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More Holiday Selling Advice

If you are truly serious and genuine about selling your home, than you must stay your course during the holiday seasons. Here are some further thoughts to add from my blog post yesterday on the same subject.

Leave a basket of candy canes or fresh fruit (apples, oranges, etc), or a plate of cookies for those looking at your home. Kids love it, and the buyers may remember your home as the one in which treats were provided.

Apple and cinnamon is always a good fragrance to have in the air during the holiday season. But not to overpowering.

Try to keep your interior holiday decorating to a minimum. A tree, stockings, a few festive articles about the house is great but do not overdo it. Always remember, the potential buyer must be able to easily visualize themselves living in your home and during the holidays they would be surrounded by their decorations, not yours. So less is better.

Planing on any holiday parties at your place? Just let your agent know in advance and block this time out for yourself. You do not want to turn down showings, but a scheduled and blocked out time in advance will be toleated very well by agents and buyers alike. After all, it is the season to be jolly!

Holiday music playing softly is a nice touch. While I find myself quite tired of the songs by the first of the year, background music is soothing, and may appeal to those looking.

What better time, even if the buyers are fewer, to present your home than when there is less inventory on the market? Competition in peak months can be fierce, and a slower market increases the opportunities for buyers to choose your home above others.