I don't normally like to list until the second week of January. These first few days after the New Year are always slow... people are just back from holiday trips, kids back in school, people digesting the holidays in general.

That is not unusual in our market Will Hamm unless it is underpriced.  

Congrats on the new listing Will, a good opportunity to market the property and find new buyers for this one and others.

I have no knowledge about your pricing strategy, Will Hamm 

Lack of showings after two days may or may not be an indication but I don't know of what.

3 days? 😅 Relax my man - you're good - folks are not in real estate mode yet.  I'd have waited until next week...but good to have a listing nevertheless!!!

All markets are different, Will.  

My sense is that very little compares to the CA market I serve. 

Will Hamm you listed it on Monday, January 5 and today is January 7, give it time. 

Common currently

Slow time of the year, plus market uncertainty.  I wouldn't be too worried yet.

Congratulations on the new listing, Will Hamm. That’s always a great milestone and I’m glad to hear you’ve got another one on the market. 

Now if you're easily offended, may I suggest that you stop reading here? Because if you continue, it's at your own peril.

As for no showings yet, well… before we call in the economists, the astrologers, and the guy who swears Mercury is always in retrograde, I have to ask the real question: Did you answer the phone? Because in my experience, the root cause of 97 percent of real estate “mysteries” is an agent staring at a ringing phone like it’s a bomb from a cartoon.

So yes, I’m seeing the same thing in my area, but half the time it’s just us collectively forgetting how to pick up the handset.

Will Hamm  Properties are sitting longer. I do not have any listings right now, so I cannot answer 

If I don't see expected activity, my first inclination is to reverify the listing data and Showing Center set up.   Is something making the house "invisible"?  If the map pin is correct, pricing is right, bedrooms, land, etc. then it's just a matter of being patient. 

But I can't count the number of times I've looked in MLS for a home that I KNEW was on the market, and found something off in the listing (e.g. new construction is notorious for not being properly placed for a map search).

Hello Will Hamm usually first week of the year of the year home showing limited. 

The slowdown you may be describing is making the rounds Will having to do with the New Year. THINK: Warming up your car before you drive off

I'd be looking at the competition... Are they getting showings?? If not, sit tight.  If so, re-evaluate.  Real Estate NEVER sleeps if something is prepared, promoted and priced appropriately.  There is always the niche property though that can have a delay in connecting with the market... 

I am with Nina Hollander, Broker on this one. We were at a typically crowded restaurant last evening and we were one of three tables. Manager said it was do to people getting back to normal after the holidays.

No. I listed on NYE and got a lot of activity already including an offer!

     Bob Crane is right. And if you produce a real estate video tour, you can see what is happening through out the day and night on your new listing analytics.

     It's not just physically one at a time showings anymore. It's thousands of online showings your from a growing audience tapping simple show and tell real estate videos.

     Where after this new listing video, you serve up another and another real estate open house on demand Will Hamm!

    Your audience only has so much time to binge. Be ready when they are hungry, thirsty for property listing videos. Stock the shelves. Is this your newest listing you feel is ghosted?

I listed one 12/31 and was in contract two days later, so no.

Could be the time of year...right after the holidays! I would give it a little more time.

Hi Will. Tell the folks in your open house advertisements that you will have your famous chile in a crockpot and some warm cornbread and butter. That will draw them in! At least, I would go. Jeff

Ever since the COVID years, it seems like potential buyers around haven't been in a rush to do anything. Building materials are still double of what they use to be. Builders are charging $300.00 a square foot and up so new construction has been fairly slow. But it depends on the area. Some places/counties are more active than others. I wouldn't worry about not getting showings on the first day, or ever during the first week.

I’m out in the trenches with some highly motivated buyers, hitting the market every weekend throughout the holiday season. I get the sense that some sellers didn’t want to open their homes for showings because of the time of year, which seems odd—why list it if you’re not willing to show it? We put in an offer on one property and got outbid, but our offer on another was accepted. In my opinion, the buyers out right now are the most motivated ones. The ones we skipped bidding on were overpriced and didn’t present well. That could have happened at any time of the year, though.

I have four listings waiting in the queue for the spring.  The first couple months of the year out here are typically quiet.  60 degrees and sunny is far too cold for us Californians to be going out and doing anything!  It got to a blistering 46 degrees over night.  Bring on that global warming!!!

I see longer days on market Will Hamm 

Timing is everything in life and moreso in real estate.  This is a lousy time of year to be listing a house.  

I listed a house last week, got an offer the next day, and then he backed out after we asked for $500 in Due Diligence if he walked away from the contract. Thought we were gouging.