Dear Realtor,
I’m still here and you need me more than ever!
We live in interesting times, especially for those of us in the real estate business. Just before March 2020, we had begun a normal, busy spring market with strong demand, rising home prices and low interest rates. Beginning in mid-March, we all sat still staring out our windows for a couple of months and then BOOM! The market went crazy, and no one looked back until this summer. No one had time.
Until now. While there is still strong buyer demand, it has become more difficult predict how long it will take to sell and what the sales price will be. Properly marketing a home has become important again.
So, Do REALTORS still need to hire Home Stagers to sell homes?
Realtors who coach sellers to invest the time and effort into staging will sell homes faster and for more money. It’s always been that way, even when homes sold no matter what.
And now, with so many homes making price reductions, it’s time to remind sellers that an investment in staging is always less than a price reduction.
And with so many photos of cluttered homes, dated finishes and wild paint colors, it’s time to remind sellers that taking time up front to stage your home will mean fewer days on market. And a higher sales price.
At a professional Staging Consultation, sellers receive a customized plan on how best to prepare their home for marketing. Utilizing the seller’s existing furnishings and working within their time frame and budget, each seller can maximize the sales price of their home and effectively stand out among what is now a larger inventory of homes with fewer buyers in the market.
When a seller chooses the Photo Prep (with or without a Staging Consultation) they get expert hands on styling and furniture placement prior to those critical MLS photos. It’s the random things that the seller misses that can spoil the effort that went into staging.
Want to know more? Want to book a consultation now?
I’m still here for you and you need me more than ever.
Love, Ellie
P.S. — I love home owners, home staging, and homes
