Is Christmas a good time to sell my home?

Whilst some estate agents in UK don’t recommend to sell a house in Christmas, we think that start selling in this time of the year can also have some advantages. In this article we evaluate the pros and cons of marketing a house in Christmas.

Start selling your home before Christmas

As experienced estate agents that is our advice. Why? Because, as you know, many people, including potential buyers might be away during this time. This is of course, one of the main disadvantages of Christmas and because of that it is better to start marketing your property a few weeks before. Also, agents need some time to take professional photos of your property and make other preparations to market it.

More exposure

In Christmas everyone’s mind is on presents and parties. Well, this can be true for many people, but certainly not for everyone. In spite of the fact of many people being occupied with presents and enjoying holidays away, a lot of other people stay at home and use their holidays to start searching homes on the internet.

Rightmove and Zoopla receive a lot of traffic from Boxing Day onwards and especially in the beginning of the month of January, so make sure to find online estate agents who market your home in those websites and many others to get the maximum exposure.

Get ahead your competition

Another great benefit of marketing your property in December is that there are far less new properties to the market that during the following months. Your property might be the only one of its type on the market in Christmas. In spring, as there are many more properties available, buyers have more options and get more distracted and you property might attract less interest.

If you get your property on the market in December, it will be available before many others and will be seen first.

So, if you are planning on selling your property this winter, don’t waste more time.