home sales: Stunning Dining Room Before and After
- 10/06/09 06:30 AM
This Minneapolis dining room staged by Showhomes' Cindy Montgomery is getting RAVE reviews. This is an older, dated home and when vacant, very hard to show. Like many rooms in older, expensive homes, this one had typical lower ceilings, some outdated cabnetry and normal wear and tear. Take a look:
The homeowner hired Showhomes beacuse we have been selling a lot of homes this year, beating the average time on market by as much as 50%. Like many vacant homes, showings had really tapered off and few buyers were venturing inside. The ones that did spent very little time in … (14 comments)
'Join us as I interview Thomas Scott of Showhomes.com about Staging a home for a successful sales result. Thomas will share with us about very important factors that must be taken into consideration when selling a property, regardless of the price point. If you're even entertaining the idea of selling your home, you don't want to miss this interview. Listen as grill Thomas about the following and much, much more...: * Is there good news for homeowners today? Good news / bad news - there ARE buyers! … (0 comments)
When attorney Alan Shuminer started looking for a house to rent, he came across a listing that he thought was a typo: $2,800 per month for a five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home with a pool in High Pines, a high-end area near South Miami. I thought there was a 1 missing, that it was $12,800, he said. But I called to check. The price, about one-third the rent the house would normally fetch, was correct. The catch: He needed to have nice furniture, let agents show the house to prospective buyers … (5 comments)
home sales: Home Staging Sells Two Homes Built By Students
- 09/22/09 08:19 AM
Congratulations to Showhomes Madison in Madison, WI! I don't know about your high school kids, but I imagine if mine built a house, it might have more than a few flaws. Vocational high school students in the Oregon School District in Madison, Wisconsin did just that. They built two houses for school projects and put both on the market for sale to recoup expenses. These were very nice, well-built homes priced in the $300,000 range. Both homes sat on the market for more than a year empty.
The school district hired Showhomes to stage the home and provide a … (5 comments)
home sales: Showhomes and Home Staging Featured on Fox National News
- 03/04/09 03:50 AM
Showhomes was featured on Fox National news Thursday, Friday and in local markets throughout the weekend. The article, focused on the success using Home Managers to stage big, expensive vacant homes is creating. Selling a home vacant in today's market, even if it is new, is the kiss of death; vacant homes are simply too vulnerable to low-ball offers. With a 5-10 year supply of luxury homes, a home needs every advantage it can get. Using Home Managers is a cost effective and proven method to get an entire home staged and pay for staging at close. Check out the story: … (11 comments)
home sales: Peak Months for 2008 Home Sales
- 02/18/09 01:02 AM
Here at Showhomes, we have the wonderful opportunity to stage and help sell homes all over the country. As America's largest home staging company, we have a unique perspective in the real estate industry. We've been busy cruching numbers and looking at 2008 in the rear-view mirror and decided to share some of our home sales data. Take a look at this chart:
We sell hundreds of staged homes in over 40 markets in the US. This chart represents just 2008 home sales (homes that we staged and that successfully received offers.) You can clearly see that there are … (0 comments)
This Minneapolis dining room staged by Showhomes' Cindy Montgomery is getting RAVE reviews. This is an older, dated home and when vacant, very hard to show. Like many rooms in older, expensive homes, this one had typical lower ceilings, some outdated cabnetry and normal wear and tear. Take a look:
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