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True or False | Home Staging reduces time on market

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In the prestigious Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, GA it’s a fact that a home has not sold in a very long time within the 1.5M-2M price range. As terrible as that sounds there is one piece of goods news I can offer.  A home RMR staged in this neighborhood is under contract in less then 4.5 months, the only home in more than a year and a half. 

Although it’s always hard to know for certain if home staging played a roll in the sale of this home, it does create an opportunity to ask  ’Are the facts and numbers regarding the reduced time on market for staged homes a reality?’

Your guess is as good as mine but as property after property sell that are staged in an otherwise dismal market I’m comfortable reporting the facts and leaving the decision up to you!

Congratulations to Peggy Hibbert with Sotherby’s Fine Homes!  She is an excellent Realtor who’s knowledge about this historic neighborhood is that of an expert.  She being a resident of this well know area of Atlanta made her the perfect choice for the job of selling this magnificent home. She deserves much more praise then Realtors sometimes receive and I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to work with her.

 

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Lise Desormeaux

Host of Home Staging 101

Founder and President of RMR Atlanta

Real Estate Marketing Results

Comments (4)

John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Hi Lise, it appears that home staging reduces time to sell the house in the market.

John Pusa

Sep 26, 2009 02:56 PM
Lori Kim Polk
Premiere Home Staging : Home Staging Services - Roseville, CA
Home Stager - Roseville, Sacramento

TRUE.... If the condition, the price, and the location are all in sync, then the staging will win out the sales of comps in the area every time. Sounds like you found a win-win ;)

Sep 26, 2009 03:43 PM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

We've had the same things happening in some of our island areas.  Very few properties are selling, but the ones that are have been staged by in large.  I think if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's likely a duck... and this duck's name is home staging....

Sep 27, 2009 03:38 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I agree with Melissa, you have a duck named "home staging" and it has spoken!

Sep 27, 2009 04:36 AM