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Certified Staging Professionals Reaches Agents, with CSP ELITE AGENT Designation

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Home Stager with New View Home Staging ~ www.newviewhomestaging.ca

Kitchener-Waterloo Home Stager, Christine Bird of New View Home Staging, is helping take the home staging industry to a new level of awareness.

 

Home Staging has emerged as one of the most important and influential components of the selling process that remains within the seller's control.  "Location can't be changed and price has a range driven by the market, but how the house is viewed is completely up to the seller," Bird says. 

 

And how the house is viewed directly impacts the sale price.  Buyers will pay more for a home that's move-in ready.  They no longer want to tackle the challenges of a fixer-upper, and if they do, it will be reflected in their offer.  Buyers are busy and they're educated.  They're frugal and yet expect more for their money.

 

So Christine Bird is challenging the realtors themselves to assist home sellers realize their best opportunities for protecting their equity through professional home staging.  As a Canadian Certified Staging Professional, she is instructing the North American-wide CSP ELITE AGENT Designation at the local-level.  Realtors completing the designation will gain a better understanding of home staging and have the tools available to promote it more effectively to their clients.  Home sellers, working with a CSP Elite Agent, will have the confidence and trust in knowing they are being well served and their biggest asset - their home - will be market-ready and competitive. 

 

Home Staging is an extremely effective marketing tool, and it's here to stay.  Buyers have embraced it because it reflects their lifestyle and eases the transition to a new home.  Sellers and realtors need to understand how to help the buyer make that connection.  CSP Elite Agents will be the recognized frontrunners in their field by doing just that.

 

Canadian Certified Staging Professionals, CCSP TM, was founded in Niagara by Christine Rae, and is one of the most widely recognized and respected names in the industry the world over.  Her groundbreaking training programs have advanced the careers of thousands of home stagers internationally, and she is now offering realtors the opportunity to gain more insight into the evolution of staging over the past three decades, and its invaluable contribution to the home selling process today.

 

New View Home Staging is owned and operated by Christine Bird, CCSPTM.  Located in Waterloo, she regularly travels throughout Southwestern Ontario working with home sellers and realtors to enhance and improve a home's marketability through pre-listing consultations, showcasing and staging.  Christine's strong background in business and a passion for real estate have propelled her company to one of the most sought out home staging names in the area.

 

"I am very excited to be offering this innovative training program to realtors in Southwestern Ontario on behalf of CCSPTM.   I hope to advance their businesses by furthering their understanding of mine, and in fact that of all professional home stagers," she said.

 

To contact Christine Bird email christine@newviewhomestaging.ca, call 519-505-0892 or visit New View Home Staging's website at www.newviewhomestaging.ca.

 

Realtors interested in learning more about CSP Elite designation, registering for a local class or finding a CSP Elite Stager in their area can contact CSP by calling 1-888-STAGING or visiting www.cspelite.com.

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Christine Bird, owner of New View Home Staging, is a Certified Staging Professional, instructor of the CSP Elite Affililate designation for Realtors and the CSP 3-day core program for new stagers entering the profession.  She is regularly published in her local Kitchener-Waterloo market, and is the 2011 RESA Canadian Rookie Stager of the Year. 

Comments (5)

Brian Madigan
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto) - Toronto, ON
LL.B., Broker

Christine,

Thanks for your helpful summary and good luck.

Brian

Sep 25, 2009 02:07 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Congratulations on becoming an instructor. I hope it fulfills your expectations.

Sep 25, 2009 04:17 AM
Heather Cook
Beyond the Stage Homes - Kitchener, ON
Delivering beautifully staged spaces

Good luck Christine on all your endeavors - its great that you are seeking to educate and train realtors at a local level.

Both my partner Alana and I continue to do the same when we hold seminars for realtors on home staging. Our most recent seminar at the K-W Real Estate Board was incredibly well recieved and has shown us that there is a genuine thirst for knowledge on the topic of home staging. Our company, Rooms in Bloom Home Staging & Design is equally sought after in the area and we understand and communicate to realtors that home staging is not a gimmick but is instead a powerful tool which helps everyone involved in the selling process.

We are currently working on creating a local RESA chapter which will provide a solid information base for realtors, home owners and aspiring stagers. We hope you will be a part of it!

Oct 07, 2009 03:17 AM
Christine Bird
New View Home Staging ~ www.newviewhomestaging.ca - Kitchener, ON
New View Home Staging

Heather, I will absolutely get involved with RESA if you're able to get a local chapter up and running, and I commend you on taking the initiative! 

Even though we work in the same market, there is so much to be gained from supporting each other and advancing our industry as a whole.

Please stay in touch.

Chris

 

Oct 07, 2009 03:27 AM
Marcia Hawken
WILLIAM RAVEIS - Naples, FL
Naples Luxury Specialist

Great idea to have an association for stagers.  We don't have anything like that in Naples FL.  Happy Thanksgiving, Chris.

Oct 10, 2009 09:33 PM