“I don’t believe this is because buyers aren’t buying,” Blefko wrote. “It’s just that there aren’t enough homes on the shelf to pick from.”

As a year like no other comes to an end, Lancaster County residential real estate activity remains healthy across the board.

It’s been months since Gov. Tom Wolf eased the most severe COVID-19 real estate restrictions, but home sales in Lancaster County still haven’t slowed down.

Real estate professionals have been making what they describe as a rocky but necessary transition to a new system - called Bright MLS - for listing homes for sale in eastern Pennsylvania.