Three Reasons Why Listing Your Home During the Winter Can Benefit You!

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Three Reasons Why You Should List Your Home in the Winter!


1. Buyers are SERIOUS
Many use their holiday time or take additional time off during the holidays, to come and house hunt for a future job or voluntary move they have lingering in the future. Being they have limited time, they will schedule multiple properties, and most more than likely select one while they are here in order to complete all necessary paperwork to get the ball rolling on their purchase, so perhaps they can close on their new home from afar and have their new home to move into when they arrive to the area.

2. Homestead Tax Exemption for Buyers
In addition to the above, Buyers who close on their home prior to January 1, are able to file for what we call Homestead Property Tax Exemption. This is an incredible benefit to Florida Homeowners. It will take up to $50,000 off the assessed value of their home so their tax bill will be less. Also, Homesteading your primary property, caps the rate that your property taxes could increase. Meaning, they cannot go above 3% in a year.

3. Less Competition
Everyone believes that spring and summer is the ideal time to list. While this is accurate to an extent, listing this time of year means less competition for you because many will hold out until spring and summer to list their home for sale. If a family is looking in a specific neighborhood, and needing to move ASAP. Let’s say there is only 1-2 other listings in your designated neighborhood, the inventory selections are lower. Meaning, there is a better chance they will select your home, vice when spring or summer come, many may select to list their homes then creating more options for the consumer and lowering the chances they may pick your home.

So, overall, it is a great time capitalize on these three components of the consumer. Even if your home is not sold and closed by January 1st, you still are positioning yourself to sell in early part of the year which can have many great benefits!