Does Staging Your Home Really Make A Difference?

Posted on July 25, 2008
Filed Under Real Estate

Are you having a difficult time selling your home in today’s slow real estate market? In a sellers market when every home that sells in your neighborhood sells for money, there is no logical reason to spend the money on staging your home, because every house sells if it is priced decent. In this type of real estate market, just because you have a decent price tagged on your home may not be enough to attract an offer.

If you believe you have a great price but yet you still don’t have any offers on the table, you may want to look into home staging. Generally speaking, this consists of hiring a professional stager to come into your home and brush up on everything from space related issues to color schemes to window treatments and much more.

Where do you start? If you think that home staging can help, the first step is to find a professional in your area who will be able to assist you. A professional will help to ensure that your home is staged to not only give off the best look and feel, but also to help you compete at your price point. Remember, your home is not the only one on the market. You need to do whatever it takes to move your property to the top of every buyer’s list.

Staging starts with curb appeal. Sure, the inside of a home is important, but a potential buyer will see the outside before anything else. For this reason, you need to make sure that your home is visually appealing in every way possible. Staging the outside may consist of basic landscaping, minor touchups such as painting, as well as the proper placement of porch furniture and other related decorations.

Now that the outside is taken care of, it is time to stage the inside of your home. Which rooms are most important? Every home seller should know that the kitchen and bathrooms determine profits. For this reason, if you are going to spend money on staging you will want to make sure that these rooms are as close to perfect as possible. Kitchen counters should be free of clutter and debris, and appliances should be wiped down so that they look as good as new.

Of course, you will also want to consider staging other parts of your home such as the living room and bedroom. Once again, getting rid of clutter is your job. From there, your stager will be able to properly place the items that you currently have in your home while also making key additions.

If you are looking for a way to sell your home now, not later, you should consider staging. In most cases, it will cost you a couple thousand dollars to hire a professional who specializes in this area. That being said, you will more than make your money back when your home sells quickly for your asking price, or close to it!

MARK Z, a top real estate sales associate in the United States, and based in the Northville real estate market. If you’re looking to buy or sell property in the West Bloomfield real estate area, be sure to visit Mark at markzproperties.com.