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Why Selling During the Christmas Season Can Be Great!

By
Real Estate Sales Representative with RE/MAX REAL ESTATE MOUNTAIN VIEW

    

 

  • While many people are taking their home off the market, because they believe that there are no home buyers out there, they are just making the odds of selling your home better.

 

  • Your home will never look better, or smell better.  With all the Christmas trimmings your home will invoke pleasant memories of happy times for potential buyers.

 

  • People looking during this season are serious.  Most people are very busy during this time and will not waste time looking at home unless they are serious.  So while you may have fewer showings they will likely be more serious buyers.

 

  • Many corporate relocations are starting new jobs in January as the new budget year begins.  These buyers will be looking in November and December, and there will be fewer homes to choose from, making the odds of selling your home better.

 

If you are serious about selling you keep your home on the market until it sells.  You never know when the right buyer for your home will come along.  Before I was a realtor I was looking at homes personally.  As our realtor drove past our current home I told him I would love a home that looked like that one.  As he was an area specialist he knew that the home had been on the market for three years, but that they had taken it off of the market for a rest.  He called the listing realtor and we had a look, despite the fact that it was decorated with deep maroon, walls and ceilings we could see the potential.  We bought it and did the renovations.  What if they had missed us as a buyer how long would it have been on and off of the market before someone else could see through the deep, dark colors to find an absolutely beautiful home. 

 

Joeann Fossland
Advantage Solutions Group - Tucson, AZ
Master Certified Coach to Motivated Agents
You are so right!!! Rack up the busines while others are thinking...there's nothing going on!
Nov 22, 2007 12:53 PM
Keith Neeley
ReMax New Horizons - Orange, VA
RE/MAX New Horizons
Tis the season to make some sales.  I think you make some really good points here.  You never know when the perfect buyer comes by.
Nov 22, 2007 12:55 PM
Anthony Stokes-Pereira
Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty - Nanuet, NY
Realtor

Hi Marjorie and Doug ,

I agree with you, this is the time to make some sales, buyers are always looking.

Nov 22, 2007 12:57 PM
Diane Testa
Mullica Hill, NJ
I just wrote about this myself last week. It is so true, and some sellers don't realize that the buyers are celebrating the season as well, and will usually either not schedule showings at inappropriate times, or will understand if the time is not good for a seller and they'll be flexible.
Nov 22, 2007 01:14 PM
Carolyn A. Rzaca
ROYAL SHELL REAL ESTATE, INC. - Naples, FL
Broker Associate, GRI,SRS,TRC
Marjorie & Doug, I could not agree with you more.  I particulary believe this is a good time to pick up out of town buyers who are in town visiting families or have the time off to check out their future work relocation area.
Nov 22, 2007 01:50 PM