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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
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Subject: Re: When should I sell my house?
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 13:14:47 EST
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> I am planning to put my house on the market sometime
> in 1986 and would appreciate any advice on the timing
> of the sale.  What time of the year is best for selling
> a house?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Tom Marsden
> mhuxn!shazam
> (201) 582-6142
> CORNET 231-6142

In general, I think that the best time to sell a house is in
the spring, and early summer.  People are more prone to want to go
out looking when the weather turns nice.  Plus, this is when the
new conbstruction starts are at their greatest.  This may seem
somewhat nebulous, but there is one very real reason for selling then:

People with school kids want to move during summer break, in order to
be in the new house in time for the start of school in the fall.  To 
close by the end of August, you need to be on the market in June, and
perhaps May, especially if the sale of your house is going to be
contingent on the buyer selling their house.  (Their buyer may also want to
be in for the next school year.)

Conversely, buying a house can be very good in the early winter, especially
around Christmas, which is a very dead time of year.  Prices are lowest then,
but you'll have to contend with less choice, too.

Bob Schleicher'
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