Actually a seller should never be asking this question. It is the wrong type of thinking if the seller is serious about selling his/her home.
The better question is ‘How should I stage?” We Realtors, at Carolina Living Real Estate, are quick to tell our sellers that there are things we have no control over and other things that we have total control over. It is the things we can control that we try to address when we work with our sellers.
The process of preparing a home to put it on the market – from simple clean-up and clean-out to extensive repairs and improvements-always directly impacts how quickly a home will sell and for what price!
In fact a review that was published in USA Today stated that of 2800 properties in 8 cities found that “staged homes on average, sold in half the time as non-staged homes did. They also sold for over 6% more than non-staged homes on average.
The hardest part for a seller is getting past their own personal tastes. We Realtors understand that sellers have spent lots of money and time personalizing the home the way they like it. However, the moment the home goes on the market, a seller’s personal taste must go out the window. It is now time to have it as a buyer pleases!
The house must appeal to the largest possible segment of likely buyers. In today’s market, with fewer buyers, it become imperative.
Some sellers are justifiably concerned about costs of staging especially for homes that are vacant. If you can’t afford to actually stage the home with furniture,worry no more. The above picture from Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours can take your vacant house and convert it to a gorgeous home online using virtual staging!
