The Ontario Real Estate Association is calling for the end to open houses while the province and world deals with the coronavirus pandemic.
The call is for real estate agents to immediately end all open houses, especially while the province is in a state of emergency, which the Ford government declared earlier in the week. “I am calling on all Realtors to cease holding open houses during this crisis and advise their clients to cancel any that are planned,” said OREA President Sean Morrison in a release Saturday. “If a client has an urgent need to sell or buy a home during the COVID-19 crisis, there are other real estate tools that Realtors can use for showing a property, including virtual tours.” Morrison said he knows that clients will