The Coquitlam Seller's Starter Kit — price right, prep right, and avoid the mistakes that cost 3–8% on the final number.

A 17-page guide covering eight sections: three pricing anchors and three pricing postures, pre-listing room-by-room checklist, staging playbook (keep / box / replace matrix), 60-day countdown from "we should sell" to completion, timing decision tree (14/21/30/60-day strategies), negotiation primer (the five terms that matter), seller closing-cost stack (commission, legal, IRD mortgage penalty, capital gains), and the next-step sequence from offer accepted to keys handed over.

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The two strongest seasonal windows in Coquitlam are mid-March through early May, and mid-September through early November. The spring window delivers the tightest days-on-market. The fall window delivers the most serious buyers — families moving by year-end for school or financial reasons. Late June through August and December through February are noticeably weaker.

Well-prepared, correctly-priced detached homes in strong catchments commonly sell inside 21 days in active seasonal windows. The 2026 Coquitlam average days-on-market across all listings runs 28–42 days depending on season. Over-priced or poorly-prepared listings routinely sit 60+ days before a price drop forces a sale. Preparation and pricing posture are the two largest controllable inputs.

Typical costs on a Coquitlam sale: 3.5–5% total commission, $2,000–$3,000 legal/notary, any mortgage IRD penalty (often $10,000–$40,000 on a fixed-term mortgage with time remaining), and $5,000–$15,000 pre-listing prep. On a $1.5M Coquitlam sale, after-cost net is typically $1.41M–$1.44M. The kit shows the full stack with worked examples.

Depends on three inputs. 1) Whether your home is listing-ready (paint, declutter, small repairs, staging). 2) Whether your block's 90-day comp set is strong enough for buyer agents to underwrite confident offers. 3) Whether your next-home plan is in place. When all three are green, list into the next seasonal window. When any is red, waiting usually nets more. The decision tree in the kit walks through this with concrete signals.

Below-market tactical: list 2–5% below market to draw multiple offers and pressure the price up. Works in seller-favouring conditions; risky when buyers are scarce. At-market: list at the comp-supported number — the safe default. Above-market ceiling test: list 3–7% above market to test the ceiling on a unique property. Works only when the home is genuinely better than its comp set. Picking the wrong posture is the single most expensive listing mistake.

Interest Rate Differential. If you break a fixed-term mortgage early, lenders charge the greater of three months' interest or the IRD — the difference between your contract rate and the rate they could re-lend at, multiplied by remaining months. On a $900,000 mortgage with 3 years left, the IRD penalty can easily run $20,000–$40,000. It's the single most-overlooked seller closing cost. Pull your mortgage statement and call your lender for the exact figure before listing.