This is one of the most common questions we get asked; and often one of the most impossible to answer accurately. That’s because everyone’s home ownership or investment situation is unique, outside market conditions. But since everyone asks all the time, let’s try to cover the general principles on when it’s “best” to sell, in any kind of property market situation: Getting some vague general answers out of the way Every property agent, since around the 1990s, has been saying the best time to sell is during the middle of the year (second and third quarter). We don’t know when, during the past 30 years, this became an accepted truth – nor can we vouch for its accuracy. It is, however, the answer many realtors have been trained or taught to deliver. On the surface it makes sense: this is because most people don’t like to move during the festive season, which begins at year-end. They also don’t  ...