Spring is almost here in the Sacramento area and it’s time to put your house on the market. Most real estate agents will say that buyer activity picks up this time of year. Is your home or listing ready to be marketed? Just listing a home may not be enough to attract an offer, the home has to have appeal, which is where home staging comes in. Home staging is the process in which a house is re-organized and prepared to be put on the market. Home Staging follows specific rules of what works to create buyer interest, it involves a lot of creativity and is also part psychology, it creates appeal to as many potential buyers as possible. Home buyers can judge a home in the first few seconds of seeing it, making a quality impression is a must, staging can be the difference between getting an offer or not.
This 4-minute video on You Tube gives some easy advise that every home on the market should follow:
- Create more light in the home
- Clean up the closets and thin them out
- Remove the clutter from every room in the house
Here in Sacramento, and my area of expertise Placer County, home sellers who want to stand out from the crowd will want to consider having their homes professionally staged to help them sell more quickly. Staged homes sell for as much as 17% more money and as much as 40% faster (according to staged homes.com) than the non-staged competition. And with mortgage rates at all-time lows and Congress approving a tax credit for first time home buyers this spring may bring out even more buyers than we've seen in the past so be sure to have your house staged before selling.
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