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Cameron Sperance Boston.com correspondent April 6, 2021 7:07 pm
COVID-proofing and a crowded weekend open house at a coveted property seem mutually exclusive, yet area realtors emphasize they are going above and beyond to keep everyone involved safe.
The Greater Boston housing crunch didn’t slow down for the pandemic, and realtors are staying busy with home viewings. But now they have to build in more time and a marketing budget around cleaning and showing homes with health guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in mind.
“I was on phone calls for five hours a day talking about how we help our realtor community come out of the pandemic,’’ said Melvin A. Vieira Jr., a realtor with Re/Max Destiny who handled government affairs during the early months of the pandemic for the Greater Boston Association of Realtors.
Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent April 7, 2021 9:00 am
Beyond the mulched flower beds and staged living rooms, it’s not a pretty scene: increasingly desperate buyers striking out on offer after offer and would-be sellers afraid to list their homes for fear they won’t be able to buy one themselves. With buyer demand dwarfing the inventory of homes for sale, the spring 2021 real estate market is already a heartbreaker.
We asked realtors, lenders, appraisers, home inspectors, stagers, and movers for tips on how to navigate this season’s housing hysteria. . Jezper/Shutterstock.com
BUYING
The bigger the down payment, the better.Prices are rising so fast in this market that appraisals sometimes fall short of the agreed-upon price, and banks generally won’t lend beyond that limit which is one reason sellers like to see a large down payment that can cover the difference. “If there are five offers on the table, one of those people is going to have a sui
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