When is the time to sell your home?

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Source:
“The Time to Sell Is a Waiting Game for Some,” HousingWire
(March 21, 2013)

Some would-be move-up home sellers are eyeing home prices carefully. They’re waiting to see how much home prices appreciate more before they consider selling their home.
But they may be missing their perfect opportunity, some housing experts say.

The best time to move may depend on when the home owner purchased their current residence, says Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac. Blomquist says that home ownerswho purchased their home during the sluggish market the last two to three yearsmay find moving up in 2013 may be their prime opportunity.

"Becausethey bought near the bottom, these home owners should have built up some good equity that can go toward the purchase of a new home, and waiting longer to build more equity likely won’t provide much advantage given that other homes that they might want to move up to will also be appreciating at roughly the same pace," Blomquist told HousingWire.

Home owners whowait much longer to sell their home may miss out.

"If you're selling one house just to move up to another, it does you no good to wait forprices to rise — the price of the move-up home will increase faster than theprice of the place you're leaving behind," says Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman.

Plus, mortgage rates are expected to come off the 3.5 percent range and reach 4.4 percent inthe next year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. That willincrease the costs of financing your next home.