aviva Property panic-buying could be the path to home-buyers’ regret HALF of UK home-buyers who bought during pandemic regret how much they paid Nearly a QUARTER of home-buyers paid over the asking price during the pandemic, compared to 8% in the previous 12 months 94% of pandemic property purchasers* felt under pressure to buy quickly, taking 46 minutes to view Two fifths of home-buyers viewed their properties in person between March 2020 and June 2021 NINE OUT OF TEN people who bought during the pandemic found problems with their properties after moving in - compared to 69% of all home-buyers surveyed