Should you spend the money to stage your house before you sell?
(Skip to 5:20 to watch about staging.)
According to the report, which is in its second iteration:
Nearly two-thirds of sellers' agents said that staging a home decreases the amount of time the home spends on the market, with 39% saying that it greatly decreases the time and 23% saying it slightly decreases the time.
16% of sellers' agents believe that staging either greatly or slightly increases a home's time on the market, while 8 percent believe that it has no impact.
77% of buyers' agents said that staging a home makes it easier for buyers to visualize the property as their future home, and 40% are more willing to walk through a staged home they first saw online.
38% of buyers' agents said that staging positively affects a home's value if the home is decorated to the buyer's taste, meaning that a home's staging should be designed to appeal to the largest number of potential buyers.
49% of buyers' agents said that staging has an effect on most buyers. Another 48% stated that staging has an effect on some buyers' opinion of a home, but not always, and only 4% said that it has no impact on buyers.
Realtors® representing both buyers and sellers agreed that the living room is the most important room in a home to stage, followed by the master bedroom, the kitchen, and then the yard or outdoor space. The guest bedroom is considered the least important room to stage. See more: home-staging-decreases-time-on-the-market-finds-realtors-report
More seller resources:
- callsarahfirst.com/seller-tips
- callsarahfirst.com/local-market-snapshot
- callsarahfirst.com/home-value
- callsarahfirst.com/sellers-representative-specialist/
