If your home is on the market and you are not getting showings, the market is talking to you.
If you are getting showings and no offers, the market is still talking to you.
I have been doing this long enough to know that price carries the weight of everything. It can make a house feel like an opportunity or like a problem. And buyers today are not shy. If they think it is priced right, they move.
When I list a house, I watch the first two weeks very closely.
If we do not have consistent activity, or at least 12 to 13 solid showings in that first stretch, something is off. In a normal market, that level of activity usually produces offers. If it does not, we need to look at why.
Now, I am realistic. Weather matters. We just had snow that would not leave and temperatures below zero. People do not want to go out in that. You have to account for real world factors.
But once conditions normalize, the excuses disappear.
If your house is sitting and the showing traffic is light, that is not a staging problem. That is not a flyer problem. It is almost always a pricing issue.
Before you go on the market, all you can do is study comparables and listen to a seasoned agent who understands your area. After you go on the market, the feedback is immediate and honest.
The market always speaks.
The question is whether you are willing to listen and adjust before time works against you.
