ABOR reopens in-person showings after executive order

AUSTIN – Realtors in the metro are being told they can show properties again under a new statewide COVID-19 order. 

After Central Texas’ first shelter-in-place orders ​were announced, the Austin Board of Realtors (ABOR) strongly discouraged its members from in-person showings in certain locations. 

​However, after a recent executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott, ABOR said, “Realtors can show property across the market but should exercise great caution in doing so.”

The order went into effect April 2.

Get more COVID-19-related news on the Real Estate Center’s website:

• ATTOM: U.S. Foreclosures down, but for how long?​
• How COVID-19 Could Impact Texas’ Economy and Real Estate Markets​
• Texas Housing Insight
• FHFA suspends foreclosures, evictions for Enterprise-backed mortgages​​​
• Texas Existing Home Sales Hit Record High, Then COVID-19 Arrived​

​​​Source: Austin Business Journal