Local Real Estate Market Booms Despite Pandemic
by Cheryl Hentz | Globe Miami Times
The 3/ bedroom/2 bath home rents for $1300/month in Globe. “These properties are typically on the market for less than a week.” says Debbie Cox of Service First Realty. She recommends that people look about 30 days in advance when ready to rent,” Any time sooner than that will not be helpful as the inventory moves too quickly. Courtesy Photo
The way the world does business has changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes how real estate agents and brokers approach the business of marketing and selling houses, even renting them.
Instead, agents are meeting buyers at listed properties, sometimes even letting them tour vacant properties by themselves.
In cases where the properties are occupied, agents and buyers are donning masks and sometimes gloves, using hand sanitizer, and touring the homes while physically distancing, not shaking hands, and making sure not to touch things for fear of possibly spreading the virus.
