When Is The Ideal Time to Sell Your Sandpiper Lakeland Home?

When Is The Ideal Time to Sell Your Sandpiper Lakeland Home?

There are many opinions on this matter. But is there really an ideal time to have your Sandpiper Lakeland home for sale?

The ideal time to list your Sandpiper Lakeland FL home is the time it will get the most exposure to the biggest number of prospective buyers.

So when will your Sandpiper Lakeland FL home for sale get the most exposure? Here are some tips to help you decide if it’s time to put your Sandpiper Lakeland home for sale:

1. The Best Time of Year To List Your Home

There are certain times of the year when it’s a good idea to list your Sandpiper Lakeland home for sale. Avoid listing your home just before Christmas since the pool of buyers during this season is usually much smaller compared to the rest of the year. If you decide to sell during the Christmas season, it may take longer or you might end up getting something below your asking price.

The best time of year to sell your Sandpiper Lakeland FL home is in springtime. This is mainly the reason why the “National Open House Weekend” was designated on the 4th weekend of April by the National Association of Realtors. But, in areas that don’t snow, February or March is also a good time to sell your home. Consult your Sandpiper Lakeland FL agent about which spring month is the best time for you to sell your home.

In case you have miss the spring market, the next best time of the year to sell is in fall, just after the Labor Day weekend. Contrary to popular belief, people don’t like moving during summer because that’s the time for vacations, home improvement projects, and get-togethers.

2. The Best Time of the Month to List Your Home

The best time would be the week after you have paid your monthly mortgage. At this time, you may be able to sell your Sandpiper Lakeland FL home within the next 21 days. The mortgage you pay for the next month would then be the last mortgage payment you would have to make on your home.

If you are planning on buying a new home after selling your Sandpiper Lakeland FL home or moving up, closing escrow should happen by the end of the month.  Because of the system in interest prorations, this means you won’t have to pay the mortgage on your new home for a month. You’ll be living in a new home and only paying the interest.

3. Choosing the Best Day of The Week to List Your Home

The problem with selling on a Monday is people are less focused since they are still adjusting from the weekend and still trying to refocus on work. Most federal holidays often fall on Mondays as well. Some advertising agencies would convince you that the best day to list your home is Tuesday, but neither Monday or Tuesday is the best day to list your home.

Weekends are also not the best time to list your Sandpiper Lakeland FL home for sale since most people have plans already for the weekend.

That leaves you with Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Thursdays are usually most agents’ day off, especially for busy agents who work on the weekends. And Wednesday is considered by most people as a hump day.

Now that means the only day left is Friday. If you’re wondering if there is still such a thing as the best specific time to list your home, it would be at 12:01 am on a Friday (or Thursday night). You could have your Sandpiper Lakeland FL agent put your listing on the MLS  a day or two before Friday to give him or her more time to make the listing perfect. Then set the listing to automatically go live on Friday at 12:01 am, that way they do not need to stay up late and watch the clock until midnight on Friday.

So why Friday, 12:01 am? Aside from catching the late sleepers on Friday, your listings will be viewed by thousands of home buyers on their computers first thing in the morning on Friday. Most home buyers tend to look on a Friday, and most of them also receive automatic email updates from their agents on a Friday. Another good reason worth mentioning is that the automatic MLS listings are released mostly when there is slow internet traffic which is from midnight until the wee hours of the morning. So the listing will show on the buyers’ computers as a completed new listing which is already available for viewing that same day. In real estate, as with any other kind of market, buyers are more motivated to check out the newer items. Most home buyers will want that newer home for sale.

Ensure that you plan beforehand and choose the best day to have your Sandpiper Lakeland home for sale so it could reach the most number of potential buyers. To get the best tips on how you can sell your Sandpiper Lakeland Fl home for sale, call Petra Norris at (863) 619-6918 today!