{"id":2458787,"date":"2020-05-23T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/scott-bayens-reopening-the-real-estate-market-and-the-interesting-road-ahead\/"},"modified":"2020-05-24T07:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T13:59:05","slug":"scott-bayens-reopening-the-real-estate-market-and-the-interesting-road-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/scott-bayens-reopening-the-real-estate-market-and-the-interesting-road-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Bayens: Reopening the real estate market and the interesting road ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

<\/p>

Scott Bayens<\/strong>
<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It\u2019s been a long, strange trip the past two months for our family and nearly everyone we\u2019ve been talking to. Many we know have been out of work, laboring instead to secure unemployment or emergency funds, yet others have been working 50 hour weeks.<\/p>\n

This week, a slow and cautious reawaking starts in the Roaring Fork and Aspen areas and more aggressively around the country.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all anxious to come out from behind our screens, get back to the office and enjoy some real face time (albeit masked). But polls also show most of us are nervous about our re-emergence as we watch the national death toll approach 100,000 souls and continue to rise. Here in the Roaring Fork Valley, it is clear we flattened the curve after deaths in March from Aspen to Glenwood Springs. As hard as hunkering down was, these next few weeks might provide another level of anxiety as we begin to see second homeowners return, some without face coverings, and tourists beginning to arrive.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, it\u2019s back to work for local real estate brokers and for some, it\u2019s been game on. The past two weeks since the first restrictions were lifted, we\u2019ve seen a frenzy of activity. As Aspen Times reporter Scott Condon wrote last week, homes in the midvalley between $500,00 to 750<\/a>,000 are going under contract in two or three days and in some cases with multiple offers. The reason? Pent-up demand, record low interest rates and the everyday need for housing.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n