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Should your house be on the market over the holidays?

Selling over the holidays

31 sellers in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County would say YES!

Many homeowners took their house off the market over the holidays, some of whom will wait until the first Monday of January to re-list, and some of whom will wait until Spring to put them back on the market.  And why not?  There couldn't be too many people buying homes over the Christmas holiday, right?

Looking back at this past holiday season, if you took your house off the market 10 days before Christmas (Dec 15) and waited until the first Monday after the New Year to put it back on the market....

You would have missed out on 31 buyers who signed contracts to buy homes between those dates.
  

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