Sell Your Home for More by Home Staging
June 28th, 2009 | 
Author: People in the market to sell their home will be pleased to see that a number of housing markets are showing renewed signs of growth. Denver, Colorado is one such market, and homes in the $100,000-$300,000 price range are selling fast and for more than the experts predicted. Still, homeowners everywhere continue to be cautious due to the quantity of competition and high number of foreclosed homes being sold.
Many home sellers are turning to professional stagers to set their homes up for fast sale and to remain competitive in this tough housing market. Professional staging will remove the personal characteristics of your home that may turn off a prospective buyer, setting your home up to appeal to as many people as possible. The goal is to have a potential purchaser see themselves living in the house as they are walking through.
Even though there is no sure thing, home staging has proven the test of time as statistics consistently show that staged homes sell more quickly and for more money than non-staged homes. Nevertheless, many sellers are hesitant to use home staging as a strategy, for a number of reasons.
1. It is too expensive. The cost to professionally stage a home can fluctuate. As the objective of home staging is to emphasize its positive features and downplay the negatives, a house that is already in terrific condition will have a lower bill to professionally stage it. Most professional stagers will meet with you and provide a cost estimate, and many are even allowing creative payment options to meet your particular needs.
2. It will be too involved. Home staging can be as simple as getting rid of your junk and moving the furniture around. On the other hand, it might demand a complete overhaul of every room in the house. The good news is that drastic of a tactic is rarely necessary, and focusing on a few main rooms such as the kitchen, baths and master bedroom will often give outstanding results. A major factor is to get rid of all your junk, so that the unique qualities of your home will be best displayed.
3. It will take too much time. In reality, the norm is one to three days, with even the most difficult staging jobs being completed in less than a week.
Selling a home is still very tough, particularly since there are bank owned properties priced to sell competing with your home. Having your home professionally staged may be just what you need to give you that competitive edge and to sell your home fast and for a great price.