Chances are high that you pictured sunny skies and bright flowers whenever you thought about selling your house. But just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you’ll have to give up on finding the right buyer or getting a good price. Once you learn how to work with the season, you’ll be signing on the dotted line in no time!

Winter Can Be Home-Selling Weather

Winter can be a great time to sell your home for a few reasons. First of all, given the season, only serious buyers will be out. This reduces the chances of you having to deal with people who are only window shopping. Secondly, it’s unlikely that you’ll have as much competition as you would in spring or summer. So not only will the serious buyers be out, they will generally have fewer options to consider. Just make sure you check mortgage interest rates.

Leveraging a Home Maintenance App

A home maintenance app can be a valuable tool when preparing your house for sale, helping you track necessary repairs, schedule services, and stay on top of maintenance tasks. It can also provide guidance on how to ask an electrician about repairs, ensuring you get clear estimates and understand which fixes are most important for boosting your home's value. With everything organized in one place, you can streamline the process, avoid last-minute surprises, and present your home in the best possible condition to potential buyers.

Staging Your Home

When staging your home for photographs, personal tours, and open houses, it’s best to embrace the season. You should clean regularly as well as remove clutter. When organizing your home and items, consider donating items you aren’t taking with you to charity or friends and family.

Balance decluttering with making the home feel cozy. If you have a fireplace, it’s recommended that you showcase it so it will catch a buyer’s eye. This may mean that sprucing up your fireplace should be added to the list of tasks that need to be completed before you sell the house. This list may include fixing leaking pipes, cracked windows, and faulty wiring.

Lighting can play an important role in staging, too. Try using low hanging pendant lights in your bedroom instead of table lamps. Wall-mounted lamps look good in your living area while you can use under-cabinet strip lighting in your kitchen to highlight their features. Since it’s winter, lighting the outside of your house well can really pay off when showing your house.

Boost Your Curb Appeal

Curb appeal gives your prospective buyers their first impression of your home whether they’re looking at pictures online or viewing the property in person. According to a National Association of Realtors report, about 94 percent of real estate agents suggest that sellers work on their home’s curb appeal in order to attract buyers. Boosting your curb appeal during winter should start with making the property safe by focusing on handrails and proper lighting. It’s best to have a bright front door and colorful chairs on the porch. Since mud is a constant issue during the winter season, you should keep the house clean by placing boot scrapers at the entrance ways.

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Winterize Your Open House

Depending on your location, you can potentially get a higher price for your home if you have an open house. Winter-specific open houses are different from those hosted in warmer months, so you need to prepare accordingly. It’s suggested that you make hot cocoa instead of cookies for your prospective buyers and make sure your rooms are well-lit to contrast the gloominess outside. You should make sure to clear away the snow from the driveway and provide booties for your guests so they don’t track mud through the house. It’s important to make the house feel nice and warm so your buyers feel welcome and at home.

Winter doesn’t have to be a deterrent to selling your home. You can actually use some of the characteristics of winter to work in your favor so buyers still get a good view of your house. Just make sure you use all the tricks available to put your house in the best light.

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Katie Conroy is the creator of AdviceMine.com. She particularly enjoys writing about lifestyle topics and created the website to share advice she has learned through experience, education, and research.

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