Searches for homes with pools are rising during pandemic, real estate brokerage CEO says

'I think this is going to be a continuous shift until there's a vaccine,' Robert Reffkin, CEO of Compass, told CNBC.

said searches on Compass' website for homes with pools were up threefold, while online inquiries for homes with outdoor spaces were up two times. Searches for single-family homes have risen 40% while those for condominiums and co-ops had decreased, he added.

Overall, he said minimum square space requirement in searches is up around 10% from pre-pandemic levels. Interest has also shifted geographically, with more people looking at less-dense areas.showed an increase in housing activity, which had been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Compass saw a bottoming in activity about two to three weeks ago across all of its 135 markets, Reffkin said. "We have seen in-contract listing activity go up back to pre-Covid levels in over 90% of our markets."

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