eal estate prices have hit recommendations as to what you
record levels in the United might do in order to make the
States during the last five house as sale-friendly as
years. In some parts of the possible. In some cases, they
country, prices have tripled. will simply recommend a coat of
For those selling houses in the paint, a bit of landscaping, or
first half of the decade, some new drapes. In other cases,
business was very good, indeed. more dramatic help may be needed.
Rising interest rates and sticker
shock have slowed the market It is often difficult to sell a
down, however. In some parts of home that has been vacant for a
the country that used to be hot, while. Buyers have a hard time
sales have slowed to a crawl. In imagining what their belongings
those markets, people who want to might look like in an empty
sell houses are now waiting house. A good staging company
months when homes used to sell in will have in their inventory a
days or weeks. What can a selection of different types of
homeowner who wishes to sell as furniture, lamps, decorative
quickly as possible do to accessories and more so that a
accelerate the process? vacant home can look like a
showcase. A fully and
A relatively new service called tastefully decorated home is much
home staging may be the answer. easier to sell than a vacant one.
Staging a home essentially means
setting it up so that it makes The service isn't necessarily
its best possible presentation to inexpensive. Homeowners might
the market. Professional home expect to pay several hundred
stagers will, for a fee, come to dollars for an initial
your house, examine your consultation as well as a fee of
property, and make several times that amount for the
first month of a fully furnished, Having your home professionally
professionally decorated home. decorated in order to sell it
Rates for subsequent months tend isn't something that everyone
to be lower than for the initial needs to do. But in markets with
month, but many homes that have slowing real estate sales,
been professionally staged aren't staging a home may be the
on the market much longer than a difference between selling the
month. In fact, studies have house this week and selling it
shown that staged homes often three months from now. For many
sell in half of the time of other sellers, the investment is more
comparable properties. than worthwhile.
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