Stage Your Home For Sale
Is all the world a stage? Going by the trend to stage homes before selling them, we might need to concede a point there. Homes that that are staged sell for a better price as they sell quickly as they don't stay too long on the market. They sometimes sell as much as 40% faster than homes on the normal market. Prices tend to fall if the house is on the market for too long and people feel there may be something wrong with it.
The best way to attract buyers is to ensure the yard is staged. Done properly with manicured lawns and flowers, it will entice the buyer to look at the interior as well instead of just driving off.
Now people have more or less a fairly clear idea as to what type of home they are looking for. Very often they make up their minds about a house - whether it's worth taking a look at or not - just by the way it looks outside. If you set the stage in such a way that the first round itself gives the buyer a chance to think positive, chances are he may get swayed in favor of buying. It's all about impressions.
After the outside, the living room should act as the magnet for the home. Doing up the place with woodwork and other fixtures in place like drapes or furniture if any helps. In the kitchen, maybe one should go all out, down to the bowl of fruit on the counter top. The idea is that the buyer be able to visualize the house as it will be once they are living in it. Staging the house acts like a preview to the final act. Also ensure that there are no repairs waiting to be done. No one likes the idea of getting stuff done after shifting. Most buyers would like to move in on an 'as is' basis.
A real boost here is that a home that is staged will attract real estate agents and they in turn will ensure that it is advertised properly and gets a lot of attention so that they make a sale. Agents recognize the value of a staged home and will ensure it goes fast.
What is it about staged homes that make them see the sale going through faster? Is it the world trend for good presentation that has crept into this area as well? Is it the fact that people like to think they are buying a well-kept home? Is it because people just do not have the time to think of doing up a dilapidated old place and want something that needs no redoing? Whatever the reasons, it looks like 'staging' is in. So before you sell, remember the magic mantra - 'Stage it'!
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Geoff Spencer is a staff writer at Real Estate Digest and is an occasional contributor to several other websites, including Online Business Gazette. Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles
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