the Agency has begun to engage in country houses, and this segment contributed to more than 70% of the company’s revenues for April. Found cottages were quickly removed. “In the current circumstances no long wide��s and “I must consult with my wife”: people booked the cottages through photos and transferred money on the same day,” says Mr. Savchenko.According to him, the most popular destinations rental houses are Rublevskoe, Novorizhskoe and Minsk highway. In addition, demand for houses by the water, for example, in the area of the Pirogov reservoir. The average area of rented houses amounted to 300-400 sq. m, adds Danila Savchenko.Elizaveta Makarova
