Home listings are most often likely to debut on Thursdays and Fridays. Fridays are the most common listing day by a slight margin, according to research by the National Association of REALTORS®.
What are the most popular dates to list? Half of all new listings in 2016 were first listed between March and July, which supports that the spring season is indeed real estate’s busiest time.
The most popular month for new listings is April, followed by March, May, June, and July, according to NAR.
“While home closings exhibit a strong tendency to get done at the end of the month, listings are much steadier throughout the course of the month with a slight tendency to be posted earlier rather than later,” NAR researchers note at the Economists’ Outlook blog.
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Home listings still go up most often on Thursdays and Fridays. Here is the data:
- Below, we see the most popular listing days of 2016. Note the strong preponderance of spring dates and obvious lack of weekends.
- The biggest months for new listings was April, followed by March, May, June, and July. These months alone accounted for roughly half of all new listings in this analysis.
- While not devoid of new listings, the weekends are obviously not popular days to list. Among weekdays, Fridays and Thursdays are the most common days for new listings to go up, with Mondays and Wednesdays trailing a bit and Tuesdays not too far behind. All week days are represented in the top 25 dates for listings.
- While home closings exhibit a strong tendency to get done at the end of the month, listings are much steadier throughout the course of the month with a slight tendency to be posted earlier rather than later.
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