Stage My Home
It's a soft market for home sellers these days. Even tougher for homes priced over $500,000. One real estate professional estimated nearly a 10 year supply of unsold million plus homes based on historical sales. Most of these are vacant making them even more difficult to sell.
How do you make a home stand out with so much competition for your buyers? Stage it! New construction or pre-existing, staging can make all the difference. That's how today's smart sellers are differentiating their home from others on market. Many buyers are at the top end of their eligibility and seek move in ready conditions. Buyers looking for "potential" intend to discount your home by what they think it will cost to improve your home.
It's far less expensive for sellers to knock down likely "to-do" lists before the property is seen. Owners have trouble seeing their homes as the commodities they become on market. A fresh set of eyes help sellers identify items most likely to trigger lower offers.
Why staging works:
- It gives the house a warm, lived in feeling.
- It creates a lifestyle buyers want from their next home.
- It's economical compared to the carrying costs of a vacant home.
- Chicago area vacant homes sold 73% faster on average after staging.
How does staging work:
Preexisting Homes:
Strategic extraction of surplus furnishings & placement of remaining creates the desired lifestyle buyers seek in their new home purchase.
Cleaning & repairing the right items will afford a handsome return on your investment.
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Vacant Properties:
Strategic placement of quality furnishings will make vacant homes easier for buyers to visualize daily living. Awkward or small spaces are especially important.
The higher the home's price the more important the quality & placement of furniture. Give buyers a reason to upgrade. Let them feel the lifestyle your home can provide.
Rental Details
- Don't use somebody's old furniture. Use new quality furniture and expect to have a minimum 3 month lease.
- Starting with the main floor, furnish as much of the home as possible & perhaps the master bedroom.
- You get what you pay for. Protect your home & floors by using furniture delivery by professionals.
- Select a furniture styles to fit your homes architectural style. We'll be glad to help.
Note:
Comparing 3 months staging to a 5% reduction in your listing price makes your choice easy the higher the properties value. Announce in all your advertising & MLS listings your home
has been professionally staged. Which home in any price level would you make the time to see?
According to the nationally syndicated program "Flip that House" - HGTV. Californians are allocating 1% of the asking price for home staging. Why? On average they get a $5.00 return for every $1 spent (to stage a vacant home).
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