Unvaxxed closed out of open homes and auction rooms

Unvaxxed closed out of open homes and auction rooms
Reserve price: auction rooms only for the vaccinated. (Image: Ray White)
Brent Melville
House buyers and real estate agents will need to be fully vaccinated to attend auctions or even set foot in an open home under the current covid traffic light rules.While realtors are classed as service businesses and guided under those rules, both auctions and open homes are classed as 'events'.Under the covid restriction protocols across all levels – red, orange and green – real estate agents must have their first covid vaccine by Dec 3, with both doses by Jan 17, 2022.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (M...

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