Can home staging help you sell your home?
September 4, 2007
What is Home Staging?
- Preparing a home prior to sale.
- The goal of staging is to sell a home quickly and for the most money possible by appealing to the broadest market of potential home buyers.
- Decluttering is just a tiny piece of staging. Staging is making a home appeal to buyers through needed repairs, upgrades, updates, cleaning, depersonalizing and rearranging furnishings.
What are the Benefits of Staging?
- According to research homes that have been staged sell in 50% less time.
- Staged homes sell for 6.3% more money.
- Homes that have been staged look better online which leads to increased traffic.
When Should a Home be Staged?
- Ideally, homes should be staged prior to going on the market and before the MSL listing photos.
- Staging works best before the first open house – it is hard to recapture that “new to the market” buzz.
- Will home staging help an older listing? Absolutely – it is never too late to stage a home.
When you are thinking of putting your Rockland County NY, Bergen County NJ or Hudson Valley home on the market, call The Staging Prince at 845-875-4561 for a professional consultation before you list. We can help you take the guesswork out of getting your home ready for sale.