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Unlocking the Benefits of Selling Your Home in Spring
Katie Browder-Person • April 7, 2024
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Intro
Are you considering selling your home but not sure when the best time to do so would be? Spring may just be the ideal season to unlock the benefits of putting your home on the market. With warmer weather, blooming flowers, and longer daylight hours, spring creates a welcoming atmosphere for both sellers and buyers. In this blog post, we will explore the advantages of selling your home in the spring and why it may be the perfect time for you to make a move.
Increased Curb Appeal
The enhanced visual appeal of your property in spring cannot be overstated. This season breathes life into your home's exterior, showcasing it in its most flattering light. Vibrant blooms, a verdant lawn, and the glistening sun combine to create an irresistible visual draw for potential buyers. This natural beauty not only increases your home’s attractiveness but also signals to buyers that your property is well cared for. To maximize this seasonal advantage, consider investing in professional landscaping, applying a fresh coat of paint where needed, and performing any external repairs. These efforts will not only bolster your home's curb appeal but also set a positive tone for buyers' overall impressions, enhancing the likelihood of a swift and successful sale.
More Active Buyers
Spring ushers in a period of heightened activity within the real estate market, as buyers emerge from the winter months eager to commence their search for the perfect home. This surge in buyer interest is propelled by the agreeable weather and the increased daylight hours, which encourage more people to venture out and explore available properties. As a result, sellers who list their homes during this bustling season can benefit from the intensified competition among buyers. This dynamic often translates into a quicker selling process and the potential for receiving multiple offers, thereby giving sellers an advantageous position in negotiations. By choosing to market their property in spring, sellers can access a broader audience of motivated buyers, ready and willing to act swiftly on their decision to purchase a new home. This increased buyer activity is a key reason why spring is considered one of the best times to sell, creating a favorable market environment for sellers aiming to achieve optimal outcomes.
Better Home Presentation
The spring season naturally enhances the presentation of your home, allowing its best features to shine. The abundance of natural light and the fresh, airy feel of spring days can transform interiors, making spaces appear larger, brighter, and more inviting. This is a pivotal advantage for sellers aiming to make a memorable impression on potential buyers. Utilizing this season's attributes, sellers have the unique opportunity to open windows and integrate outdoor living areas into the home's appeal, effectively expanding the usable space and showcasing versatility. Staging becomes an even more powerful tool in spring, with the ability to incorporate vibrant colors, floral arrangements, and lighter textiles that echo the season’s vitality. These touches not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the home but also evoke emotions of renewal and comfort, creating a connection with buyers as they envision themselves living in the space. Spring's backdrop is unparalleled for highlighting your home's appeal, leveraging the season's optimism to attract interest and engagement from buyers.
Favorable Moving Conditions
One of the overlooked yet significant advantages of selling your home in spring relates to the logistics of moving. The season's temperate climate presents an ideal scenario for both sellers and buyers, reducing the likelihood of facing unpredictable weather conditions that can complicate moving plans. This period of moderate weather is crucial for a seamless transition, allowing for the efficient packing, transporting, and unpacking of belongings without the added stress of dealing with either the sweltering heat of summer or the icy roads of winter. Additionally, the longer daylight hours provide more time each day to manage the myriad tasks associated with moving, from the final walkthroughs and inspections to the actual move itself. For sellers, this means that the home can be prepared and presented in its best light, with ample opportunity to address any last-minute details or adjustments. Buyers benefit from the ability to comfortably explore their new surroundings and settle in without the haste that adverse weather conditions can impose. This combination of favorable weather and extended daylight significantly contributes to a smoother, more efficient moving experience, making spring an opportune time to transition to a new home.
Alignment with School Calendars
For families considering a move, timing the sale of their home with the school year can offer significant benefits. Spring presents an opportune window to align the real estate process with the academic calendar, particularly for those with school-aged children. Opting to sell during this season allows for a strategic timeline where the transaction can be completed, and the family can relocate in the summer months. This synchronization with the school break minimizes disruption to children's education, enabling a smoother transition into new schools at the beginning of the academic year. It's a thoughtful approach that not only considers the logistics of moving but also prioritizes the educational and emotional adjustment of children to their new environment. Additionally, having the summer to adjust before the new school term starts gives families the chance to explore their new community, participate in local activities, and establish friendships, laying the groundwork for a supportive and enriching start at a new school. This thoughtful planning can make a significant difference in ensuring a seamless move that respects the rhythms of family life and educational commitments, making spring an ideal time for families to consider listing their homes.
As the new year approaches and talk of the housing market in the new year approaches, rest assured that no matter your plans or goals, the Skinner Group will be here to serve you! Check out some common housing goals or plans and how we can help you: Find a bigger home: If 2025 is the year your family needs more space, we’ve got you covered! We can help you narrow your Central Ohio real estate search based on location or housing needs, and we can also work with you on a new a build. A new build is another excellent option for those seeking more space. Move to Central Ohio: Reading this from out of town? Welcome! We’d love to serve you in your search for finding your new place to call home in Central Ohio. The region boasts numerous communities, towns, and neighborhoods all with their own benefits and unique characteristics. Contact the Skinner Group today to inquire about serving as buyer representation. Sell your current Central Ohio home: No matter the reason, if you’re looking to sell your Central Ohio home in 2025, give us a call as soon as possible. The sooner the Skinner Group can chat with you about seller representation, the better we can serve you. Downsize: Just as many families and home owners might be looking for more space, many families and home owners are now on the opposite end and looking to downsize. We know this can be a tricky and delicate process, whether navigating the emotions of selling the family home, or finding the place that’s ‘just right’ (maybe downsize means a ranch layout or a smaller yard), but we’re here to serve you and your family. Relocate around/across Central Ohio: New schools. Closer to work. Have a home with a basement. Any of those reasons and countless more have been reasons why a family might move across town or just a couple of zip codes over without a significant change in home size. You likely have a key reason to want to move, but might need some help in sorting through the details whether on the buying or selling side. No matter the reason, the Skinner Group is eager to hear from you about buyer or seller representation in 2025! Until then, we wish you the happiest of holiday seasons and all the best in the new year!
As we arrive at the time of year prime for holiday gatherings, if you’re also in (or will be in) the season of home buying, you may want to factor in your future holiday hosting plans. Do you always throw the best dinner parties? Or, maybe at least the best take-out pizza parties? Maybe you’d like to ease the hosting duties from an older family member once you have the space to do it? Let’s walk through some of these thoughts in a room-by-room format, just as if you were doing a real home walk-through with your experienced realtor. Having notes and preferences will later make your home buying experience smoother and give your realtor more to work with, and more options to show you. Open floor plans: Those serious about hosting family and friends, and especially larger parties, might want to zero in on homes with open floor plans allowing for guests to always feel part of the action and no one ‘cut off’ when in another room. Your buyer representing realtor can help you narrow down the search for this style of floor plan. Sometimes sellers will even mention a home is ideal for hosting. Guest bedrooms: Don’t forget to consider how often you currently host overnight guests, or how often you could host once your new home is purchased or even as other family members or close friends make their own life moves in the coming years. Seasoned realtors of your area can also keep an eye out for properties with in-law suites or other guest room features. Living/family rooms: Where does everyone end up during a holiday party other than the kitchen? The living room. If you have dreams of your big extended family one day holding their gift exchange in your living room, or having epic holiday party games with friends, make sure they can all fit! Fireplaces are also great considerations and for some could be the make-or-break feature in two otherwise similar homes. Kitchen: Serious home chefs will want to let their buyer representation realtor know that they’re looking for well-equipped and spacious kitchens, while others may want the counter space for slow cookers or pizza boxes. Whether you cook in or take-out, parties have food and if you plan on throwing many parties, you’ll want to plan ahead for how to make and arrange those meals. Outdoor space: Thinking of being the summer party house in your family or friend group? Tune your home search toward properties with ample outdoor space and even features such as spacious patios, outdoor living and cooking areas, or even a pool. An experienced realtor can also lend thoughts on how much outdoor space is needed to bring those outdoor living dreams to life if the home's backyard is a blank slate. Want a little more control in these areas of your future home? A custom new build can be a great option for having a blank slate and a little more say in the home’s features. Here at the Skinner Group, we work with numerous Central Ohio new build partners and would love to bring a new build dream to life! Whether it’s also buying season or not right now, we wish you a happy holiday season from our family to yours!
If you’re planning to, or know you’ll be selling and moving in spring/summer of 2025, some of your prep work could start now to save you stress later. As experienced realtors here at The Skinner Group, we’re all in favor of reducing stress for our clients! As 2024 winds down, what are some things you could begin working on now in advance of selling (or even buying) in 2025? Identify Fixes: Identify the places in your current home that must be addressed before placing on the market, and create a plan of action for addressing those fixes. If outside help (plumber, etc.) is required, it’s best to be in touch with those professionals early to get on their schedules and get the needed financial estimates and conversations underway. Plan Upgrades: “Fresh” is always a great selling point, so start making notes and plans for simple refreshes. Holiday breaks can make for ideal times for simple and fun upgrades… and surely your out-of-town aunt would love to give you her opinions on refreshing your kitchen as you pass the gravy on Turkey Day! All of that adds up to knowing what refreshes you’ll make and when you’ll do it. Don’t forget the outside: You wrote down the leaky faucet and better cabinet handles on your to-fix list, but don’t forget about the part of your home that others see first! Exterior improvements could be as simple as overgrown garden control, or more complex like cracked patio steps. Similar to interior fixes or improvements, create a list and a plan of action for addressing. Some of this will likely need to wait until spring, but you can still plan out how you’ll do it and even browse for the most cost-effective methods to carry out your project. Find a realtor: Here at the Skinner Group, we’d love to work with you to sell your Central Ohio home. Reach out and simply say “hello”, or we’d also love to chat about your ideal selling timeline now so that it can come to life. Reaching out to an experienced realtor early allows for everyone to have more time to achieve the common goal of buying or selling with the best outcomes possible. Research future needs: If you’re planning to sell the home your currently live in and have no next residence lined up, then you're probably going to experiencing the buyer life as well in looking for a new home. If you haven’t already, take some time to consider not just your current, but your future needs in your next home. An experienced realtor can be great to chat with and make sure you haven’t overlooked a future need. Our next blog post will actually help you consider these future needs in the context of the holidays-- so stay tuned! Just like many other things in life where success begins in the ‘off season’, so can be true for preparing to sell your home. Preparing ahead of the spring and summer real estate selling season can put you ahead, save some stress, and lead to the best outcomes. Reach out to an experienced realtor, reach out to the Skinner Group today!