SNOW STORM VS REAL ESTATE

It 4:00pm on a blistering cold Tuesday, the first of the new month of February 2011. Snowflakes have been falling from the sky like wildfire all day and dancing around the dreary sky. As the calm of the afternoon continues, we in Toronto (as well as most of Ontario and some of the states) brace for what could be a terror of a winter storm, the storm of a new century they are calling it, The gossip mill is at full force and waiting in line at the bank you can here people tort and shout saying such things as “I heard it is starting at 4pm” or “No I heard Midnight and 10 cm”. One woman even recounted hearing on the radio it would start around 10pm and we would see 30 plus centimetres. This is how the rumor mill works. Will it be the big bad storm, or a shy little kitty of a fleurry? Will it be Quebec Icestorm from 1998 or the exagerrated relation to the storms of 2010 that never came to fruition.

So with business recently booming and the Spring market looking to be just around the corner, will this be the behemoth that for 1-2 days grounds real estate agents and prospective buyers and sellers? Will Toronto be in a virutal tsunami of snow? Real Estate agents work hard and make sure to properly service their clientele, will this milieu of white stuff really slow them down, or just put a slight damper on their day?

It will be quite interesting to see if for agents and prospective home buyers if business will be as usual. For me I will be at my desk promptly in the moring with a cup of java and my game face on! Also will this day be declared a snow day? This meaning no school, essential services and such? Will the new Mayor of Toronto call out full force to clean are streets? This is going to an interesting days to watch how it unfolds!

So whatever way you want to look at it February 2nd, 2011 (GROUNDHOG DAY as well) could go down into Toronto history…or wimper its way into the pile of other
“Could have” and “Should Have” events.

In any case I tip my toque to you and wish a good snow day!