Thinking of Selling Your House? This is a Perfect Time!

By Selling February 20, 2019

Thinking of Selling Your House? This is a 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 putting their homes on the market until then. The question is whether or not that is a good strategy this year.

The other listings that come out in the spring will represent increased competition to any seller. Do a greater number of homes actually come to the market during this season in comparison to the rest of the year? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently revealed the months during which most people listed their homes for sale in 2018. This graphic shows the results:

The three months in the second quarter of the year (represented in red) 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 1,520,000.

That number spiked to 1,870,000 by May!
What does this mean to you?
With 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.

Bottom Line
If you are looking to sell this year, waiting until the spring to list your home means you will have the greatest competition amongst buyers. Beat the rush of housing inventory that will enter the market and list your home today!

Read the Original Article Here: Thinking of Selling Your House? This is a Perfect Time!

About the Author
FD Bell, Broker - Realtor

FD Bell is a founding partner and Broker of Southeast Land & Homes - serving land, commercial, and residential clients. Contributing years of experience in real estate and commercial lending to the success of her clients.


FD's real estate career began in the late ‘90’s representing clients in commercial real estate with acquisition and disposition of properties in Central Florida. She has also had the opportunity to expand her real estate knowledge into commercial lending as a representative for a Central FL CDC, CIT Group (a Commercial Lender), as well as a midwest banking group.


FD has earned her Broker’s license in multiple states. She has held the distinguished honor of being 2016 Past President of Georgia Chapter REALTORS® Land Institute.


She also holds the following professional memberships:

  • East Metro Board of REALTORS® / Director 2018-2020
  • Georgia Association REALTORS®
  • National Association of REALTORS® / Professional Development Committee
  • REALTORS® Land Institute / Education Committee / Governmental Affairs Committee
  • GA Chapter REALTORS® Land Institute / 2016 Past President / Director 2017-2018 / Administrator 2019-2020
  • Academy of Land Specialists / Director
  • Georgia MLS - Member 

The love of working on the land follows FD home to her and her husband’s hobby farm, located comfortably south of Atlanta, where they always have a DIY project, gardens, or farm family critters to keep them busy.