The current real estate market is a buyers market with many houses being available for sale competing with each other about a lesser amount of buyers. This means your house is also competing with other houses in your area. In order for your house to be the one standing out amongst all the offers and end up on the top of the list of buyers, you need to ensure that potential buyers can see themselves living in your home. Staging is all about getting your house presented in a way, so home buyers see the beauty of your house and being able to imaging themselves living there.
Homes that have been staged sell on average 78% faster than homes that have not been staged.
Top reasons for staging your home:
1.Staged houses sell at a higher price. 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). More than 85% 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.
