REAL ESTATE MARKET PLAYERS POTENTIAL IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON THE REAL ESTATE MARKET (REIM, 2020) Fig 1 presents a flow diagram which show the potential impact of the global pandemic, Covid 19 to real estate activities and giving proposed strategies to help mitigate the risk that comes with the global pandemic. Zimbabwean government declared a Covid 19 induced state lockdown in trying to curb the spread of the global pandemic which is resulting in massive loss of life. This resulted in unexpected halt in production and trading activities which support the real estate investments. Commercial real estate market is one of the worst hit market as occupiers now resort to home offices and relying on online trading. This resulted in occupiers who rely on walk in customers not being able to operate thus incapacitated to pay rent. This implies that commercial real estate owners will incur risk of low Net Property Income and the financiers through Commercial Mortgage ...