{"id":7452,"date":"2015-01-28T15:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2015-01-28T15:52:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T15:52:41","slug":"home-staging-really-win-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/home-staging-really-win-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Home Staging Really Win Over Buyers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How does Home Staging Really Win Over Buyers?<\/h2>\n
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Home staging can influence buyers\u2019 perceptions of a home and even motivate them to pay more, according to the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae\u2019 2015 Profile of Home Staging, a survey of more than 2,300 REALTORS\u00ae representing buyers and sellers.<\/p>\n

Eighty-one percent of REALTORS\u00ae who represent buyers say that staged homes make it easier for their home buyers to visualize a property as their future home. Forty-six percent of buyer agents also reported that staging makes their buyers more willing to tour a home they viewed online, and 45 percent say that buyers tend to view the value of the home more positively if it is decorated to buyers\u2019 tastes.<\/p>\n

Twenty-eight percent of agents said their buyers are even more willing to overlook other property faults if a home is staged, according to NAR\u2019s survey.<\/p>\n

Buyer agents also say that staging can potentially influence how much their buyers are willing to offer for a home. According to the survey, thirty-two percent of buyer agents surveyed say that staged homes increase the dollar value buyers are willing to offer for a home by 1 percent to 5 percent; 16 percent said it could increase offers by 6 percent to 10 percent.<\/p>\n

However, not everyone chooses to stage a home in prepping it for sale. Forty-four percent of seller agents say they only suggest that sellers declutter and fix property faults, and they do not recommend that their clients should professionally stage the home.<\/p>\n

Indeed, about 34 percent of seller agents surveyed say they stage all the homes they list; 13 percent stage only \u201cdifficult\u201d homes to sell; and 4 percent only stage high-priced homes they list, according to the NAR survey.<\/p>\n

Here are additional findings from the NAR survey:<\/p>\n