Once September hits and the kids head back to school, real estate markets enter the “Shoulder Season”, a time in which markets are neither in their strongest nor their weakest cycles.

Shoulder Season is exemplified by a trip to Disney World after Hurricane Season, but before Winter Break. The crowds are smaller, the hotels are cheaper, and the Disney World experience is still 100% Disney.

Because real estate markets are typically slow beginning in late-Fall, real estate is now entering its Shoulder Season. There are a lot of willing buyers and sellers right now and many of them want to make a deal before the winter gets too close. In the winter, activity tends to slow on both sides of the table.

Shoulder Season has no official end date, but “Winter Season” tends to begin in late-October, continuing until the “Spring Market” start sometime in early-March.

Homes are still bought and sold during the typically slow Winter Season, but the market just doesn’t move as quickly. For buyer and sellers looking to make a move, Shoulder Season can be a terrific time to do it.

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