Are you waiting for the “Spring Market” to sell your home? Think again! The Grand Rapids area has been a global relocation market for quite some time with corporate transfers coming and going from the East side of the state, other states, and from across either ocean. Ask any Human Resource Manager if they are furloughed in January, February and March and you will hear a resounding “NO” and an occasional “I WISH”. People still transfer because of their jobs, accept new career moves and positions, and retire during the Winter. Home inventory, already low, is even lower during the Winter so there are less homes to choose from, and viewing homes that are warm and cozy allows potential buyers to get a real idea of what their home life could be like for them in any given home. As a seller you have less casual lookers and more serious buyers who mean business. Leave summer pictures on your kitchen counter from summertime with green lawns and beautiful flowers, because they obviously liked the looks of your home with the Winter pictures and this firms up their feelings with what is coming when the weather breaks. We currently have a shortage of homes on the market, it’s a great time to get top dollar for your home. 1,829 homes & condos were sold in January through March of last year. This means that they were shown and under contract during or shortly after the holiday season, in WINTER.
