Effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on home buying in the UK in 2021
However, concerns of financial security and the home buying process being harder were also registered at high rates. 71 percent of prospective home buyers were worried about their financial security, 68 percent reported that lockdowns made it harder to buy homes. This shows that while the motivation and interest in buying homes was large, but the conditions of lockdown and the financial impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were a big barrier towards making purchases.