If you are still on the fence about the value of professionally staging a home for sale, here is another benefit to consider: staged properties command higher appraisals. Certified Residential Appraiser Linda Shurtliff, owner of Troy, MI-based Reliable Residential Appraisals, LLC agrees. “A staged home has much more appeal than an unstaged home. A staged home has no clutter, very few personal items and appears clean and welcoming. A home that is well-maintained, has good functional utility including strategic staging of furniture, has fresh paint and is clean will appraise higher than one (12 comments)