like other sectors adversely affected by the pandemic real estate too is finding the going tough a third of prospective homebuyers have put their purchases on hold claims a magicbricks surveyhome buying plans are being put on hold1 in 3 respondents either putting home buying plans on hold or abandoning plans altogether buying intent temporarily hit in tier 1 citiesexpected delays in home purchase people want to spend less on buying property3 out of 4 respondents want to decrease their budget for buying a home end users likely to return firstinvestors more likely to defer buying plans buying timeline shifting by months52 buyers want to postpone buying plansprecovid56 had either shortlisted or were actively looking to buy property in less than 6 monthspost covidamong those who identified property and were planning to buy within 03 months key factors in property buying decisionprice most critical as we enter phase of cautious spendingprice of the projectjob and business stabilityattractive deals and discountsreturn on investmentstimely completion of projectsavailability of cheap loansobstacles in the way of buying property in postcovid worldprice uncertaintytimely handover of projectvisiting property sitesgetting loansregistry and documentationbuyers are uncertain about prices across citiesunease highest in ncr and mumbai the two places badly hit by the pandemic percentage of respondents feeling uncertaindelhi ncr 57mumbai 52kolkata 50hyderabad 50bengaluru 49ahmedabad 48pune 47chennai 45what are buyers looking forbuyers have multiple expectations from developerslower pricesrelaxed terms for down paymentswoodwork and kitchen fittingsminimal property visitsonline paperworkonline registrydiscounts an immediate trigger for buyingin a postcovid world discounts could lure buyers into immediate purchase source magicbricks property buyer sentiment survey the study was conducted with 1900 respondentsclick hereto download et onlines guide to everything personal finance in the times of covid19