The cost of waiting can be great. Currently interest rates are near historic lows which affords qualified buyers a certain amount of purchasing power. If you wait until spring and the if the rates were to go up, then that same buyer would have a diminished purchasing power and may no longer be able to afford your home. Considering that we already have a shortage of qualified buyers in the marketplace, you run the risk of reducing that pool even smaller. Finally, many people take their homes off the market over the holiday times so you would be competing with less homes in your area. - Thu Nov 11, 2010