I was asked: "Should I wait till spring to put my home on the market?"

I get this question all the time from sellers.  "Should I put my home on the market now or wait for spring?" My answer over the years is to don't wait on Spring.  My reasoning is that in spring everyone else is putting their home on the market.  The competition is gearing up. Everyone is sprucing up their yards.  doing spring cleaning.  All of a sudden you put up a for sale sign and what happens?  Five other homes go for sale! 

I see it happen all the time.   I get a customer in the winter looking for a home  in a certain subdvision.  There are none available.  Or maybe just one home for sale and its a two story and my clients need a one story.  So what happens?  They buy in another subdvison.

Then comes spring....houses go on the market.  Where there was one on the market, there now is five.  Yes, activity can bring more buyers to a area, but you also have more competition.  So to keep up, you have to make sure your house is better than the competition.  More landscaping, maybe even dropping the price.   I'm not saying that spring is a bad time.  But if you can,  I alway suggest putting your home on the market early and beat the rush.