Hemant Shah (L), a broker with Laffey Real Estate on Long Island, welcomes a prospective buyer outside a house for sale in New Hyde Park, Nassau County, New York, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2020. Home buyers eying for cozy backyards and more office space are staging bidding wars in the suburbs surrounding New York City amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
