Home Staging

What is home staging? Staging is marketing. It is a proven technique that turns a home into a product that can be marketed and sold. It transforms a home to appeal to the broadest possible audience to generate the greatest possible interest from buyers. Staging sells homes in less time than the un-staged competition and helps maximize your equity.

Why stage your home?

• Allows you to get your home sold quickly.
• Maximizes your selling price.
• Reduces the amount of showings.
• Minimizes your stress.

A home's condition will dictate the selling price. It's quite simple – show your home in its best light at a higher sales price or lower the price and lessen the improvements done to home.

Staging services are not alike! Many people "stage" a home but it takes special attention to details and well-trained eye to get the home sold at higher than asking price and in the first weeks of being placed on the market. I use both Feng Shui and staging techniques that assist in procuring a quick sale. A large percentage of the "staged" homes I have seen have not been staged correctly and could even cause a loss in the sales price!

Did you know that ...
	Only a small percentage of buyers can look past the current decor, paint and furniture arrangement and see the beauty and unique features of the home.
	People form an impression of your home in the first 20 seconds they see it.
	People need to be able to imagine themselves in the home in order to want to buy it.
	The longer a home sits on the market, the better chance it will be perceived as “flawed.”
	Your home should appeal to all five senses to sell quickly.

**Email me at Elizabeth@designforprosperity.com for your free copy of Basic Staging Hints for Selling your Home Quickly.

"Statistics report that while most homes take more than 30 days to sell, staged homes average about 13 days on the market and sell for about 6 percent over list price." - Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 2004