Music? Is it ok to play music while my home is on the market?

Its touchy Anna. I would say no music. The people are there to focus on spending a lot of money and you have no idea if they are going to love or hate the music so give them P&Q to ponder a decision.

Anna Banana Kruchten since it's the Seller's house they are free to play what they like. But as you and Noah Seidenberg suggest the least distraction the better. Who knows what the Buyer may like. Less is more in this case for me.

Anna, it's amazing how so many sellers do not either listen to their agents' advice, or, just decide to do "it their way" - these details affect the buyer's perceptions of the home, and the owner...

I am still in disbelief that the person leaving did not have enough sense to at least turn it down? What the hell were they thinking

This is a great post Anna! Not long ago I had a house with surround sound music, speakers, and intercoms. Music was everywhere indoors and outdoors. It was very important to the sellers to make sure I played the musci to draw buyers in. I was always challenged to find the right music and often times what seemed appropriate at first suddenly became loud and obnoxious when buyers walked through the house. No matter how soft I turned it down, I always got some funky music whenever people came through.

Anna, soft jazz or Chrismas carols are fine as long as we practice volume control. Enjoy your day!

Of course it's okay to play music!  Softly!  Soothingly! Not blaring.

I have heard some interesting types of music being played while showing homes, haha.

OMG, that's terrible. Buyers would want to picture themselves in a home where they could rest. Although some could imagine doing that in loud music, we wouldn't want to lose potential buyers for that.

Oh Man.  That's obnoxious.  I have been on homes with the background music overtaking the foreground.  Its never fun.  Even if it is light jazz, it needs to be very low.

I would think the same thing about having a loud TV on while a home is being shown. Very distracting. 

I often see sellers using Pandora on their TV with soft music. It's a nice touch. Especially if they have a sound system.

So you're saying no Metallica blaring? Dang it, I'll keep that in mind next time I'm selling

I do not really like any sort of distraction, i did take a listing and the home owner left the TV on LOUD for the dogs and as a "home security plan". Buyers would get more of a laugh than anything when i told them why, 

I had to go back to this post, because today i had a showing at a home where the TV was blaring loud, the other agent told me it was both their security system and to entertain the dogs. Where as she was there, she could have turned down and then back up.