Moroccan Real Estate Market Plunges: Prices and Transactions Plummet Amid Economic Crisis

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Moroccan Real Estate Market Plunges: Prices and Transactions Plummet Amid Economic Crisis

The Moroccan real estate market continues its downward slide. According to the index of real estate asset prices published by Bank Al-Maghrib, there is a 3.3% drop, with decreases of 3.8% for residential prices, 3% for land prices and 0.9% for prices of professional properties.

Real estate is being hit hard by the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. And this, in all segments of the sector. The volume of transactions has decreased by 42.8%, due to the decline in sales of all categories, i.e. 38.2% for residential, 53.7% for land and 54.2% for professional properties.

As for the number of transactions, it has seen a 56.1% decrease compared to last year. These figures result from declines of 55.3% for residential, 59.1% for land and 57.2% for professional properties.