I sold my old house last January, in the frigid NE. According to a lot of realtors I spoke with at the time, Jan 15th onwards starts a good selling season because its a good time to position a move at the end of the school year.
I sold mine at the same time in Peabody MA. I was never so happy. When I sold, we had very little snow on the ground. Who wants snowy salty boots tromping through the house?
>>According to a lot of realtors I spoke with at the time, Jan 15th onwards starts a good selling season because its a good time to position a move at the end of the school year.<<
Yep. I used to be in real estate. November and December figures can be a bit missleading because it is the official slow season in real estate. January is when things start ramping up.
This is one reason I said last fall that come the end of April I believe we will know if this thing bottomed out and is coming back, of if we are in the beginning stages of a serious recession.