Reasons Not to Sell During the Holidays

Everywhere you go this week, you'll probably hear Christmas carols. Doesn't matter where you are -- at the gas station, standing in line at the grocery store or weaving through the crowded aisles at Target, you can't escape Christmas music. Everybody seems happy. So why keep your home on the market during the holidays?

However, if you're one of those sellers who absolutely needs to sell during the holidays, then here are tips and compromises to increase your odds of a sale. You'll also read a few thoughts you might not have considered, including seven good reasons why you might be better off taking your home off the market now and putting it back in January. These are reasons not to sell during the holidays that your agent probably doesn't want you to read.

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_{At the time of writing, Elizabeth Weintraub, DRE # 00697006, is a Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate in Sacramento, California.}