The Challenges Of Selling A Home During The Winter
Posted on: 13 December 2018
Do you need to sell your home, but it happens to be during the middle of winter? If so, be prepared to run into some challenges that you won't have at other times during the year.
The School Year Is Half Way Through
Many home buyers try to time a move with the change in grade levels for their children, which is to help keep the disruption at school to a minimum. If you are selling during the winter, you may miss out on a lot of families that are simply looking to not buy at this time. If you are selling a single-family home rather than a small condo, know that it may be better to time the sale of your home to start in the late spring so families can close on the home during the summer.
The Snow Ruins Your Curb Appeal
The first impression you make on a potential buyer is crucial, and one way to do that is with great curb appeal. However, a thick layer of snow is going to ruin any curb appeal you have going on with flowers and landscaping. If you know that you must sell your home in the winter, it will help to take some nice outdoor photos of your home when the weather is nice outside. You can use them for the listing rather than one with a lot of snow.
The Snow Makes Keeping Your Home Clean A Challenge
People will be coming into your home to tour it, either from a local agent scheduling a showing or an open house. You'll find that having people come into your home with wet shoes is going to make it a challenge to keep the home clean. Potential buyers may track water into the living room where you have clean carpeting, or you ruin that first impression of entering the home by making people step over a lot of shoes in the entranceway. A summer showering will prevent this problem from happening.
The Holidays Cause A Period Of Limited Interest
Chances are that people are taking many days off from work to spend time with family, and they won't have house hunting on their mind. This can lead to a lull in interested buyers during the weeks of Christmas and new year celebrations.
If you need help selling your home this winter, reach out to a local real estate agent for assistance.
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