LOCAL INSIGHTS:
List ing your home in t he wint er coul d
be a wise move.
I?m often asked if spring is the best times to list a house,
or if there is any advantage to try selling in the winter.
This question sometimes comes from a seller whose
house is already on the market as winter approaches, and
they want to know if they should take it off the market
downside to listing in the spring or summer months is
that you?re competing against the most inventory. The
number of homes on the market drops in the wintertime,
so one advantage to selling then is that you?ll have less
competition. Your odds of selling might actually be better
during these months.
What happens in the winter
is that you put your house
on the market, there aren?t
many showings, and you
think, This is the worst time
ever to sell. Yes, there will
be fewer showings this
time of year, but the
showings you do get will
be from buyers who are
serious. Nobody likes to
shop homes when the
weather is cold and crappy,
so if they?re shopping,
they?re ready to move.
You?re going to get a higher
quality of buyer coming
through your house.
for the holidays and list it again in spring.
The long answer might change with different years and
market conditions, but the short answer is: I sell a lot of
homes during the wintertime.
Our home sales cycle in the Boise area peaks in the
summer [YK