Stage Your Home For Maximum Value

Staging involves creating an environment that’s visually appealing and welcoming to potential buyers, with the goal of showcasing your home’s best features and maximizing its value. 

Not only can staging help attract more buyers and potentially increase your sale price, it can also help create an emotional connection with buyers, sell your home faster, and even help buyers see the potential of the space.

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), here are the top five reasons to stage your home in preparation for selling it:

1. Attract more potential buyers: When you stage your home, you create an environment that’s more visually appealing and welcoming to potential buyers. This can help attract more buyers to your property and increase the chances of receiving multiple offers.
2. Maximize the value of your home: By highlighting the best features of your home through staging, you can help maximize its value and potentially increase the sale price.
3. Create an emotional connection with buyers: Staging your home can help create an emotional connection with potential buyers, allowing them to envision themselves living in the space and making it easier for them to see themselves purchasing the property.
4. Help buyers see the potential of the space: Staging can also help buyers see the potential of the space and how it can be used. For example, if you have an empty room, staging it with furniture can help buyers see how the room can be utilized and give them ideas for how they can decorate the space.
5. Sell your home faster: By creating a more appealing and welcoming environment, staging can help your home sell faster. This can be especially important if you’re in a competitive market or need to sell quickly for personal reasons.

Recently a home in Summerlin had been on the market for several months. Despite being in a desirable location and having plenty of space, the home had a configuration that made it difficult for potential buyers to envision themselves living there. After months on the market, the owner decided to invest in staging their home at the advice of realtor Carla Redmond.

Carla worked with a professional stager to update the decor and create a more cohesive and visually appealing environment.

The difference was remarkable. Within just a few weeks of staging, the home sold. The owners were thrilled with the results and credited staging with helping them showcase their home’s potential and create a more welcoming and memorable environment for potential buyers in the Summerlin area.

• Homes that are staged typically sell for more: According to the Real Estate Staging Association, staged homes sell for an average of 10% to 20% more than non-staged homes.
• Staging can help your home sell faster and for a higher price: A study by the Home Staging Resource found that homes that were staged before going on the market spent an average of 23 days on the market, compared to 143 days for non-staged homes. Additionally, the same study found that staged homes sold for an average of 17% more than non-staged homes.
• Staging can help your home appeal to a wider range of buyers: By creating a neutral, welcoming environment, staging can help your home appeal to a wider range of buyers. This is especially important if your home has unique features or a specific style that may not appeal to everyone. According to a survey by the NAR, 97% of buyers’ agents believe that staging has an effect on buyers’ perceptions of a home.
• Staging can help create a more memorable impression: Additionally, the same NAR survey found that 40% of buyers’ agents said that staging had an effect on the way buyers viewed the home’s value. By creating a more memorable impression, staging can help your home stand out in buyers’ minds and increase its perceived value.

Home staging is a crucial and highly recommended step in the home selling process. It can significantly increase a home’s perceived value, appeal to a wider range of buyers, and potentially lead to a faster sale and higher sale price. 

By providing a welcoming environment that enables buyers to visualize themselves living there, staging helps create an emotional connection, which can be crucial in closing a sale.

As evidenced by the Elder View case study, the decision to stage a home is a worthwhile investment. Working with an experienced realtor, like Carla Redmond, can help guide the staging process and ensure optimal results.