Slow housing market largely ends need for buyers to write personal letters to sellers

As part of their offer on a Toronto home last month, Jarrod Armstrong asked his clients to write a personal letter to the seller.

The family selling the property had lived there for 45 years and were emotionally invested in who the new owners would be, said Armstrong, a Realtor with the Armstrong Team. He thought a personal letter would increase his buyers’ chances of garnering the winning bid.