Staging a home increases its perceived value and helps it sell faster. According to a study, staged homes sold in half the time of non-staged homes and received 6.3% higher sale prices on average. Buyers today want move-in ready "turn-key" homes, so staging helps make a home more appealing to more buyers in a competitive market. The longer a home is on the market, the lower the price may need to be lowered, so staging upfront can help avoid price reductions later.

1. Why stage your home for sale? Like packaging, staging increases the perceived value. Copyright - Interiority Complex, 2010

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4. Why stage your home for sale? When Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Los Altos, Calif., looked at nearly 2,800 properties in eight U.S. cities in 2004, they found that the staged homes, on average, sold in half the time that the non-staged homes did. Copyright - Interiority Complex, 2010

5. Why stage your home for sale? 6.3% More According to the same Coldwell Banker study, sellers with staged homes ended up with 6.3% more than their asking price, on average, while sellers with non-staged homes sold for 1.6% more than the asking price. Copyright - Interiority Complex, 2010

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7. Leaving your house in “as is” condition will help sell the competition. Competition is stiff and buyers have very high expectations. Successful agents know that the key to selling and competing is professional staging. Why stage your home for sale? Copyright - Interiority Complex, 2010

8. Why stage your home for sale? Today’s buyers want and need “turn-key”. With tighter lending restrictions, prospects have less cash, time and energy to invest in fixing up a property. They want move-in ready. Copyright - Interiority Complex, 2010

9. The longer your home is on the market, the lower the price will be. So stage first! According to a National Association of Realtors survey, homes that sold after four weeks on the market sold for 6% less than ones within the first four weeks! Don’t be in a position where you have to lower your price. Stage your house first. Why stage your home for sale? Copyright - Interiority Complex, 2010

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