Selling your home in the Fall/Winter

You've heard it before, "The best time to sell your home in in the summer."  But is it?  It all depends.
As a mom of three young children, the thought of putting my house on the market gives me heart palpitations.  My home has to be show ready, ALL THE TIME?  Impossible!!  And if you want to put your home on the market in the summer when they are home more, I think that you are adding to your stress.

So, let's take part of this out of the equation and put your home on the market in the fall/winter and the kids are in school.  Might be a little easier to keep you home clean and ready to show.

"But school has started and I don't want to move schools."  Sometimes this is avoidable, sometimes not.  Face it, if you have thought about selling your home, you have thought about where you would move and you know whether or not that subdivision is in your current school attendance zone. Also, changing schools isn't the end of the world. Children do it all the time and they are fine.  LET IT GO!

Packing is packing and it doesn't matter what season, you will have to do it.

In the fall/winter, you might not get as many showings, but the people that do come by are motivated buyers and aren't "tire kickers" who just want to look around and see what is out there.  Many people that are looking at this time of the year are getting relocated by the military or a company.

Let's say you aren't ready to sell right now, but you can start thinking about it now and maybe get some of those home projects done.  Painters, roofers, landscapers are slower in the fall/winter and you might get a discount on your services.

Deciding when to put your home on the market is a big deal.  Think it through, write out the pros and cons and by all means, talk to a professional realtor.

Blessing my people.