If you are thinking about selling a house in December, you may be worried about whether that is the best time to sell your property. Here we talk about the two main problems with selling during the holidays and solutions to make it happen.
Problem #1 with selling a house in December | Less buyers
The first issue with selling your home in December is that there are a lot less buyers out there looking for a home. Christmas is one of the most popular times to take a vacation or go visit friends and family. People also spend much of the time preparing for the big day, deciding what presents they are going to buy for their loved ones or planning the Christmas Day meal.
Depending on where you live, bad weather can also seriously impact your efforts to sell your house. Many buyers will put off their home search until January.
If you have the flexibility to wait, summer is the best time to sell a house; in Orlando and Central Florida, there are almost twice as many buyers in July as compared to December.
Less buyers mean less chance of people looking at your home, which results in your home taking a lot longer to sell around Christmas time.
Solution to Problem #1
Selling your house the old-fashioned way by hiring a realtor can take forever in December but you do have alternatives.
You can sell your house fast and not have to worry about the sale dragging on through Christmas (or the New Year) by working with a buyer like House Solutions USA. We typically buy homes in less than half the time of a conventional buyer.
Problem #2 with selling a house is December | Inconvenience
Picture this; December is that one time of year when your daughter and grandchildren visit you and everyone is sitting at the dining table. No sooner than you put a forkful of that wonderful turkey you spent hours baking into your mouth than you hear the phone ring. It’s your realtor telling you she has the perfect buyer for your home and that she’s on her way to do a showing.
The reality is that you will probably have to show the house given the fact that you signed a contract with the real estate agency. In addition, there are so few buyers in December that you almost feel obligated to interrupt your family time to do the showing, just in case that buyer is “the one”.
Just as many buyers rather spend their time relaxing in December holiday season, homeowners soon quickly realize that selling a house in December can be a huge inconvenience during what is supposed to be a festive time of the year.
Solution to Problem #2
It seems to be ingrained in our brains that the only way to sell your home is by hiring a real estate agent. That may have been true 100 years ago, but today you can easily sell a house without a realtor by just contacting a cash buyer like House Solutions USA.
Buying houses is our full-time business and it does not matter whether it is December or July. What is different though is that you won’t have to open up your home a bunch of times to different buyers. Given the way we buy houses, we typically visit the property just once at your convenience, and then make our offer to purchase thereafter.
Rather than suffer the inconvenience of multiple calls or knocks at the door, you can sell your home stress-free with just one call.
Selling a house in December is as easy as filling out our cash offer form online. It takes just 5 minutes and you can sell your home the modern way.
Still have questions? Give us a call at 407-738-1581 or reach out to us online. We’d be happy to help.