Some experts say now is time to list home on market

Posted at: 11/20/2009 5:06 PM | Updated at: 11/20/2009 6:43 PM
By: Kayla Anderson, Eyewitness News 4; Charlie Pabst, KOB.com

Home sales traditionally slow down around the holidays, but this year, experts are seeing a change.

Some say it's a sign the housing market may be turning around, and one agent says now is the perfect time to put your home on the market if you're planning to sell.

Associate Broker Linda DeVlieg said Friday, "I think what we're finding is hopefully the bottom is there and we're going to find a great opportunity for buyers right now."

DeVlieg says home sales have continued to rise for four months.

To keep the momentum going, she wrote a blog, titled "13 Reasons to List During the Holidays."

DeVlieg said, "I hear sellers and their brokers telling me, I'm going to take my house off the market for the holidays and my reaction is always, 'Why?'"

There is less competition during the holiday season, which could mean a higher selling price.

"It's only going to take one buyer to sell your house and you might miss them," DeVlieg said.

She also says that January is traditionally the biggest month for job transfers, so it's important to have your home on the market now, so you catch those people.

She's motivating sellers like JoAnn and Doug Ruhl.

"It's a beautiful home, we've enjoyed living here. In fact, I thought, gosh, it'd be nice just to be able to move this house back to Oklahoma," JoAnn Ruhl said.

Dough Ruhl said, "I think we've had four or five showings in that time frame, and I think that's reasonably good."

DeVlieg says bottom line: If you don't try, you don't sell.

"If your house isn't out there on the market, you miss that chance," she said.

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