How to Sell Your House Quickly and Easily With Home Staging

Published by julia | Filed under Buyer / Seller Tips, Listings, Real Estate, Shout Outs

Let’s face it — the real estate market is at an all-time low right now. If you’re trying to sell a house, that can spell bad news for you. However, just because your neighbors are sitting on their properties and taking a loss for months at a time doesn’t mean you have to. You can go the creative route and use a home staging company to get your house sold ASAP.

The fact is, most real estate experts have found that houses sell faster and for more money when the look like they’re being lived in. This is where the home staging company comes in. The company gets a responsible renter into the property….renters who are heavily screened beforehand and who have attractive furniture and good decorating skills so they can make the home look like a showplace. The renters get the property for a significantly reduced monthly rate, with the stipulation that they may get a call at any moment to leave for the afternoon while the house is shown. The renter must make sure the house is clean and neat, and is often asked to bake some cookies before leaving, if there’s time (people are more likely to buy when there is a homey smell in the house).

The people who rent through home staging companies know their situation is temporary, but find it attractive because it fits it with their current transitory cirucumstances, while allowing them to live in a much nicer house than they could afford in the meantime.

Real estate professionals love home staging because it’s been proven to result in at least a 15% increase in the amount of money a house sells for, and often means a house sells months sooner than it would have otherwise. The home staging company helps the temporary resident decorate in the most attractive manner, using colors and arrangements that are proven to increase sales. Even though the resident is not present when the house is shown, potential buyers love it that a house looks so lived in and cared for. It’s a very psychological thing, and it works.

With the real estate market the way it is today, using a home staging company makes sense. If you have a luxury home, or even an average home, and are having difficulty selling it, contacting your local real estate professionals about using a home staging company could make a big difference in how soon you sell your home and how much money you make on the deal. It’s a solution that’s well worth looking into.