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Virus casts a dark cloud over once-thriving home market

by Associated Press Writers
| April 8, 2020 9:03 PM

BOSTON (AP) — When Rebeka McBride and her husband put their home in Washington state on the market in early March, the coronavirus outbreak was just taking hold in the United States. They managed to hold two open houses and a smattering of private viewings before accepting an offer.

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