This question is a common question when it comes to selling houses. However, it is suggested that homeowners should move out when their houses are on the market. Especially, real estate agents want homeowners to move out, so does their personal stuff.
The main benefits of not having homeowners living in the home during this time is that agents are able to access the home at all times without giving the homeowners 24 hours’ notice to tidy and they can know that it will be well presented and clean and tidy.
Furthermore, to sell home fast, the house needs to be styled well and it will require a lot of work to rearrange the furniture as well as effort to maintain the styled home and keeping the property neat and clean while the home is on the market.
However, with homeowners who dont have time to move out before their homes are on the market. That is Virtual staging which can digitally renovate the houses without changing anything in real life. The real estate agent can apply this technique and let you have more time to prepare to move out , but still can draw potential buyers' attention in the meantime.