Open House Questions for Grand Rapids, MI

Our team had a few Open Houses today and I’m wondering if anyone has any input or suggestions on when the best time to have an Open House might be.  Since all real estate is local I am most interested in the Grand Rapids, MI marketplace and would love to hear from some of you on your thoughts about this.

The past few years we have been having Sunday Open Houses from either 1-3 or 2-4.  Over the summer when it is lighter later we have been experimenting with some Monday night hours from 6 – 8 (although tomorrow might be the last one on a Monday night and since the sun is setting sooner we are doing 5.30 -7.

Would there be any interest from the public on a weekday afternoon open house?  I know many homebuilders used to hold their model homes open during the weekdays and I’d love to hear from some of you who might think that would be a good (or bad) idea.

Speaking of that – are Open Houses even a good idea?  Give me some feedback!!  Our goal is to help the seller sell their home and want to be doing everything strategically available to do that.  Buyers out there – is this where you go to find your home.  Our statistics at NAR show that very few homes actually sell from an Open House – but maybe locally it is a different case.

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