HousingWire: Some Colorado Counties Allow In-Person Showings Starting this Week
On Sunday, April 26, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued a “Safer at Home” order, allowing certain businesses and industries to begin re-opening. Polis’ orders include in-person real estate showings, but won’t allow for open houses. Some counties have chosen to enact their own, more stringent stay-at-home orders.
HousingWire spoke with several Colorado REALTORS® about how they and their clients are being affected.
“In terms of showing houses in the last month, the only way we’ve been able to do it is by FaceTime, if the seller was willing to FaceTime with us, and by taking virtual tours and driving by so we weren’t able to do it in person,” Boulder-area REALTOR® Kelly Moye said. “I did have a few clients who bought homes like that, and went under contract based on FaceTime showings.”
“Even though this stay at home order is changing for certain places today, that doesn’t mean that all sellers are feeling comfortable with people coming in,” Moye said. “So, you have to look at it from their perspective. Some of my clients were not pleased that showings could happen today, because they just don’t feel safe yet.”
Denver-area REALTOR® Alison Zuckert said, “There are so many people who are asymptomatic with this particular virus, of course there are concerns. If you are sick and you don’t know you’re sick, then you go into a house and then something happens and it’s a liability. I think it’s definitely a time for all of us to pause and really make sure that our clients’ best interest is always at the forefront.”