Region's housing market is booming despite COVID-19

Region's housing market is booming despite COVID-19

PROMOTE HEALTHFOR OUR CLIENTS."SO OWNER BRETTHICKEY HAS BEENTAKING TRAININGSESSIONS INTO LIVINGROOMS WHETHERIT'S FACETIME, ORZOOM, IT'S A CHANCEFOR HIM TO STILLHELP HIS CLIENTSEVEN THOUGHMEMBERSHIP DUESAREN'T BEINGCOLLECTED."NONE OF US GOTINTO THIS BUSINESSTO BE BILLIONAIRES.WE DID THIS BECAUSEWE WANT TO HELPPEOPLE.

AND TO NOTBE ABLE TO PROMOTEHEALTH, FOR MYSELF,FOR THE OTHERPEOPLE WHO WORKHERE, IT'S PROBABLYTHE SLAP IN THE FACEIF YOU WILL."STANDUP: SO IFYOU'RE LOOKING FORP-T OR JUST A CHANGEOF SCENERY.

HOMEWORKOUTS ARE STILLALL YOU'VE GOT.

BUTHICKEY HAS HAD APLAN SINCEFEBRUARY."BEFORE WE EVEREVEN WERE SHUTDOWN, WE STARTEDTO LIMIT OUR HOURSAS FAR AS HOW MANYPEOPLE WERE GOINGTO BE IN THE GYM ATONE TIME.

IT'S A VERYVERY EASY MODELFOR A PERSONALTRAINER.

YOU KNOWEXACTLY WHATTHEY'VE TOUCHED.YOU'VE EITHERHANDED IT TO THEMOR TOLD THEM TOPICK IT UP.

THEN, YOUCAN CLEAN IT ALLDOWN."THURSDAY WILL MAKEFOUR MONTHS SINCETHEIR RENTESPACE.

BUT THATALONE DOESN'T MONSTILL FOR THEM,THE GAS, ALL THATSTUFEVERYLACE RUNNING FORTHOS PEOPLE MANY GYMS INTHE MAXED OR GUIDANCE."NO THERE'S NO LIGHTASVILLE,ADAM UNGER, 7EWN.THE HOUSING MA REBOUNDING FROMTHE PA SELLERSMARET.7 TEREILEEDRIVING HOME PRICESUPON.DONNA LITTLEFIELD."WE'RE BOOMING - IMEAN - I'M BUSIERTHAN BUSY."THIS FIVE BEDROOM,FIVE BATH HOME INEAST AMHERST ISSELLING FOR A LITTLEOVER A HALF-MILLIONDOLLARS.REAL ESTATE AGENTDONNA LITTLEFIELDSAYS DESPITE THEPANDEMIC....COVID-19HAS HAD A POSITIVEEFFECT ON THE LOCALHOUSING MARKET...DONNA LITTLEFIELD.

"ITHAS HAD AN AMAZINGEFFECT ON OURMARKET."LITTLEFIELD -- WHOALSO SERVES ASPRESIDENT OF THEBUFFALO NIAGARAASSOCIATION OFREALTORS -- SAYSSELLERS AREEXPERIENCINGMULTIPLE OFFERS ONHOMES...ONE SELLERSHE REPRESENTEDHAD 34-OFFERS..."IT'S A SELLERSMARKET.ALL DAYLONG IF YOU WANT TOPUT YOUR HOUSE ONTHE MARKET - WE'REGETTING TENS OFTHOUSANDS OFDOLLARS OVER THEASKING PRICE."HOUSING INVENTORYREMAINS LOW IN THEREGION, BUTMORTGAGE RATESARE AT RECORDLOWS...AT A LITTLEMORE THAN 3-PERCENT TO HELPBUYERS...WHO ARESHELLING OUT MORETO BUY THEIR DREAMHOME...LITTLEFIELD SAYS ASSOON AS THE STATELIFTED RESTRICTIONSALLOWING HOUSESHOWINGS - HERLISTINGS SINCEMARCH HAVEDOUBLED...SHE RECENTLY PUT INAN OFFER FOR ACLIENT 50-THOUSANDOVER THE ASKINGPRICE..."BEST ADVISE RIGHTNOW TO THAT BUYERAND THAT SELLER?TOTHE BUS TO BEREAY WELLQUALIFIED, AS BESOUSE ON THEMARKET.NOWBUC"FROMTY OFBUFFAHT.ALL ACROSS THEWESTERN NEW YORKEWN."SENATOR CHUCKOOLSDAST.AMHERST.