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Donald Trump Inauguration & Real Estate | How Trump's Inauguration Will Affect Local Real Estate

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Channel: Matt Leighton · 2016 · News & Politics

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In this video, Arlington, VA real estate agent and Realtor Matt Leighton talks about Donald Trump's inauguration and the impact it will have on the local real estate market.

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Donald Trump's inauguration is on January 20th. With that comes a whole new administration. There is an estimated 5,000 people that will be moving into the area.

With that amount of influx into the area, does that mean you should list your home for sale to line it up with inauguration?

It depends. If you have a higher end property, then you should absolutely put your home on the market. Trump's administration is made up of billionaires and millionaires. 

These buyers are looking for the higher end properties for sale in the Washington D.C. area.

Obviously the billionaires and millionaires are the exception, not the rule. What if you don't have a higher end property?

If you just have a standard house or a standard condo, it's probably not worth it to drop everything and list it for sale. 

Matt thinks the impact of Trump's presidency will result in a strong spring and summer market. So even if your property is nothing special, it still might be worth it to put it on the market a few weeks or a few months earlier in hopes to ride the wave of the new influx of purchasers to the area.

You have to be careful. Whenever you try to time the market, you could end up shooting yourself in the foot. You're not smarter than the market. If you try to take shortcuts and trick the market, it will not work out for you in the end.

The market will know if your property was not prepared correctly or if you cut corners to put the property on immediately. Don't do anything drastic. Don't kick out your tenant. Don't skip steps that you would normally take to put it on the market in order to get it on sooner. 

Do everything you would normally do and if there is an opportunity to list your property in the early spring or late winter, absolutely go for it. 

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