What is the best time to put your property up for sale?

Homewell presents the advantages and disadvantages of each season.

To succeed in a real estate sale, several factors must be taken into account, and choosing the right time is one of them. We should nonetheless remind you that this is not a crucial point, but a generality, and that transactions take place in every season! Nevertheless, each season has its advantages as well as its disadvantages, which are presented in this article.

Selling in spring

The real estate market is particularly dynamic in spring, with the return of nice weather and blooming gardens motivating a good number of potential buyers. In addition, buying during this period allows people to move in over the summer, in time for the start of the school year, for parents wishing to make their children's schooling easier.

As a result, the number of properties on the market increases considerably in spring, so competition becomes fierce. Be careful that your property does not get lost among so many others and lose its rarity!

Selling in summer

The primary advantage of summer is the weather! But also, following spring, demand drops again and properties become rather scarce on the market in summer, so competition will be lower and the aspect of rarity can be leveraged. Nonetheless, prefer viewings at the end of the day in order to avoid the heat peaks.

The major drawback of the summer months is, of course, the holidays: the number of potential buyers decreases considerably. On the other hand, potential buyers who have not gone away on a trip will invest themselves in their search!

Selling in autumn

The level of activity gradually picks up a good pace from the end of summer, but competition remains minimal. In addition, the days begin to shorten, and so the light is no longer as ideal as in the previous few months.

On top of that come all the end-of-summer obligations, such as the start of the school year, the return to work, and so on.

It is therefore hard to capture the attention of potential buyers.

Selling in winter

As for winter, it all depends on the type of property offered. If your property's main asset is its flowering garden, it will be preferable to wait for the return of nice weather. Chalets, for their part, logically enjoy great success in winter because they are shown at their best. The volume of real estate transactions in winter generally picks up pace: indeed, projects often come to fruition at the end of the year.

The weak point of the winter months is unquestionably its weather. Fog, snow, frost, it is decidedly not the ideal season when it comes to viewings.

The seasons certainly have an impact on showcasing your property: a property will indeed tend to sell quickly during a period when demand is higher, and conversely, when demand is at its lowest, the sale will be slower. But the season is far from being a crucial point when putting a property up for sale, and a number of other factors, far more crucial, such as the estimate of the sale price or the photographs, will have a far more considerable impact than that of the season.