Six Reasons To List During The Winter Months
Conventional wisdom tells you that the winter months are the worse time to list your property for sale, especially if you live in Brooklyn or any place located in an area where snow and bitter cold temperatures are the norm.
However, there are some advantages to listing your property when the weather outside is frightful, and here are 6 of them:
- Any buyer who comes to see your property when there’s a foot of snow on the ground, and the windchill is in the single digits is a real buyer, not just a shopper or a time waster who just likes looking at houses.
- Many times, sellers will take their property off the market for the holidays, decreasing the competition.
- Less competition means that you might be able to get more for your property.
- More homes are sold then listed in the winter months (again that limited competition thing).
- The Home Buyer Tax Credit, for First-Time Home Buyers and new Existing Home Buyer has increased the pool of buyers who have to buy, or enter into a binding contract to buy by April 30th and close by June 30th 2010.
- If you’re planning on buying a new home once the one you currently own is sold, you have an opportunity to buy during the spring, when many homes are on the market.
As you can see, there are six really good reasons to put your house up for sale during the winter months. However, keep in mind that pricing it correctly so it won’t just languish there is part of making sure that your property is not only listed when its cold outside, but also sold.
