12 Top Reasons to Stage Your Home for Sale

12 Top Reasons to Stage Your Home for Sale

If you’re selling your home or investment house, take advantage of home staging. These strategies take home staging to the next level–designing to your profiled home buyer. Here are twelve key points about staged homes.Staged homes sell faster and for more money, but other benefits give home sellers good reason to think about staging their home to sell.

1. Staged Homes Sell in Less Time: Surveys on the effects of home staging range from stating that homes sell for 30percent faster to the Christian Science Monitor’s statistic that staged homes selltwice as fast. In a 2009 study by RESA (Real Estate Staging Association) vacant as well as occupied homes that were staged before they went on the market SOLD on average in 39.5 days.
2. Staged Homes Sell for More Money: Homes that sit on the market usually get lower offers because buyers think that there’s something wrong with the house and that the desperate home seller is an easy mark for a low offer. Research proves that staged homes sell for more. The NAR statistics indicated that staged homes sold for an average of 6.9 to 10% over listing price.li>
3. Staged Exteriors Create Fabulous Curb Appeal: When home buyers first pull up in front of a home for sale, they make up their minds in SECONDS whether to get out of their vehicle or drive on. A manicured front yard with staging additions like flowers in colorful pots near the front door and a bench to sit makes buyers want to see what’s inside. Entice your buyers to come in, not drive on.
4. Staged Entryways Affect Buyer’s Decision: Once they cross the threshold, home buyers know within 15 seconds whether they like the home or not. You must captivate your buyers right away with a setting staged for your target buyer. Entice your buyers to take a good look, not hurry through.
5. Staged Living Rooms Make Buyers Feel at Home: Beyond the usual deep cleaning and decluttering, staging your living room with suggestions of activities gives buyers ideas like how it will feel to entertain in the space. Entice your buyers to move in, not move on to the next home.
6. Staged Kitchens Sell Houses: Because the kitchen ranks paramount in home buyers’ list of requirements, spendextra time staging the space. Remove small appliances from the counter anddress the space with flowers and/or bowls of fruit. Buyers pay a premium for kitchens that are ready to move in and not ready to work on.
7. Staged Homes Tell Buyers that Your Home Is Loved: Buyers desire a well-maintained home. Homes that show well speak to the buyersthat you care enough to keep up with routine maintenance.
8. Staged Homes Attract Agents: It’s a fact that real estate agents love staged homes, too. Get agents to keep your home on the top of their “must show” list. Agents show staged homes even when they fall short or exceed the buyers wish list because savvy agents know buyers choose homes based on their emotions and not their “must have” lists.
9. Staged Homes Get More Advertising:Your agent and other agents will want to show your home and they will advertiseit more than an ordinary home just to get the phone ringing. Benefit from all theextra exposure at no extra cost to you.
10. Staged Homes Appraise for Top Dollar:Once you sell your home, you need the appraisal to come in high enough to cover your buyer’s mortgage. Make sure you keep your home staged for the allimportant date–Appraisal Day. Too many home sales fall through because theappraised value didn’t meet the sales price.
11. Staged Homes Keep Buyers on Track: When you create a buyers’ “Dream Home,” they can’t wait to move in. Use staging magic to avoid “buyers remorse.” Motivated buyers make sure they get all their paperwork in on time and won’t jeopardize their purchase. .
12. Staged Homes Help Home Sellers Move: Besides selling your home, the act of staging helps you get rid of clutter, pare down your furnishings to the best–those worth moving, and gets you organizedto move on to your next home, hopefully your “dream home!”.

Article by Paula Horne, www.InteriorsRefinedbyPaula.com