Buyers Buy and Sellers Sell regardless of the time of year. If your neighbor’s home is for sale and you pull yours off the market, his home will sell and yours will not. When you remove your home from the market you are guaranteed NOT to SELL.
I know the idea is to have that fresh listing at the beginning of the New Year or in the Spring, but the notion of hiding your home from the market to wait until there are more buyers in the market place is ignorant and misinformed. Sorry to be so blunt, but how many vegetable stands do you see that are closed because the farmer is too busy with the harvest? Don’t hide your fruit!
A common misconception is that your house may become stale on the market so you should take it off for a time so buyers will see the listing as new on the market. The Truth is that most MLS systems allow the viewer to see the history of the listing. I personally ALWAYS look at the history and tell my buyers how long the sellers have been trying to sell. The history shows the current listing with the current Realtor AND every other listing since the home’s previous sale! YOU CAN’T HIDE!
What you can do is decorate your home for Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate, make is smell like fresh baked goodies and have open houses for buyers! They will see your home in all its splendor and it may trigger some great memories that ultimately will help the buyer make the decision to buy!
Let’s not kid ourselves, when people buy their primary residence it is an emotional event. Present your home in all its glory and make that emotional connection and you may get a freshly signed contract under your tree this year! Merry Christmas!!
