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04-04-2014, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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| Any realtors here? Just wondering....what is the best/worst season to put a house on the market and how long is too long before it starts to look "bad" and is considered being on the market for a long time? Last edited by Fatalivy; 04-04-2014 at 02:53 PM. |
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04-04-2014, 02:54 PM | #2 |
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| I'm not a realtor but have managed the accounting dept for over 20 years. Spring is typically the best time to put your home on the market but of course it also depends on your individual market and circumstances. Have you hired a realtor yet? |
04-04-2014, 02:58 PM | #3 | |
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We know a realtor personally. So, now would be a good time? | |
04-04-2014, 03:14 PM | #4 |
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04-04-2014, 03:21 PM | #5 |
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04-04-2014, 03:24 PM | #6 | |
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Ya know , I never thought about the different entities that are involved. May I ask what the accounting department responsibilities are? | |
04-04-2014, 03:43 PM | #7 |
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| I agree, spring through about July is probably peak time. November and December would be the worst time. Although the housing market has started to come back in some areas, it is still slow in most of the country. I do not think it looks bad to have a house on the market for a long time. It's just a nuisance to you the seller to always be show ready. Your realtor will probably try to talk you into reducing the price steadily.
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04-04-2014, 06:19 PM | #8 |
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| not sure where you live but for most spring is the best time, but in MI spring has not sprung, we still have patches of dirty snow and our grass looks like crap, it's half dead, matted and filled with holes from small animals hunting for acorns. The lawn gardens, deck and so forth are covered with dead sticks, branches and wet dead leaves. Our property would be important to the sale of the house because we are on a lake and to walk someone around now would not be impressive, it would be a soggy mess and it will not look good until at least mid May. So any photos the agent would take now would look like crap. Many people use the virtual on line tours before ever visiting the property so photos are important. So while spring is a great time to put a home up for sale, depending on where you live spring starts at different times. I would also think that if you live in FL Jan-March might not be bad since many people from the north are visiting or wintering down there then, in fact my GF just closed the sale on her Key West property this week, she sold it to some people that were in town from Texas. Note to anyone thinking they might sell in the next few years, take lots of photos during the time when your property looks it's best. I did that a few years back just in case. I have some beautiful gardens so I wanted to make sure that those would be in listing photos if for some reason we had to list in the winter or early spring. Good luck whatever you decide to do
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04-04-2014, 06:23 PM | #9 |
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| on thing that I think agents do, is after a home is on the market for about 90 days it comes off for a week or so then it shows back up as a new listing.
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04-04-2014, 06:27 PM | #10 | |
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04-04-2014, 06:42 PM | #11 |
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| Kristen have things started to green up your way yet? this was hard and long winter for us, I can not believe what a mess our yard is, my husband likes to rake it all by hand, so it is going to take him a long time. Have you seen my garden photos on FB, you will see in some of those pics how pretty our lawn can be, I sure hope it will look that way again, LOL hopefully by July!
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04-04-2014, 07:15 PM | #12 | |
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Our yard still looks like it is January here. Usually the trees would be ready to pop by this time. I'm like your husband and rake everything by hand. Which reminds me, I need to get busy! Our yard is buried in oak leaves, which fall all winter.
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04-05-2014, 11:25 AM | #13 | |
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04-06-2014, 04:31 AM | #15 |
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| I was never a realtor but I sold new construction for quite some time and many of the same principles are the same. Yes I agree a good clean spring with all it's beauty is a wonderful way to start. When the children get out of school there sometimes is a lull because many families go on vacation, then again August is a month that is know for even more for vacations with all the little league and sports over. Starting early in spring gives one the most time. I have friends who put their house up for sale over a year ago because they are getting up in age and want to have everything on one floor before one or the other cannot navigate the stairs any longer, they considered may ways of getting around it but decided that also the house was too big and utilities too expensive. It's a 6 bedroom, 3 1/2 bathroom four floor home that is out of this world but no hardwood floors and the school district is not the best. They have come down $1,000 and still no one looking so don't get discouraged if you don't get a bite right off the bat. There is a 'right' house out here for everyone. Does anyone know the three most important things to look for when buying a house?? Sellers are also buyers
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