Are you buying or selling a home? COVID-19 concerns are impacting the real estate business, according to an expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are still sales,\u201d according to Arizona Realtor Association President Mary Roberts. \u201dPeople will always need to find people always needing to sell. They could get job transfers, getting into a new school year. It\u2019s always going to be buyers and sellers having to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As cases continue to rise, Roberts said she is advising real estate agents to ask clients questions they don\u2019t typically ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf they\u2019ve been sick or anybody in their immediate family has been sick,\u201d she said. “Ask them if they traveled either on a cruise or to a foreign country. I think that\u2019s very important. We shouldn\u2019t be just expected to go meet somebody at a house and be maybe exposed to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the health concerns, Roberts said certain clients may still choose to go to showing or hold open houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have my personal opinion; I would not do them,\u201d she said. \u201cBut they should ask their broker and see what their broker suggests. I think it\u2019s a big liability at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from social distancing, and handwashing, she offered tips to those who show their home. \u201cThey should turn on all of the lights, open all the doors, everything so that if somebody comes in, we can ask them not to touch anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russ Lyon Southeby\u2019s International Realty has used more social media to showcase homes on the market. Roberts said we may start to see more virtual home tours, which give prospective buyers a 360-degree view of properties online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said it\u2019s good for the time being, but doesn\u2019t replace getting a feel for the neighborhood. \u201dI think people will really want to get a feeling so that when they walk in the house, they feel themselves as having lived there and working there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the time being, Roberts said she is balancing health concerns and career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI make sure I wipe things down; I wear gloves when I do showings and, of course, the 6-foot limit being next to the clients. Another practice a lot of realtors will take their clients in the car, and at this time, I personally will just have them follow me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are you buying or selling a home? COVID-19 concerns are impacting the real estate business, according to an expert. \u201cThere are still sales,\u201d according to Arizona Realtor Association President Mary Roberts. \u201dPeople will always need to find people always needing to sell. They could get job transfers, getting into a new school year. It\u2019s always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[40,62,9,23],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-market","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-real-estate-market","tag-thailand-housing-market"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t