[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1hsypmq7gthhk":3,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":39,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":43},{"item":4,"previous":27,"next":33},{"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":25,"updatedAt":26},999,"thinking-of-selling-now-is-the-perfect-time","Thinking of Selling? Now is the Perfect Time","It is common knowledge that a great number of homes sell during the spring-buying season. For that reason, many homeowners hold off on putting their homes on the market until then. The question is whether or not that will be a good strategy this year.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F09152024\u002F20180115-Share-STM.jpg","It is common knowledge that a great number of homes sell during the spring-buying season. For that reason, many homeowners hold off on putting their homes 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? The \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors \u003C\u002Fem>(NAR) recently revealed the months in which most people listed their homes for sale in 2017. Here is a graphic showing the results:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F2018ListingDatesSTM.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-36873\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F2018ListingDatesSTM.jpg\" alt=\"Thinking of Selling? Now is the Perfect Time | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"236\" \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 1,680,000.\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>That number spiked to 1,970,000 by May!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\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 homes right now. 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