The holiday season, which is basically November through January, is highly debated as one the best or worst times to try to sell your house in Lakeland. Perhaps you think it’s better to wait until the New Year or spring to sell your home. Of course, choosing a time to sell your home is a matter of personal preference or sometimes even necessity. It’s not as bad as many people would have you believe, especially when you have a good real estate agent in your corner! During the holiday season, there may be fewer buyers, but they will be highly motivated buyers, and with potentially less inventory on the market, your home will stand out and not only get more showings but a potential contract also. However, you do have to get some things right. Take a look at these tips on how to sell your house during the holidays in Lakeland. And then if you still have questions, Call Denise Cardiff at (863) 944-6349.
Stage It Well
To sell your house during the holidays, you will need to make sure you stage it well to grab buyers attention. Also, by doing some serious holiday decorations, you can stage your property as the perfect family home, giving prospective buyers a taste of what they could make the home look like if they owned it. Also, your neighborhood is more likely to look spectacular during holiday season than any other time of the year, impressing prospective buyers who are driving through the community. Here are the main points to keep in mind:
- Enhance your home’s style. Staging should enhance and complement the architectural style rather than detracting from it or clashing with it.
- Accentuate the most attractive features. Make sure your staging draws attention to the positive features of your home, for example, high ceilings or a beautiful fireplace.
- Complement the color scheme. The color accents you use should complement the new neutral color scheme that you’ve just achieved with repainting.
- Let a lot of light in. With shorter days and overcast skies during the holiday season, you’ll need to tie back heavy drapes, remove the blinds, and add additional lighting.
Take Care of Curb Appeal
First impressions are immensely important, and the curb appeal is what creates the first impression when buyers pull up to your home. Just when the holiday season rolls around, leaves fall, and yards begin to look ragged. So if you really do want to sell your house at this time, you’ll need to do some cleanup and at least minor landscaping. Also, be sure to touch up any exterior paint that needs it, repair sagging fences, and lay down new mulch in beds.
Respect Busy Schedules
You will be just as busy as the potential buyers and trying to fit in open houses and individual showings with all the holiday stuff going on can be challenging. Many of us have a great deal of obligations and activities pulling us in many different directions at this time of year. While we generally find the most highly motivated buyers during the holiday season, we will still need to coordinate specific times and days during which you will allow us to approve showing appointments and open houses. Many buyers may only be in town for a few days over the holiday. Others have extra days off work to house hunt. We will work closely with you and respect your family holiday time together. The warm winter here in Lakeland, Florida during brings “snow birds” which certainly adds to our pool of buyers.
Price to Sell
To sell your house at this time of year, we simply must price to sell. But that doesn’t necessarily mean pricing low. It means, rather, pricing strategically. Get a quick estimate of value of your property here
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Creative Marketing Plan
My winning 8 Week Marketing Plan and expertise helps when you want to sell your house quickly and at a good price. We simply cannot neglect online marketing. And one highly effective component of an online marketing campaign is a virtual tour. Busy buyers are coming to depend more and more on virtual tours when shopping for new homes – especially when the days are shorter and it’s dark early.
Hire a Good Real Estate Agent To Sell Your House
I can definitely work for you to sell your house during the holidays in Lakeland, but there some critical ingredients in the recipe. And one of those key ingredients is a qualified local agent who will be there with you every step of the way. Not only will Denise Cardiff sell your home, but she will also free up more of your time for enjoying the holiday season. Yes…. that is really me with Santa in the photo…..
