Most home buyers and sellers understand the seasonality of the residential real estate market with spring being the “hot” market and winter being a slow one. This often leads to many sellers with homes that have not sold, opting to take them off the market until after the holidays with the plan to come back when the market gets better. Is this a good plan though? As a seller are you missing out on selling your home by taking your home off the market at a time when there is so little competition and at a time that the buyers that are out looking are usually very serious?
Well, first and foremost, if, as a seller, you are taking a break from dealing with keeping your home show-ready, making it available for showings, etc so that you can enjoy time with your family and friends then by all means that is a great plan. However, if you are taking a listing hiatus because of “the market” or “the time of year”, you may want to rethink it.
715 homes and condos went under contract within a week of Christmas last year…
As the table below shows, there were 715 homes that went under contract within a week of Christmas last year (either in the week proceeding or week after). So, during what many consider a “dead” time for real estate, quite a few homes sold. During 2018, there were a total of 31,121 homes and condos sold in the St Louis 5-County Core market so, if we were to simply determine on average how many homes sold in a two-week period we would come up with 1,196. At 715 sales for this two-week Christmas period, that is just about 60% of an average two-week period, but it’s still rather significant.
Homes and Condos That Went Under Contract Within 1 Week Of Christmas 2018 In The St Louis 5-County Core
