“I will take what I can”: the rise in rates is already upsetting real estate purchase plans

Originally, Lucie imagined being able to buy the apartment of her dreams with three bedrooms, a terrace or a balcony, in the city center of Montpellier (Hérault). But the 34-year-old pastry chef, single mother of a 10-year-old daughter, was quickly disillusioned at the sight of rising mortgage interest rates. “In the end, I’m aiming for a three-room apartment only, she confides. I even think that I won’t be able to buy a favorite or a supermarket… I’ll take what I can, to avoid staying a tenant all my life. »