February 2021

Trying to catch a glimpse past the horizon

February 22, 2021Picking up the thread ….trying to catch a glimpse past the horizon, into the undiscovered country that lies ahead in 2021, fore-armed with one measure of hindsight gleaned from 2020: Expect the unexpected and be prepared to adopt and improvise as the need arises. Here’s my short list of market projections from last week: COVID has disrupted the traditional seasonal pattern of real estate. Don’t try to time the market in 2021. The right season to sell or buy is now. Prices won’t soften in...

Expect the unexpected and be prepared to adopt and improvise

February 16, 2021Picking up the thread ….trying to catch a glimpse past the horizon, into the undiscovered country that lies ahead in 2021, fore-armed with one measure of hindsight gleaned from 2020: Expect the unexpected and be prepared to adopt and improvise as the need arises. Here’s my short list of market projections from last week: COVID has disrupted the traditional seasonal pattern of real estate. Don’t try to time the market in 2021. The right season to sell or buy is now. Prices won’t soften in...

Are we having fun yet?

February 8, 2021Sixteen days into the new year! Are we having fun yet? It’s human nature to think that once we’d made it to 2021, we’d be able to wipe the slate clean and start over. Early returns suggest otherwise.. Covid is surging worse than ever. Vaccines are on the way, but when they’ll arrive is a mystery. Pre-existing rents in the fabric of democracy have been further torn asunder with uncivil unrest and insurrection but whether the inauguration of a new president will make a difference...

New Years REOM

February 1, 2021Welcome to the new year. Congratulations on getting to the other side even when you thought 2020 would never end! Now that we’ve partied like it was 2020, hunkered down, masked up, socially distanced from the latest surge..let’s resume our search for the greater meaning behind the shock, fear, gratitude, courage and humility we all felt last year. Hindsight is 2020 but when it comes to this 2020, it’s going to take awhile to make sense of it all. In A Tale of Two Cities,...