Sydney renters fearful of COVID-19 infection during open house inspections

It is becoming clear the Greater Sydney COVID-19 lockdown, and its effect on the property market, is presenting challenges for renters. Key points: A property market researcher says landlords are increasingly selling their properties The lockdown in Sydney means there are restrictions on inspections and open houses The NSW Tenants Union is concerned restrictions are being broken and renters are afraid to speak up But what they fear most, according to the Tenants Union of NSW, is having strangers who are potentially infectious with COVID-19 moving through their home on inspection days if their landlord decides to sell. The tenants union said that under Sydney lockdown restrictions, real estate agents were only allowed to show homes to one person a day and could only do that twice a week. But CEO of the Tenants Union of NSW, Leo Patterson Ross, said he had heard from tenants who said some realtors had been trying to break this limit. “People are very worried about being asked to let people into their home,” Mr Paterson Ross said. “[But] it’s the people coming in [to the home] that are most at risk initially. “It’s out of a concern of the spread within the community.” Real estate association has not heard of… Read full this story

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