Top reasons for staging your home:
1. On average houses that have been staged sell for a higher price than un-staged homes.
According to the National Association of Realtors the average investment for staging is between 1 to 3 percent of the home’s asking price generating on average a return of 8 to 10 percent.
2. Your home will sell faster.
A survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors found that the longer a house stays on the market, the lower its price drops.
Selling your home faster also has a psychological factor for you and your family as you will be less stressed out about this life changing move.
3. The cost of staging does not cost you a dime.
In a 2009 Home Gain Study conducted with over 2000 realtors showed that home staging typically provides a 586% return on investment.
4. For most home owners it is hard to view their homes objectively.
Your home is your product that you want to make most desirable to your clients, the home buyer. Like in every other business you want to make sure that the package looks and feels to attracts buyers. If you cannot view your home objectively you cannot package it in a way that it is attracting the largest amount of possible buyers. This is where professional home stagers bring in their expertise to help you with the “packaging” of your home. You want buyers to think “This is the one!”.
5. Your online photos will stand out compared to your competition (other home sellers).
According to the National Association of Realtors 84% of home buyers search for homes online first before they decide to visit a home. Your online pictures function as a commercial for you. If your pictures are attractive you will attract more traffic to your home. Redesign Your Space can take professional looking pictures of your staged rooms and make them available to you and your realtor to put them into your online listing.
6. Only about 10% of home buyers can visualize the potential of a home.
This is a reason by itself. Home staging accentuates the features of a home, so it is not just up to the buyers’ ability to imagine how it could, should, or would look if…. We make it easy for the buyer to be able to imagine the potential of your home.
7. Buyers want a “move in ready” home they can fall in love with.
With professional staging of your home the home buyers will feel that this is a home they can move into right away without doing additional or only very little additional work. This will also then be reflected in their willingness to spend more money on the house rather than them having to do the work to get it “move in ready”.
8. Leaving your home in an “as is” condition will make it easier for the competition to sell their home.
The number of houses for sale exceed the number of buyers, which means the competition for selling your house is tough and buyers have high expectations from buyers. Successful agents and home buyers know that the key to success is to professional stage your home.
9. You can relax.
Knowing that you did everything possible to sell your home as quickly as possible and at the best price possible, will make your whole selling experience more relaxed.
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