We also used to think May was the perfect month
TO "TIPPYCLUBB" and everyone else in the process of listing their homes for sale up north....
We always listed our homes for sale in the month of May.
When we were younger, our first home sold in ONE DAY.
Subsequent homes sold in a few weeks. Obviously, the prices were lower back then. Later homes always sold in the autumn, or prior to the autumn, when children needed to be "settled" in school.
This year, due to a long long winter, we decided to wait until after Memorial Day weekend when everything up here is in bloom......
Plus the fact that we are "slowing down". Our snow cover hung around so long, that our landscapers just got around to doing a spring cleanup on the grounds......and mowed us for the first time yesterday.
Like everyone else, we watch those HGTV shows. How times have changed. The young couples buying now want to negotiate everything, where in our day, we just paid the asking price.
They also want closing costs paid. Everyone is telling us to list "higher" than what we hope to get at the end.
We've discussed that "this is not a race" and "there is no rush".
I also just read something interesting yesterday, prior to last night's solar eclipse........I'll share it with you....
“””Your best timing for home-or-property related aspects will come after Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, enters Leo on July 16, 2014, and will remain in Leo until August 11, 2015. This applies to you whether you plan to buy or sell a house, do a renovation, or acquire or sell furniture. If you wait until after July 15, you are more likely to get the high price you seek for your property sale or be able to strike an attractive bargain on a mortgage or refinancing plan. This is worth repeating: starting in mid-July, you will have an entire year, until August 11, 2015, to finish all your home-related actions. “”””
Actually, it kind of makes sense.......twenty years ago, which is the last time we sold a home, even though we listed in May as the inground pool was uncovered, everything was green and in bloom, the realtors actually DID NOT begin to bring around anyone , in earnest, until July through September......lots of folks have college graduations and weddings in May, high school graduations and weddings in June, and so on.........July is when they seriously begin searching..........or so it seems.
My advice is to be patient. Best wishes for a good outcome.
P.S.
I'm not looking forward, myself, to "cleaning" the three bathrooms and kitchen every single day to "show" the house. Last time, I was 49 years old........big difference in "cleaning stamina" to present age of 69.
We had a large ranch last time around; I would run that vacuum from one end to the other and then into the great room.........no problem. Now, with all the staircases in this house and huge rooms........truthfully, I'm not looking forward to people traipsing through. Our daughter in law said we should just rent it out and move down now...........but hubby thinks the renters will make a mess. It's NOT EASY and I feel for you........all of you who are listing their homes now.
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