Why May is magic for selling your home

If you are looking for the perfect combination of factors to enhance selling your home, then May might just have delivered that magic bundle. Warm weather, the latest interest rate cut and the promise of summer are all helping to convince buyers that now might be the time to finally move. And that’s in addition to the fact that, historically, May has always been one of the best months of the year to sell.
Above-average weather
This year, April and May have been unseasonably glorious in terms of the weather we’ve enjoyed. That’s helpful for several reasons. It makes viewing properties more attractive – who wants to trudge around a viewing in the rain? And it means showing off your property at its best – with a freshly cut lawn and blooming flowerbeds, for example – it’s so much easier.
Staging your outdoor space so that potential buyers can envisage lazy summer evenings basking in the sun is a powerful selling tool that shouldn’t be ignored. Equally, the promise that they may be able to complete and move before the evenings draw in and the weather turns foul can also be a motivator for them to buy in May.
Better presentation prospects
More natural light, combined with the fact that you may have already completed your spring clean and revamp, likely means that your property is looking more presentable, too. You can throw open your curtains, crank wide the windows and flood your property with the benefits of Spring. This makes staging your property and its marketing through flattering photography easier to do. And, if that tired fence still needs painting, or your garden needs tidying, then frankly, it’s far more appealing to do such jobs in May than it is during the grip of winter.
Falling interest rates impacting mortgage rates
Falling interest rates are also having a positive impact this May. The latest cut, the second of 2025, has taken the base rate down to 4.25% and further cuts are anticipated this year. Mortgage rates are falling in response, improving affordability for buyers who were previously priced out of getting a foot on the property ladder or from moving to bigger, more expensive homes.
Time before the new school year and holiday breaks
Another timely May motivator for those housebuyers with children is the desire to secure and settle in a new property ahead of the new school year starting in September. Similarly, buyers will want to get househunting out of the way so that they can enjoy their summer holidays in peace, either already established in their new property or with a purchase secured, rather than having to negotiate diaries around vacations to enable a viewing.
More driven buyers and a greater chance of a sale
All these factors also bring more buyers and sellers to the market, increasing general activity and market vibrancy and improving the likelihood of your buyer being found. It may now be time to list your property.