Realtors take on winter?s cool housing market

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The chilly winter months may further slow an already frosty residential real estate market, local experts and Realtors said, though some pointed out that those braving the cold are more likely to close on a deal than in warmer months.

“Personally, I?ve had some of my best months in the winter. You can never predict how it?ll be,” said Ilene Kessler, immediate past president of the Maryland Association of Realtors and a Realtor with Re/Max Advantage Realty in Columbia. “The people who are looking are very motivated. They?re not the speculators who say maybe yes, maybe no.”

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