If you’re getting ready to sell your Silver Spring area home, you may be wondering whether or not you need to hire a professional to stage your home. You may not even know what a Stager does. Below we’ll give you some useful information about staging.
Simply put, staging is the process of preparing your home for sale. The goal is to make the house as attractive as possible to the greatest number of potential buyers, which could help to sell the property more swiftly. Staging used to be as simple as mowing the lawn and keeping dirty clothes out of view; today, the process has become somewhat more complicated.
When you’re considering a professional Stager, remember: A Stager is NOT a Realtor®. Their job is to make your house look great, so don’t ask them about real estate. If you decide to use a Stager, we can recommend some professionals; you can also check in with your friends to see who has used home Stagers in the past.
Be sure to determine exactly what will be expected from you. You want to know everything that is included in the price, how to pay for their services and what will be expected from you to keep the house in its staged condition (both indoors and out) after their work is completed.
Here are some staging stats highlights from Realtor.org.
- Among Realtors® who typically represent the buyer, 49 percent report most buyers are effected by home staging and 47 percent report some buyers are effected by home staging.
- Among sellers’ agents 34 percent stage all homes, 13 percent stage difficult homes to sell, and 4 percent stage only high price bracket homes.
- Thirty-two percent of buyers’ agents believe staged homes increases the dollar value buyers are willing to offer by 1 percent to 5 percent.
- The median dollar value to stage a home is $675 for each home.
Emcee Arah – “the REALTOR with Architectural Dimension” – is both a Certified Distress Property Expert (CDPE) and a Certified Investor Agent Specialist (CIAS). He is uniquely equipped to assist you in navigating the residential real estate market in DC and the Maryland suburbs. Contact us online or by phone at (301) 452-5252. And don’t forget to leave your comments below, or on our Facebook page – we’d love to hear from you!
