The following is excerpted from Harmon Homes, a division of Dominion Enterprises… what it describes is a little thought of but never the less important fact: Listing your home for sale at the right time is a significant factor in aiding the sale. We have included this article here, which is really intended for Realtors, for your reading pleasure and edification. We hope it helps you in your decision to list or not to list your home at this time.
We also want to add that it is a good time to buy as well, since the season has not yet begun, and prices are still relatively low.
February is Prime Time to List Real Estate Properties
Listing Homes Now Will Beat Competitors to the Punch
Camp Hill, PA – January 17, 2007) – With the New Year upon us, there are many things on our minds: parties, the Super Bowl, our struggles to maintain our New Year resolutions. But there’s one thing many people don’t think about this time of year, though they should be: real estate. Wait, real estate?
Yes, real estate. Mid-February, specifically those weeks following the Super Bowl, is the optimum time for sellers to put their homes on the market. That’s the time when buyers are warming up for the spring home-buying season. Plus, listing inventory (the number of homes on the market) is low because of the winter and holiday slowdown. The number of buyers beginning to look at homes is disproportionately larger than the number of homes being advertised for sale, giving sellers a competitive advantage.
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