Is Selling Your Home During the Winter Months a Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Fundamentally the spring is the most perfect time to sell a house, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get it sold during the winter months.
First off, there’s much less competition this time of year and any buyers that are out house shopping in the cold are some seriously motivated buyers.
Most sellers are not thinking about listing their home for sale until the winter breaks its grip. In fact most sellers don’t even make a plan to get their house ready for sale until the end of February or beginning of March, which is a bad idea in itself, but that’s a discussion for another day.
Another reason it’s a good idea is that since there are fewer homes for sale, buyers have less to choose from. Sellers do need to keep in mind that their homes need to be in neat showing condition at all times.
Anyone taking the time to shop for a new home this time of year is highly motivated. Perhaps they are being transferred to this area, changing jobs, fast growing family, whatever the reason Mr. & Mrs. Seller; let’s make it easy for them by keeping the home looking in tip top condition and make sure you're flexible when it comes to making the home available to show.
Finally, my last reason is that since there are fewer homes for sale, fewer transactions means everyone connected has more time to invest on the sale. Faster loan processing, quicker inspection reports, quicker closings.