Important Reasons to Professionally Stage Your Home for Sale

(Source: Home Staging Resource)

  • Your home will sell for a higher price . . . U.S. Housing and Urban Development reports that a staged home will sell, on average, for 17% higher than an unstaged home.

  • Your house will sell more quickly . . . The New York Village Voice reported that the average number of days an un-staged home is on the market is 30.9 versus only 13.9 for a staged home . . . that’s less than two weeks!

  • The cost of staging doesn’t cost anything in the end . . . In a 2007 Home Gain Survey of over 2000 realtors, it was discovered that sellers who spent typically $500 on staging services for their home recovered over 343% of the cost in the sale of their home.

  • Most home sellers cannot view their house objectively . . . If you can’t see your home objectively, you can’t package it for sale effectively. The way we live in our homes and the way we need to prepare them for sale are two very different things. Have a staging professional get your home into its most advantageous condition for showing.

  • You’ll have less guesswork . . . A professional stager can give you a detailed list of advised changes based on their expert knowledge to assist you in making the right changes to get your home sold quickly. This can save you money by avoiding expenditures that don’t need to take place.

  • Only about 10% of home buyers can visualize the potential of a home . . . This is why staging a home is critical! You don’t want the advantages of your home overlooked and left up to the buyer’s imagination.

  • The longer your home is on the market, the lower the price will be . . . According to a National Association of Realtors survey, homes that sold after four weeks on the market sold for 6% less than ones within the first four weeks! Don’t be in a position where you have to lower your price . . . get your home staged FIRST!

  • Take advantage of a possible tax-free capital gain by getting every dollar possible! The money you make may be tax-free. The money you spend IS tax deductible.

  • You can relax! . . . Selling a home can be very stressful. Because I am also a Certified Stress Management Specialist, I will help you to learn a few simple, yet highly effective relaxation techniques to help you minimize the stress. In addition, I will teach you how to develop a positive focus which will help your home sell more quickly and easily. You will also have the satisfaction of knowing you have done absolutely everything possible to enable a quick sale of your most valuable commodity and for top dollar.