Remember the January storm that encased the D.C. region in a layer of impenetrable snow-ice for weeks?
It’s still affecting the tempo of the typically hot spring housing market, even after the last of the snowcrete piles have — finally — melted away. That made some prospective sellers who might have tried to ready homes for March listings delay their plans, said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for the Bethesda, Maryland-based listing service Bright MLS. And then the Feb. 28 U.S. airstrikes that kicked off a conflict with Iran added longer-term uncertainty to the mix, she said.
