With the coronavirus outbreak slow to flatten and wreaking havoc on the housing market, real estate agents across the country are feeling frustrated and lost. In reality, the need for their work has never been stronger, Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler said at Inman’s virtual real state conference, Connect Now, on Thursday.

Miedler said that signs of improvement and pent-up demand are already emerging clearly in states that opened up in the past few months. The initial panic of whether agents would have a job post-pandemic is being pushed out by a variety of new markets and housing needs that are currently emerging.