Among REALTORS® who typically represent the buyer, 49 percent report most buyers are affected by home staging and 47 percent report some buyers are affected by home staging.
For buyers it is easier to visualize the property as a future home (81 percent), buyers are more willing to walk through a home they viewed online (46 percent), will positively impact the value of the home if it is decorated to the buyer tastes (45percent), and buyers are more willing to overlook other property faults (28 percent).
Among sellers’ agents 34 percent stage … (1 comments)
WASHINGTON – Jan. 13, 2016 – When the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in December, people who had been flirting with buying a home worried they might have waited too long. But worries about rising mortgage rates have been unwarranted. Since the Fed's rate increase, rates on 30-year mortgages have dropped below 4 percent, and many mortgage experts expect them to stay below 4.25 percent this year. "If the stock market drops another 300 to 400 points some day, mortgage rates might go down another eighth of a percent," said Ken Perlmutter, president of Perl … (2 comments)
Does home staging have an effect on buyer's view of the home?
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