Peak Sales Season
From a calendar perspective, most experts recommend putting your house up for sale in spring. The experts at real-estate website Zillow state that a spring listing can result in a quicker sale and a higher price. The people at Realestate.com agree and note that those long sunny days bring out the buyers.
The Washington Post refines the timing even further, agreeing that listing your house in the April-to-June period results in faster sale at a higher price. It also notes that home sales tend to peak in May and June, reflecting sales of homes that were actually placed on the market in the middle of winter.
Time magazine recommends that sellers put their homes on the market on a Thursday. The logic being that a Thursday listing makes the home available for weekend shoppers. Others argue for a specific calendar date. The Huffington Post, for example, analyzed sales data in Canada to make a case that May 1 is the ideal day to sell.
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