Timing – at the moment characterized chiefly by a collision of pent-up and pulled-forward demand – is never certain in residential real estate’s big and little betting games.

It does matter, though, and

Further, ATTOM big data algorithms show the ebbing and flowing tide of quality demand across the months, in each case ranking selllers’ premiums gained for each month:

The months realizing the biggest home seller premiums include: May (13.4 percent); June (11.7 percent); July (11.2 percent); April (9.2 percent); August (8.9 percent); March (8.6 percent); February (8.2 percent); September (7.5 percent); January (6.6 percent); November (6.4 percent); October (5.8 percent); and December (5.8 percent).

Like a big data-meets-dating game, sellers and buyers match best – from the sellers’ standpoint – in May and June.

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