You Need to Stage Your Home. Period.
Have you ever taken a scroll through MLS and cringed at the pictures of some homes? …I sure have - more times than I would like to admit. Would you even bother spending the time to see the house, even if the price was right? Doubtful.
Staging your home is no longer optional in today’s competitive market, like ours in the Greater Toronto Area. Yes, some homes need a little more care than others - but everyone could use some love. Staging is cost effective, starting at a few hundred dollars, and it can take less than a day. Stagers redesign and style your home for far less than the cost of a professional designer.
Staging is an effective market technique to make a home appeal to the largest range if potential buyers. But don’t just listen to my advise…these numbers don’t lie…
In 2020 85% of staged home sold between 5-23% OVER list price.
You will make more money on your home. You will likely sell for higher than your asking price. Need I say more?
2. In 2020 staged home sold 25 days faster on the market.
The “WOW factor” buyers feel when walking into a staged home is the goal. Now, many homes sell in no time in a hot market - but what about those luxury homes that sit on the market for what seems like forever? The mortgage is still being paid, along with bills, taxes, etc. That can equal thousands of dollars. Stage it. Sell it fast. Move on. Less headaches - now who doesn’t want that?!?
3. Most sellers cannot view their homes objectively.
Let’s face it - life happens. Garages get cluttered, kids scribble on walls, closets explode. Don’t sweat it, that’s where professional stagers and organizers like us come in. It’s our thing. We work to clean, tidy, and organize spaces to make them fresh and ready for buyers in the market. Yes, even realtors may advise client’s to do a laundry list of items to prepare their home, but how many of your client’s really execute them?
* Storytime * I have an amazing realtor client that would tell his clients what to do to prepare their home for sale. They would listen and do the bare minimum (if anything) he advised. I mean - he’s a professional in selling homes, not staging! This went on for YEARS! I finally convinced him to let me conduct a consultation with a Homeowner’s Report with a few of his clients and he was HOOKED. They listened, cooperated, and felt excited about the journey to prepare they home for the market. Best of all - his stress levels decreased substantially. He and other realtors will attest, home staging is worth every penny. Needless to say, we still have a wonderful working relationship =)
4. Only 10% of buyers can visualize the potential of a home.
Humans are visual creatures. Professional stagers showcase your home where the buyer can easily see themselves in it. Don’t help to sell the competition’s house (that decided to stage). Present your home at it’s best to attract the best, even multiple buyers, that will pay the most for it.
5. Relax.
We do it all so you don’t have to. You, as the realtor or the homeowner, have enough happening in your personal and/or professional lives. Let a stager, like us, take the preparation of moving off your shoulders.
Staging your home also helps you get a jump start on packing - which you were planning on starting this weekend…right?
Remember, that your home is most likely the largest asset you own. A few hundred dollars can return thousands on dollars on your investment!
Let us be there for you, contact us to get the ball rolling today!
