Real Estate in Barrington & The Northwest Suburbs: It's 2011 - When Should You List Your Barrington Home For Sale-January, February or March

It's 2011 - When Should You List Your Home For Sale-January, February or March.

As is often the case at this time of the year sellers who did not sell last year or want to move this year want to know when is the best time to re-list their home. If you took your home off the market last November or early December, once the Holidays are done we still have a lot of winter to deal with.

On December 31st our temperatures were as high as 55F. All the snow melted and even my son said-hey spring has arrived. Well January saw our numbers tumble back to the teens but we know there is much more snow and cold to come. Spring does not really arrive until April and even then snow can still fall.

So are you going to wait it out a while until all the buyers come to the market in spring? Or would it help to get an insight into buyer activity right now? With a website targeted to attract buyers I want you to know that December was an active month for buyers looking at Barrington homes. The week following Christmas saw a surge in visitors especially from out of state buyers. Last Monday I had 53 brand new visitors to my Barrington website and between them they managed to look at 859 homes for sale. The 6 days after Christmas saw 280 visitors looking at 3298 homes for sale and Barrington information I publish on the site. December is always the quietest month for traffic and I expect it to increase over the next 3 months.

So were they able to look at your home or are you waiting?



You might also like to know I have buyers on my client list for 2011 that did not find the home they want. How quickly will these buyers get back to looking? January 2nd. I am scheduled to show homes tomorrow with a 2010 client. They are serious buyers and want to find a new home. With nothing to sell first they are ideal buyers.

Are they able to look at your home or are you waiting?

Relocating clients. It is not uncommon for families moving from out of state to put the wheels in motion in January. Over a third of the visitors to my site are not from Illinois.

Hopefully they'll be able to view your property.

Armed with this glass ball insight to buyers looking both online and in person, you might want to re-think the "wait until spring" strategy. To list your home now and get it not only listed but also featured in front of the many buyers that visit my site daily-call me: 847-363-3686

Contact:

Corinne Guest
Real Estate in Barrington
Royal Advocate Realty
Info@CorinneGuest.com
(847) 363-3686