While there are cyclical peaks and valleys in the residential housing market, it is never a bad time for a homeowner to list their house when life changes or a simple desire to relocate motivates a person to make the move.

Sharon Friedman, an associate broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Professional Realty, in Moreland Hills, and Adam Kaufman, an agent with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services in Pepper Pike, said it is generally always a good time to sell, but the market at a given moment will determine just how good a time it is to sell.

“The (housing) market is healthy (today) despite the rising interest rates,” Friedman said.

While rising interest rates through 2026 are marginally tamping down the current housing market, sellers are still in a good position because the housing inventory remains limited in some markets, according to Friedman.

“I have seen a lot of competitive bidding,” she said. “From a seller’s standpoint, there are buyers out there.”

Kaufman said that the housing market “isn’t as crazy now (as it has been in the recent past), but it is still a good time to sell.”

While higher interest rates generally create a cause-and-effect that slow down the housing market, it still remains active, according to Kaufman.

“Even when the market is slower, there are still opportunities for buyers (who) have an option to re-finance when the (interest) rates are lower,” he said.

Markets can also be seasonal, according to Kaufman.

“Historically, markets are slower toward Christmas,” a pattern that like almost everything else in the world was disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“But, we are five years past COVID and the pattern is emerging again,” Kaufman said.

Friedman acknowledged seasonal swings in the housing market, too, but recalls selling homes in the dead of winter, too, with more than a foot of snow on the ground that it one instance prevented a new homeowner from seeing a swimming pool on the property.

“There are so many beautiful, picturesque communities (in Northeast Ohio), especially this time of the year … the color changes (in the trees) makes for attractive houses,” she said.

Anthony Corvo is a frreelance journalist.