Recent Articles on the Importance of Staging Your Home:
Below you will find several articles demonstrating the success of Home Staging. They support the posture that a Staged Home will usually sell for more money and in a quicker amount of time. |
Setting The Stage For A Quick Home Sale:
Faced with an empty house that's now on the market, Colleen McLinden brought in furniture to help make the sale. As the Peoria, Ill., area's first accredited stager, McLinden is practicing the art of staging houses for sale in central Illinois. |  |
| Profiting from staging: - Staging a house helps it sell, but who should pay for it? NEW YORK(CNNMoney.com) -- From a non-existent profession a generation or so ago, home stagers have become a force to be reckoned with in the real estate industry. Stagers claim they turn sow's ears into silk purses every day, and make pots of money for their clients... |  |
Housing: Stage Your Home for a Bigger Sale: - Make Your Home Less Personal to Attract Buyers ABC News (abcnews.go.com) -- April 23, 2006 — In many parts of the country, the red-hot housing market is cooling off. So, if you're looking to sell your house, some experts believe "staging" is more important than ever. The idea behind staging is to spruce up your house to make it look less like home, and more like what a prospective buyer wants to see... |  |
| Barbara Corcoran's Tips for Staging Your Home: - Simple Changes May Translate to Big Bucks ABC News (abcnews.go.com) -- April 23, 2006 — If you're selling your house, you should probably be staging it. "It's always best to your put your best foot forward in any situation, and this is a way for your house to put its best foot forward," said real estate guru Barbara Corcoran... | |
| Spending a Little on Your Home Can Pay Big: - Barbara Corcoran Is Founder of the Corcoran Group ABC News (abcnews.go.com) -- May 2, 2006 — When getting ready to sell a home, investing a little money into sprucing it up can result in big dividends in the final price tag. Barbara Corcoran, "Good Morning America's" contributor and founder of the Corcoran Group, said that in general, home staging could increase the final sale price by 5 percent to 20 percent... | |
How to get the best price possible for your home:
- So, when you are finally ready to sell, ho do you go about getting the highest retail price possible? We hope this story will help you get your home in tip-top shape, inside and out, for both walk-throughs and the inevitable open house... |  |
Staging your home for a sale:
(bankrate.com) -- California real estate agent Dick Gaylord knows well the ka-ching factor when it comes to staging a home for sale. "I looked at a home once in a very hot market. It was an older home that had not been upgraded in quite a long time. I figured it would sell quickly for about $1 million whether they fixed it up or not. But the owners staged it and sold it for $1.4 million," he says. "Staging in preparation for sale, done properly, can really increase the sales price."... |  |
Setting the Stage to Sell Your Home:
(businessweek.com) -- Even the most gorgeous home can sit on a market waiting to be sold. The problem may not be the house itself, it may be the impression it makes -- or lack thereof. In some cases, the current owner's tastes turn people off. In the case of an empty house, a buyer may not be able to picture where his own possessions would fit in... |  |
Setting The Stage In A Changing Real Estate Market:
(makingmoneymagazine.net) -- Not Only Can You Sell A Home Faster And At A Higher Price With Staging, But It Can Also Be A Unique Career Choice For Those With The Right Training, Drive And Aesthetic Sense... |  |
Home Staging:
(CBS 42: wiat.com) -- Homeowners wanting to make a great first impression on buyers, are turning to Home Staging. It's not about spending a lot of money, and it's proven to get a house sold in half the time.... |  |
How staging a home helps to sell it for more:
(csmonitor.com) -- Many people are under the misconception that staging is a pricey option for rich homeowners. Not true: Staging is about the creativity, not the money. What some people don't realize when they sell their house "as is" or don't stage is that it can actually cost them money... |  |
Staging: the new secret weapon for selling homes:
(latimes.com) -- Have you ever walked into a beautifully decorated model home and been captivated by the visual feast before you? Did you find yourself dreaming of bathing in that spa-like bathroom, cooking meals in the gourmet kitchen or curling up with a book in that luxurious reading nook? If so, you've been the successful target of the secret weapon called staging... |  |