Housing prices before and during covid-19 pandemic: A case study of district Mardan, Pakistan

Abstract

This study aims to know about the housing prices before and during covid-19 in District Mardan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Initially covid-19 pandemic occurs in China and spread all over the world. In this study views of different property dealers about the housing sector during Covid 19have been surveyed. In response, different property dealers had different views about the housing sector in district Mardan. This study also explores the condition of deals before covid that what they were faced in housing sector. The property dealers said that the housing sector is badly affected, and the business of housing is stopped. The government of Pakistan did not provide any proper planning about the housing sector and the property dealer are not agreeing with that. The price of raw material is increasing due to Covid 19. In the urban area most of business is affected due to pandemic. In the pandemic the rent payment is affected. The rent payments are postponed due to covid-19 because all the businesses are stop and no one come out from the houses.