Field Guide to Buying and Selling During the Holidays
(Updated December 2008)
The holiday season is here. Your buyers and sellers are asking if this is a good time to buy or sell a house. Find out the pros and cons, how to stage a home during this time of year and whether to decorate or not. (A. Siudzinski, Senior Information Specialist)
Pros and Cons of Buying and Selling During the Holidays
How to build your business this holiday season, (Realty Times, Dec. 4, 2008).
Tips on selling home during the holidays, (Hartford Courant, Nov. 16, 2008).
Should you list your home during the holidays?, (Homes MSP Real Estate Blog, Nov. 15, 2008).
A little holiday secret, (Realty Times, Dec. 13, 2007).
Selling your home during the holidays?, (The Open House Blog, Nov. 14, 2007).
Selling your home over the holidays!, (ActiveRain, Oct. 20, 2007).
10 reasons to sell (or buy) a home during the holidays, (Bankrate, Nov. 14, 2005).
Keep your clients motivated over the holidays, (REALTOR® Magazine, Dec. 2004).
Staging and Decorating During the Holidays
Rules for tasteful holiday decor, (REALTOR® Magazine, Dec. 2008).
Help! 83 days til Christmas -- To decorate or not to decorate???, (ActiveRain, Oct. 3, 2008).
Selling a home during the holidays. Tips for staging real estate between Thanksgiving and Christmas, (Suite 101, Nov. 23, 2007).
Selling your home during the holidays. Will holiday decorations help you sell?, (homebuying.about.com, 2008).
Tips for holiday home selling, (Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS®, n.d.).
Holiday decor could backfire for sellers, (REALTOR® Magazine Daily Real Estate News, Nov. 16, 2006).
Decking the halls can dent your sales, (REALTOR® Magazine, Nov. 2002).
eBooks & Other Resources
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