Staging Your Home for a Successful Sale

With the help of Mr. Licorice, today I’ll tell you all about how to stage your home to sell fast.

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Home sellers, here are a couple of facts to remember: 10% of buyers can’t look at your home and visualize its potential, and buyers usually form an impression of your home within the first 10 seconds after they walk inside. That’s why you need to stage your home to leave them with the best possible first impression. Here are a few tips to help you maximize your home’s value in the eyes of your potential buyers:

1. Declutter, deep clean, and depersonalize. Get as much stuff out of the house as possible so that the rooms all look bigger. Deep cleaning will help this as well, on top of making it look, feel, and smell better. Also, remove family photos and other personal effects from the walls so that your buyers can walk around your home and imagine themselves living there, as opposed to simply feeling like guests in someone else’s home.

A staged house, on average, sells 73% quicker than an unstaged house.

2. Pare down your pet’s and children’s belongings. This will also help you declutter the home. If your kids and/or pets have left any damage to the home, such as on the walls or carpet, take measures to fix that damage.

3. Select a staging plan that works for you. You can do the minimum by yourself, but you can also hire a professional to come help you stage by rearranging furniture, depersonalizing, and adding attractive accessories to give your home a great new look.

If you take the time, money, and effort to stage your home, you’ll sell it faster. A staged house, on average, is sold within 24 days, which is 73% quicker than the average for an unstaged house.

If you’re thinking about selling your house, we do have a concierge service that will help you fund some money upfront so you can stage your home to sell fast, and we’ll get the money back after your closing. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions you have. I’d love to hear from you.