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Real estate returning to normal: Open houses are actually open again
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - The real estate market has offered another sign that things are getting back to the way they used to be: Open houses are actually open again.This is the first time that’s happened in more than a year.It’s an old marketing tool Realtors have used for decades.Covid put a stop to it, but now they’re back.Realtor Colin Humber did something Sunday he hasn’t done in nearly a year-and-a-half; he hosted an open house."We’re so excited to be back. It’s a completely different experience," said Humber, with Twin Oaks Real Estate. COVID forced the traditional marketing tool to be halted temporarily but on May 12, the California Department of Health updated guidance allowing the practice to resume.Homeowner Jenny Soi is trying to