What's The Best Day to Launch a Listing and Why Does it Matter?

Does It Really Matter?

In a market where buyers are pickier, interest rates are high, and online attention spans are short, when you list your home can be just as important as how you list it.

If you launch on the wrong day or worse, let it sit with no plan, you miss your window to make a splash.

The Listing Launch Strategy

The truth? Thursday is prime time for launching a new listing.

Here’s why:

• Buyers plan on Thursdays.
  Most serious buyers are planning their weekend showings by Thursday night. If your home isn’t fresh in their feed by then, it’s likely getting skipped.

• You ride the “New Listing” wave longer.
  List Thursday, and your home shows up as “New” for the full weekend rush. List Monday or Tuesday? You’re old news by Saturday.

• Open house traffic peaks on weekends.
  Thursday launch gives agents time to schedule showings and push your open house in weekend previews, newsletters, and social media posts.

• It creates urgency.
  A Thursday launch builds momentum fast. Showings hit Friday, Saturday, and Sunday which means if there’s going to be a bidding war, it starts early and loud.

That said, if your photos aren’t ready, or the house isn’t 100% prepped, don’t force it. A bad launch is worse than a late one.

What I’d Tell a Friend

Don’t wing it. The MLS isn’t Craigslist. It’s a momentum game.

If you want top dollar, launch your home like it’s a product, with a pre marketing plan, pro photos, social teasers, and then a Thursday debut. Treat it like opening night, not just another day on the market.

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