[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f197mvggyj6hes":3,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":35,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":39},{"item":4,"previous":23,"next":29},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":21,"updatedAt":22},483,"thinking-of-selling-why-now-may-be-the-time","Thinking of Selling? Why Now May Be The Time","It is common knowledge that a large number of homes sell during the spring-buying season. For that reason, many homeowners hold off on putting their home on the market until then. The question is whether or not that will be a good strategy this year.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F01\u002F01161758\u002FThinking-of-Selling-Why-Now-May-Be-The-Time.jpg","It is common knowledge that a large number of homes sell during the spring-buying season. For that reason, many homeowners hold off on putting their home on the market until then. The question is whether or not that will be a good strategy this year.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe other listings that do come out in the spring will represent increased competition to any seller. Do a greater number of homes actually come to the market in the spring, as compared to the rest of the year? \u003Cem>The National Association of Realtors (NAR)\u003C\u002Fem> recently revealed which months most people listed their home in for 2015. Here is a graphic showing the results:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F01\u002FCalendar-2015.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32661\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-32661\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F01\u002FCalendar-2015.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Popular Selling Months | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nThe three months in the second quarter of the year \u003Cem>(represented in red)\u003C\u002Fem> are consistently the most popular months for sellers to list their homes on the market. Last year, the number of homes available for sale in January was 1,860,000.\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>That number spiked to 2,280,000 by May!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>What does this mean to you?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nWith the national job situation improving, and mortgage interest rates projected to rise later in the year, buyers are not waiting until the spring. They are out looking for a home right now. 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