{"id":383,"date":"2018-11-28T00:56:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/2018\/11\/28\/the-1-reason-to-not-wait-until-spring-to-sell-your-house\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T00:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:56:40","slug":"the-1-reason-to-not-wait-until-spring-to-sell-your-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"The #1 Reason to Not Wait Until Spring to Sell Your House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161148\/20181127-Share-STM.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"The #1 Reason to Not Wait Until Spring to Sell Your House | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161148\/20181127-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161148\/20181127-Share-STM-549x300.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\"><\/p>\n<p>Many sellers believe that spring is the best time to place their homes on the market because buyer demand traditionally increases at that time of year, but what they don\u2019t realize is that if every homeowner believes the same thing, then that is when they will have the most competition!<span id=\"more-38408\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The #1 Reason to List Your Home in the Winter Months is Less Competition!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Housing supply traditionally shrinks at this time of year, so the choices buyers have will be limited. The chart below was created using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/research-and-statistics\/housing-statistics\/existing-home-sales\">months\u2019 supply<\/a> of listings from the <em>National Association of Realtors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161747\/20181127-STM-ENG1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38410\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161747\/20181127-STM-ENG1.jpeg\" alt=\"The #1 Reason to Not Wait Until Spring to Sell Your House | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161747\/20181127-STM-ENG1.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161747\/20181127-STM-ENG1-533x300.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161747\/20181127-STM-ENG1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the <em>\u2018sweet spot\u2019<\/em> to list your home for the most exposure naturally occurs in the late fall and winter months (November \u2013 February).<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Temperatures aren\u2019t the only thing that heats up in the spring \u2013 so do listings!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161804\/20181127-STM-ENG2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38411\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161804\/20181127-STM-ENG2.jpeg\" alt=\"The #1 Reason to Not Wait Until Spring to Sell Your House | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161804\/20181127-STM-ENG2.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161804\/20181127-STM-ENG2-533x300.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07161804\/20181127-STM-ENG2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, listings increased by nearly half a million houses from December to June. Don\u2019t wait for these listings to come to market before you decide to list your house.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Added Bonus: Only Serious Buyers Are Out in the Winter<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>At this time of year, only those purchasers who are serious about buying a home will be in the marketplace. You and your family will not be bothered and inconvenienced by mere <em>\u2018lookers.\u2019<\/em> The lookers are at the mall or online doing their holiday shopping.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you have been debating whether or not to sell your home and are curious about market conditions in your area, let\u2019s get together to help you decide the best time to list your house for sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many sellers believe that spring is the best time to place their homes on the market because buyer demand traditionally increases at that time of year, but what they don\u2019t realize is that if every homeowner believes the same thing, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=383\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The #1 Reason to Not Wait Until Spring to Sell Your House<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}