| Vacant homes that were for sale spent 131 days on | | | | - Buyers can't use their imagination to see the home's |
| the market compared with occupied homes which | | | | potential |
| spent 106 days on the market according to the Real | | | | - Buyers are overwhelmed by a lack of vision |
| Estate Staging Association (RESA) in a 2008 survey. | | | | - Buyers can't imagine where their furniture will go |
| This survey also revealed that vacant homes that | | | | - Without a frame of reference, it's incredibly difficult to |
| were staged with furniture and decorative accessories | | | | tell the scale and size of the room |
| spent 85% less time on the market than unstaged | | | | - Without furniture, a buyer may be confused as to the |
| vacant homes. | | | | purpose of the room: "Is this a study or an extra |
| So Why Should a Vacant Property Be Staged by a | | | | bedroom?" |
| Professional Home Stager? | | | | - Buyers can't imagine living there |
| There are many reasons why: | | | | - Buyers think the owner is desperate to sell because |
| -Only 10% of buyers can see beyond emptiness and | | | | "they must be carrying two mortgages, utilities, |
| envision their possessions in a home or apartment | | | | maintenance, etc. |
| - Empty rooms appear smaller than they really are | | | | |