Home Buying and Selling During the Pandemic: What You Need to Know

(Via HouseLogic) LEANNE POTTS

Technology and good-old-fashioned creativity are helping agents, buyers, and sellers abide by COVID-19 health and safety practices while getting deals done.

Some buyers are touring houses virtually. Others visit in person while remaining at least six feet from their agent. Sellers are hosting open houses on Facebook Live. Appraisers are doing drive-by valuations. Buyers are watching inspections via video call. Masked and gloved notaries are getting signatures on doorsteps.

“We have had to make some adjustments, for sure,” says Brian K. Henson, a REALTOR® with Atlanta Fine Homes / Sotheby’s International Realty in Alpharetta, Ga. “Everyone is trying to minimize face-to-face interactions. There have been some delays, but mostly, deals are getting done, just with tweaks.”

Here’s what home buying and selling during the pandemic looks like.

Showings Go Virtual

Safe-Showing Guidelines

Down Payment Help

Inspections Via Live Video

Mortgage Rates and Locks

Employment Verification

Walk-throughs

Remote Notarization Depends On Where You Live

Closings Get Creative

Student Loan Relief

So, Should You Buy or Sell?

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