Fall and Back to School time has always felt more like a "new" year to me than January 1st. The weather changes (yes, even in southern California), the kids get back into a routine, soccer and football start - new things are all around us. As much as real estate is busy in spring and summer - fall is also a time I notice changes brewing in people who were "waiting". Fall is the great equalizer for many - you know there may have been goals made for the year in January, but between the business and fun of spring and summer things got passed up. Fall is when you decie if you want to spend the holidays where you are - or somewhere else.
That is why I think Fall is a great time to move! You don't have the heat to contend with when you have an open house. People looking are more serious and are ready to seal the deal before the end of the year. Even big banks with bank owned properties are ready to move inventory -- and you just might get an offer accepted now that would not have happened in May (I have one in the works as I write this).
What does fall mean - besides cooler temps, leaves, harvest? Well, it is that one last chance to make a stab at the goals you had for the year. It's the last stretch of the race to completion - and if your goal for 2010
was to make a move - NOW is the time!
