Originally posted by Thomas Powers on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 11:51am.

 

Sellers ask me the same question all the time: “When is the best time to sell a house?”  The answer can be found in general buyer patterns.  Typically, this is the pattern:

·         February, March, April, and May—buyers look for and put offers on homes

·         April, May, and June—buyers settle on their homes

·         July and August—people take vacations

·         September and October—kids go back to school, and there’s a small uptick in buying activity after people return from vacation

Given this pattern, a home should be listed by February or March for full exposure to the majority of buyers.  This certainly doesn’t mean that you can’t list your home in…