75 showings in 3 days

32 Wesskum Wood Road, Riverside. Showings began on Good Friday — 25 buyers with agents showed up, with another 25 on Saturday. Easter Sunday was an off day, Monday had 25 more showings, and that was it. Contracts wrapped up, sale pending.

Owner and real estate star Tom Gorin has always maintained that you can’t sell a split-level in Riverside: it must be described as a “Colonial”. Which he did for this house, despite its being divided over five levels. He did, however, provide a couple of clues in the ad copy: “clever variations on traditional architecture”, and, ‘On many levels, a remarkable country house.”

But as Tom told me, it really didn’t matter how it was described, it’s the price range that’s in demand, and $1.6 on an excellent street in Riverside is hot, hot, hot.

It’s tough to find value for buyers right now.