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Yes Virginia, Homes For Sale Around The Holidays, Over Winter Sell.

By
Real Estate Agent with MOOERS REALTY ME Broker License 106759

Myths in real estate, they exist and sometimes someone has to step up to explain how things work.

Behind the real estate marketing curtain. Over the holidays there could be real estate agents or brokers that want to be sipping the egg nog, munching on peanut brittle and moca balls. But the fact remains.

The life of our buyers and sellers, of property listings, do not stop because of the tinsel, mistletoe and Christmas, New Years horn blowing. If an out of state buyer gets a job transfer, marching orders to proceed ASAP to your home town, be ready. houlton maine winter photo

When a seller of any of the Maine listings we peddle has to make something happen pronto, a little snow on the ground is not going to dampen the motivation.

In fact, fear of frozen pipes and the drag of heating, snow plowing and all around worry about a vacant property for sale is a real cattle prod. Fuels the deep down burning desire to let it go. Make it gone, sold.

These sellers with communication become very proactive and chop, whittle that price tag to move it out. Not waiting with no movement on the listing price. They have to cut to the chase. To get to the real estate closing sit down and pass the keys please. So they can sleep nights, buy not rent another home to replace the last one in the dominoes.

Read article on real estate myths, property listings selling year round, over winter months, the holidays.

Keep your marketing round the clock. Don''t let up. And remember, nothing makes the property listing for sale delivery better, more instant than real full motion, natural sound real estate videos. Use the eyes and ears and don't make the buyer have to physically visit you to be able to sample your property listings. battling real estate listings photo

Holiday out of towners crowd around the device screens for the warm glow of real estate property listing, local area information.

Free time and thinking about a relocation, move or retirement, vacation property investment.

Makes the down time for the buyer over the holidays the right time to connect. To step itup. Especially because many others in the real estate profession back out, buying into the myth. That nothing sells in the winter. Maybe because they are MIA,  on vacation from their job of list, twist, sell.

Many that come home for the turkey dinners and shiny foil, bright bow wrappings decide they miss their home town.

Want to move back... the spark happens and needs to be fanned, fed.Or the ones living in the urban jungle long for a simpler life without the high cost, crime, heavy traffic.

Keep up the battle to reach more buyers, to make all you have for sale available on demand.

No waiting until Monday morning or operating around an old fashioned nine to five limited information flow schedule. That is what should happen at your agency beehive of activity.

Keep your marketing streams humming, glowing brightly and running full throttle. To be far reaching and to cause results all year long... for more sales, more listings (repeat). on air light

It is a delicious cycle this sport, some call an addiction this real estate peddling is.

And the end of the year calendar finish line should not let a few holidays or a little white stuff out front the property listings to cause delay or slow down.

No dead air.

Don't back off any of the marketing effort to get folks inside, to sell the real estate on the current market.

Whether there is a pine or fir tree lit up in the front living room of the place you want to be a sold, a closed real estate property listing.

I'm Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME REALTOR

Comments(4)

Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning Andrew Mooers,

As always your message rings loud and clear while you weave your word smithing skills! Don't back off on your marketing no matter what time of year. As Barbara Todaro says over and over again "Market like You mean it!!"

Dec 12, 2015 08:05 PM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Yes, Andrew, it's time for Virginia to get off her butt and buy a home already!

Dec 12, 2015 08:31 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

A little snow should not bother those who are looking for a home in Maine.

Have a most productive December.

Dec 13, 2015 12:45 AM
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

One of the best parts of Active Rain is the market report - thanks for keeping us all up to date and have a wonderful Holiday celebration as we head into the end of the year! 

Dec 13, 2015 08:07 PM