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Are you sure it's that and not because you've been trying to sell your house during the off-season? Most of my real-estate friends barely make any, if any, sale

by cronix 8y ago

Are you sure it's that and not because you've been trying to sell your house during the off-season? Most of my real-estate friends barely make any, if any, sales during fall-winter and make most sales in late spring or when kids are out of school for the summer.

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Buttons840 8y ago
Is it not late spring right now?
- elliotec 8y ago
  Late spring is late May-early June
rco8786 8y ago
OP said 6 months. that's a long off-season.
- cronix 8y ago
  Yes, November 2018 - April 2019 is the prior 6 months. Not a lot of house selling going on usually. The majority of house sales are not within those months (at least in the US). A lot of it is regional (weather related) as well, but it's really mostly dictated by the school year. Most parents try to avoid moving their kids to a new school mid-year if they can help it and wait until school gets out to move. https://www.zillow.com/sellers-guide/best-time-to-sell/ https://www.zillow.com/sellers-guide/best-time-to-sell/
  - rco8786 8y ago
    I feel like you're trying to say that house sales just stop, or come close to it, during this time. When the reality is it's more like a few % points drop in volume. If it took OP an extra week or three sell? Sure. But 6 months? Something else is wrong.
tehlike 8y ago
Off season is december. Now is more or less the good times.
jcadam 8y ago
I put this sucker on the market in the fall (bad time, I know). I got a great job offer I couldn't refuse and had to move. Unfortunately, I have yet to "realize" my new, higher salary because I'm paying double for housing until the old place sells. It's a nice house, not too old, large, pool, etc., in a good neighborhood but it's not getting many showings.
- cljs-js-eval 8y ago
  Is it in the suburbs? All my home-buying-age friends are moving into/near the city, the definition of "good neighborhood" has shifted a bit from years past.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  Have you lowered the price? A house properly priced will move in any market.
  - jcadam 8y ago
    I listed it for exactly what it was listed for when I had bought it... about 7 months prior (and at that time it drew multiple offers within 2 weeks on market). It really was an unexpected situation.
    - toomuchtodo 8y ago
      Markets can change rapidly.

by cronix 8y ago

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Buttons840 8y ago

Is it not late spring right now?

elliotec 8y ago
Late spring is late May-early June

rco8786 8y ago

OP said 6 months. that's a long off-season.

cronix 8y ago
Yes, November 2018 - April 2019 is the prior 6 months. Not a lot of house selling going on usually. The majority of house sales are not within those months (at least in the US). A lot of it is regional (weather related) as well, but it's really mostly dictated by the school year. Most parents try to avoid moving their kids to a new school mid-year if they can help it and wait until school gets out to move. https://www.zillow.com/sellers-guide/best-time-to-sell/ https://www.zillow.com/sellers-guide/best-time-to-sell/
- rco8786 8y ago
  I feel like you're trying to say that house sales just stop, or come close to it, during this time. When the reality is it's more like a few % points drop in volume. If it took OP an extra week or three sell? Sure. But 6 months? Something else is wrong.

tehlike 8y ago

Off season is december. Now is more or less the good times.

jcadam 8y ago

I put this sucker on the market in the fall (bad time, I know). I got a great job offer I couldn't refuse and had to move. Unfortunately, I have yet to "realize" my new, higher salary because I'm paying double for housing until the old place sells. It's a nice house, not too old, large, pool, etc., in a good neighborhood but it's not getting many showings.

cljs-js-eval 8y ago
Is it in the suburbs? All my home-buying-age friends are moving into/near the city, the definition of "good neighborhood" has shifted a bit from years past.
toomuchtodo 8y ago
Have you lowered the price? A house properly priced will move in any market.
- jcadam 8y ago
  I listed it for exactly what it was listed for when I had bought it... about 7 months prior (and at that time it drew multiple offers within 2 weeks on market). It really was an unexpected situation.
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    Markets can change rapidly.