time in a hot market might be 30 days or less, while that of a slow market may be nine months to a year or more. Typically, any number below six months is considered a seller’s market.
LIVING IN A SWIRLING FISHBOWL
Unless you have already moved to your new home, a house on the market requires keeping the home in a constant “show- ready” condition, and adjustment to changes in day-to-day life that are inherent in the process. Unrepresented Sellers can expect to get phone calls at all hours from unrepresented prospects and even buyers’ agents to show the home. However, if a seller is represented by a Realtor, those become few and far between as the marketing is tailored for all calls and showings to go directly through the listing agent. There are additional upheavals to a seller's daily routine when selling a home such as frequent updates by phone, email, and text and showing appointment scheduling messages, possible repair and reconditioning appointments and home inspections and appraiser appointments. The house will also need to be professionally photographed for online, periodical, or brochure presentations as well as 3D interactive tours (which I do on just about every home I list). The first week a home hits the market you can expect multiple and repeated showings. It is important to keep your home in pristine showing condition for impromptu and last minute showings — the perfect prospect might just drop in at dinnertime. Rude, perhaps, but necessary to accommodate.
CHILDREN (AND PETS) SHOULD BE UNSEEN, UNHEARD
Children and pets are distractions for potential buyers, affecting their experience of your home. You should plan for your children to be elsewhere and your pets crated or leashed, and no toys lying about or dog hair on the sofa. The dishes should always
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