5 tips to ensure your home sells in the winter

It's not peak selling season, but these smart strategies will help you make sure your home looks good even when the weather is dreary.

The fall home-selling season is a lot like the college football season — both normally end around Thanksgiving, but a smaller postseason keeps going long after that.

It used to be that spring and summer were the hot times to buy or sell houses, but people are much more mobile now. If you want to sell your house these days, you don't necessarily have to wait until spring to put it on the market.