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The Best Time To List Your Home
If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best time to list your home is almost here.
The Best Time To List Your Home
Experts at realtor.com looked at seasonal trends from recent years (excluding 2020 as an uncharacteristic year due to the onset of the pandemic) and determined the ideal week to list a house this year:
“Home sellers on the fence waiting for that perfect moment to sell should start preparations, because the best time to list a home in 2023 is approaching quickly. The week of April 16-22 is expected to have the ideal balance of housing market conditions that favor home sellers, more so than any other week in the year.”
If you have been waiting for the right time to sell, now is it. But remember there may be a few things to do to get your house ready before you put it on the market. If you haven’t started yet, you’ll need to move fast. Here are some things to remember.
Work with an Agent To Determine Which Updates To Make
Start by making a list of the most important updates. In February, realtor.com asked more than 1,200 recent or potential home sellers what changes they made to their house before selling it (see graph below):
As you can see, the most common answers included landscaping and painting. Work with a trusted real estate agent to determine what projects make the most sense for your goals and local market.
Plan To Have Your House Staged
Once you’ve fixed up and updated your house as needed, you might want to think about having it staged. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) says that 82% of buyer’s agents said that staging a home made it easier for a buyer to imagine living there. Also, almost half of the buyers’ agents said that home staging changed how most buyers thought about the house in general. Staged homes usually sell faster and for a higher price because they make it easier for potential buyers to picture themselves living there.
Bottom Line
Do you want to sell this spring? Let’s connect to plan your next steps. You can start by making a list of what you think your house needs to get ready. Then we can work together to figure out what’s most important on your list and move forward.
Are you ready to sell your home? Perfectly pretty home listing photos will attract more buyers. Click here for tips on getting great listing photos.
What Is A Zestimate?
What is a Zestimate? It’s Zillow’s estimation of your home’s worth. You can look your home up on Zillow and see this number right now! But is it even accurate? Can you trust it, especially in a market as volatile as this?
What Is A Zestimate and Can I Trust It?
Zillow gets that estimation from an algorithm it’s developed that looks at many factors, including the recent sale of homes in your area. And, to be honest, it’s gotten a LOT better over the last few years, mainly as Zillow has gathered more and more data on homes in every city.
But the reality is that Zillow’s estimation of your home’s worth is only as good as the data it has. Yes, Zillow knows what other homes sold for in your neighborhood. It most likely knows the square footage of your home, and how many bedrooms and bathrooms it has. But does it know that you recently updated your kitchen? Or that you just put on a new deck? Or that your roof and furnace are only 2 years old? No, of course not!
And to further complicate things, Zillow has a more difficult time estimating value if you live in a neighborhood with varying ages of homes. Old homes and new homes mixed together, or older homes with newer additions, confuses the algorithm and muddies the waters.
Bottom line, the BEST way to get an accurate estimate of your home’s real market value is to set up a quick appointment with a trusted Real Estate Agent. I can take into account all the updates and work you’ve put in, and get a real snapshot of your neighborhood and the current market conditions to give you a MUCH more accurate picture of your home.
Would you like a more accurate idea of what your home is worth? Send an email to Ellen@CapeCountyLiving.com and let’s schedule a time for a free market analysis on your home.
Thinking about selling your home? Here are some tips to get your home ready to place on the market to sell quick:
