“…The Covid-19 pandemic, which was one of the most severe health crises in recent years (Machaczka & Stopa, 2022;Migała-Warchoł & Pichla, 2021;Kinnunen et at., 2021;Banaszyk et al, 2021), affected many aspects of economic activities, including the housing market processes (Bełej, 2022) and even caused fear and anxiety (Loan et al, 2021). Previous studies revealed that coronavirus occurrence contributed to a decrease in the rental prices of flats, altered housing preferences (Tomal & Helbich, 2022), and caused changes in the real estate professionals' operations (Kania & Kmieć, 2022). Still, some significant research gaps can be identified in the last of the mentioned items.…”