Selling Your Home During the Holiday Season

Thursday is Thanksgiving and the start of the traditonal holiday season. For those who have their homes on the market or are thinking of selling their homes; it can feel like a difficult balance between selling their home and the holiday festivities. But you can do both and not miss out on either one.

One of the first things I tell my sellers is to not go overboard with the holiday decorations. This time of the year buyers are expecting the home to be decorated. They just do not want to walk into a national lampoons Christmas vacation home. You need to decorate in moderation.

Prospective buyers are not going ot be suprised to walk into a home and see holiday decorations hanging around and christms trees decorated and up this time of the year. But, be careful with placement. If you are adding in a Chrsitmas tree or other large decorations; make sure you are removing some items from the room as well. You do not want to lose the spacious feeling the room has or give the perception that the room is smaller.

I see it a lot this time of the year. Sellers reshuffle the couch or chair around to get the tree in the room. Then the room looks signifcantly smaller than it really is. This can be a deciding factor for soemone looking to buy your home. As the average family is buying homes slightly smaller; space in a room is a large consideration to a buyer's needs and motivation.

Another thing you can do to help your home sell during the holiday season is to make sure you have it availble for showings. This is the time for families to gather and is the busiest travel time of the year. However; this may be the time you do the traveling instead of them traveling to you. By not making your home availble for showings during the holiday season; you may be losing the potential buyer that will purchase your home.

A comon theme this time of the year is if they are out looking at homes; they are buying a home....So, why limit the availble time your home can be shown and not make it marketable to the buyers? you can have your cake and eat it to here. Just do it in moderation.

Dave dicecco
Realtor/Broker
www.davedicecco.com