Want to sell by summer? Better get started!

With all the good news in the real estate market, lots of sellers have decided that this is the year.

What many people don’t realize is that the time between the first conversation with a Realtor to the day you collect your proceeds can be longer than you think. If you want to be at the bank by summer, you need to get started!

Typical home sale timeline:

1.     Interview and select Realtor (1 week)

2.     Valuation, paperwork, photos (1 week)

3.     Shine up your property for sale (4 weeks)

4.     Allow current average market time for Cape properties (3 months)

5.     Plan on 4-6 weeks to close.

That’s 6 months. If you start today, your property could go live just in time for the hot spring Cape Cod market, probably go under agreement in May with the hope of a June closing. For each month you wait to make that first call,  add a month to your timeline.