A Cartus employee shares her experience of selling and buying a home during the pandemic and how the process has changed to a mostly virtual experience. Read on for the good and the bad—and helpful tips—in this “new normal” of real estate transactions.

For many years now, we have been in an inclining—as opposed to declining—real estate market, with the seller’s market performing exceptionally well in many areas!

When the CARES Act was implemented in March, one provision allowed mortgage holders to request a forbearance of their mortgage if they were experiencing a hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

As our reality becomes more virtual by the minute, face-to-face interactions (even with social distancing) are difficult to schedule. So, what alternatives are there to keep moving forward when so much has paused? To help our Clients stay on course, Cartus’ Property Evaluation Team partnered with…