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Benefits of Home Staging – A Critical Component of a Successful Sale

Posted by StagingWorks on January 22nd, 2010

The two top priorities for home sellers are ensuring that their property sells quickly and that they maximize their selling price (ie: equity) during the sale.

At StagingWorks, we believe that there are five key factors that determine how successful your home sale will be. These factors include:
* The prevailing market conditions
* Your location
* Your asking price
* The home presentation
* Your choice of realtor

Generally speaking, the market conditions when you sell and your current property’s location are factors beyond your control.

Elements more within your control are the asking price, how your home presents to potential buyers and choosing an effective realtor.

In this post, we’ll touch on the benefits home staging provides as an effective marketing tool to ensure that your home presents well to potential buyers.

The top five benefits professional home staging provides to Toronto sellers include:

1) Higher impact marketing material – which draw more showings

Staged homes present better in MLS photos, feature sheets and other marketing material. Higher impact photos create an immediate good impression and draw more showings.

2) Differentiation from competitive listings

Don’t forget that you have competition. Buyers have options. To effectively differentiate your listing, your home should ideally show better than alternative listings at the same asking price. Home staging ensure thay this occurs.

3) Sell for more

Think about it. It just makes sense. Buyers are looking for a property that they feel is “move in ready”. When buyers connect with your home, asking price typically becomes a secondary consideration.

On the other hand, if buyers feel that the home requires work, but the asking price has not been reduced accordingly, they will be expected a significant price reduction. You can take this issue off the table by ensuring your home looks its best and shows to its full potential.

4) Sell faster

Statistics show that staged homes sell on average twice as fast as homes that are not staged. A property that shows better attracts more buyers and increases the likelihood of selling more quickly.

5) Get peace of mind

Rest easy knowing that your home shows to its full potential.  Now, look forward to negotiation and closing the deal.

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