{"id":5854,"date":"2019-11-28T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dankrell.com\/blog\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2019-11-28T08:15:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:15:15","slug":"holiday-home-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dankrell.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/28\/holiday-home-selling\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Home Selling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Home staging during the holidays (infgraphic from nar.realtor).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Conventional real estate wisdom used to be that timing the market <\/a>was the key to listing your home for sale.\u00a0 Most home sellers tried to aim for the spring and early summer months to sell their homes.\u00a0 In fact, June continues to be when most settlements occur.\u00a0 However, selling strategies have changed over the last few years such that home sellers are confidently listing in the fall.\u00a0 Many also hold nothing back to sell during the winter months.\u00a0 But how about holiday home selling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The holiday season is typically when the real estate industry slows to a crawl.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t mean that the housing market is closed!\u00a0 Consider that there were 658 Montgomery County MLS listed homes<\/a> that went under contract since the beginning of November.\u00a0 This confirms that active home buyers are constantly searching for homes, and will certainly visit houses that are available during the holiday season.\u00a0 The only obstacle for home buyers (and your home sale) is severe weather. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holiday home selling is not for everyone. If you have not yet listed your home for sale, you may consider waiting to list after Thanksgiving.\u00a0 Or you may just decide to wait until the new year.\u00a0 Your listing strategy should be based on your lifestyle.\u00a0 Although the holiday season is often synonymous with joy and good cheer, many experience increased stress <\/a>during this time.\u00a0 If the holidays are a hectic time for you, the thought of the additional stress of selling your home may sway you to waiting the holidays out.\u00a0 Keep in mind that, like any other time of the year, you still have to prepare your home for sale<\/a> (which includes decluttering, repairs and staging).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your home is already listed for sale, you have\nsome choices.  It used to be the rule\nthat if your home was still on the market approaching Thanksgiving that the\nlisting would be pulled from the MLS until spring.  And as of the November 1st<\/sup>, 181\ncounty homes have been pulled off the MLS. \nYou may decide to do the same.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But keeping your home on the market during the\nholiday season is no longer taboo.  As I\nmentioned earlier, conventional wisdom is pass\u00e9.  Some home sellers see an opportunity to sell\nduring the holiday season as many homes come of the market.  Consider that since November 1st<\/sup>,\nthere were 444 new MLS listings.  There\nare also another 46 homes currently listed as \u201ccoming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, if your home is vacant it\u2019s easy to\nshow.  However, you should still visit\nthe home weekly to make sure it is clean and shows well.  But if you\u2019re selling the home where you\nreside during the holiday season, you may want to think about showings and\nstaging.  Talk to your agent about\nrequiring home buyer appointments to view the home so you don\u2019t have\ninopportune surprise visitors.  This will\ngive you the flexibility and emotional space to have your home show its best\nwhile you enjoy the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about holiday decorations and holiday home selling staging?\u00a0 According to Melissa Dittmann Tracey, writing for the NAR blog (Should You Stage Homes for the Holidays<\/a>?<\/em>; nar.realtor; December 19, 2011), most real estate professionals tell their clients to stage with \u201choliday-spirit and glow.\u201d\u00a0 Although thirty-seven percent of professionals indicated that they advised holiday staging without religious decorations, twenty-eight percent advised their clients to also include their religious decorations.\u00a0 Only eight percent of professionals surveyed advised to do generic staging without any holiday decorations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original article is published at https:\/\/dankrell.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/28\/holiday-home-selling\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Dan Krell
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Conventional real estate wisdom used to be that timing the market was the key to listing your home for sale.\u00a0 Most home sellers tried to aim for the spring and early summer months to sell their homes.\u00a0 In fact, June continues to be when most settlements occur.\u00a0 However, selling strategies have changed over the last … <\/p>\n

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