Home Sales Winter vs Summer
Should I list my Lakes Region, NH home for sale over the winter or should I wait till summer? This is the million dollar question. Well, you can certainly argue the properties around here look a lot better in the spring and summer, but what do the numbers say. You have to go with my logic here. If we look at properties that sell from April 1st to June 30th, we can assume that most of them were on the market and went under contract during the winter. We can use the same logic for summer, August 1st to September 30th. So, here are the number of closed residential sales in both Carroll and Belknap Counties.
| Date Range | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| April 1st to June 30th | 332 | 326 | 414 | 337 |
| September 1st to October 30th | 236 | 258 | 262 | 288 |
I have to admit, even I am surprise, I was thinking the winter numbers were going to be smaller but close. I guess people do look for Lakes Region Real Estate over the winter, to be in for summer!
November 19th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Adam,
Interesting info! It would also be interesting to know what the activity is in the December-February time frame. Have you looked at that too?
Jay
November 29th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Hi Jay,
I had not looked into that timeframe…until now…check out my new article
http://www.adamdow.com/info/real-estate-hints/the-best-time-to-sell-a-home-in-the-lakes-region/