3 Reasons to House-Hunt Over the Holidays

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- 3 Reasons to House-Hunt Over the Holidays

A recent article over on RealtyPin.com discussed all of the great reasons to put your home for sale during the holiday season. But if you're a buyer, there are just as many good reasons to put the Egg Nog down and go house-hunting, like:

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1. Eager sellers
With just a few weeks to go before the end of the year, sellers get even more excited at the thought of finding a buyer. After all, if they can get a deal finalized before the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, they can take advantage of all kinds of tax deductions in April - instead of having to wait a whole extra year to take them! As a result, you might be able to squeeze more out of a seller at the negotiation table - like a lower price, money for closing costs, or money for repairs or upgrades - that you couldn't have gotten if you waited to make your offer in January.