For the first time since mid-Fall, it’s now possible to take Buyers through homes ” in daylight! ” in the early evening. That’s because a 7:30 p.m., post-daylight savings sunset lets agents meet clients after rush hour and see 2-3 homes, at least if they’re relatively nearby. 6 Days x 90 Minutes ÷ 60 = 9...Read More
“3 . . . 2 . . .1” “10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .” I’ve got to assume I’m not the only one thrown by this year’s (very) late Labor Day, September 7. It certainly feels like it should be this weekend. Proposal We tweak the start and end of...Read More
Early Evening Showings For the first time since mid-Fall, it’s now possible to take Buyers through homes — in daylight! — in the early evening. That’s because a 7:30 p.m., post-daylight savings sunset lets agents meet clients after rush hour and see 2-3 homes, at least if they’re relatively nearby (try saying that sentence twice,...Read More
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn Daylight Savings You could make a case — and I would — that this is the darkest week of the year in the Twin Cities. That’s because, if you get up at 6:30 a.m. or so with a couple school age kids, it’s not light for another hour and a...Read More
Darkness at Noon 4:45 p.m. * No, it doesn’t get dark at noon in the Twin Cities in mid-November, after the switch back from Daylight Savings. It just seems that way . . . *Apologies to the 1940 novel of that same title by Arthur Koestler.Read More
