Russians rushed to find apartments and home goods

In the first quarter of 2020 Russian Internet users are actively interested in for sale, houses, apartments, and home goods, in particular appliances. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to data of “Avito”.

Dimensions of the site for ad placement note that, apparently, many in the new year want to make your home space more comfortable. The number of requests with the words “house” and “apartment” for three months has reached two million. Most of these queries were not directly related to finding housing — people are rather looking for items for the house. In the top level of demand for got furniture and appliances — sofas, TVs and refrigerators.

In March, the focus of Russians who use the service have shifted: people are stronger than usual interest in means of antiviral protection, spring clothing and products for the house. “Probably, users would not expect the introduction of the isolation and quietly prepared for the coming of the new season,” — experts explain. According to them, have also seen an incredible jump in demand for buckwheat: in March it was looking for 727 percent more than in February.

Earlier in April it became known that in the first week of April, the demand for construction materials in Russia by physical persons has increased by 70 per cent compared with the figure for the same period in March. At the same time the number of requests for different types of materials were leading plumbing products — the citizens rushed to repair bathrooms and toilets.