Posted on Monday, February 04, 2013
Last night at the super bowl party I congratulated our good friends on the sale of their property recently. I am pleased for them as they worked hard to sell their place – unfortunately our listing contract expired with them and another Realtor made the sale.
What I am learning … make sure you have February covered in your listing contracts in Naples, Florida because February in Florida is THE hot month for real estate sales.
According to Florida Realtors and Trulia these are the most popular months to buy homes:
January: Hawaii
February: Florida
March: Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington
April: Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin
May: Real estate activity does not peak in any state
June: Mississippi
July: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wyoming
August: Montana and Oregon
September-December: Real estate activity does not peak in any state
I am also learning every Realtor should know their “hot month” and not only have their contract coverage in place but step it up with open houses and focused marketing efforts. In addition you might want to qualify your buyers more closely (do you want to be driving around with tire kickers when the market is at peak?)
Yesterday we had a very successful open house with two very interested buyers. Focus on the open houses and focus on motivated buyers.
Sellers and buyers can also learn from this. Sellers have your property accessible and presentable. Buyers – if you want to reduce the chance for competitive bids – you might consider buying in an off peak month.
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Some of the data relating to real estate for sale on the NaplesBestAddresses.com website comes in part from the Broker reciprocity program of M.L.S. of Naples, Inc. The properties displayed here may not be all the properties available through the MLS reciprocity Program. This information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. Buyers and sellers are responsible for verifying all information about their purchase prior to closing.
Mark Goebel, PA is a REALTOR with Coldwell Banker on 5th avenue in Naples, Florida with 35+ years of visiting and living in Naples. After 25 years at Accenture, Mark retired as a managing director and spends his time helping non profits and building a Naples real estate team with his wife Nan. Talk to Mark and Nan about life in Naples and why they chose this place to live full-time over all others and enjoy Naples real estate.
