| If you ever doubted that home staging may not be the | | | | on the market, on average |
| worthwhile investment everyone on the West Coast | | | | - After they were staged they sold in 63 days on |
| seems to think it is, updated statistics show that it is. | | | | average |
| Home staging is basically presenting a house or | | | | - This represented 78% less time on the market |
| apartment in its best possible light so that it is attractive | | | | After looking at occupied homes that were on the |
| to the broad range of buyers, so much so, that when | | | | market before they were staged, RESA found that: |
| buyers walk into the space, they fall in love and want | | | | - Those that were listed and unstaged spent 233 days |
| to live there. Home staging is about selling a lifestyle, | | | | on the market on average |
| not a house. If you put yourself in the frame of mind of | | | | - After they wre staged they sold in 53 days on |
| someone marketing a product, you know that | | | | average |
| packaging counts. It's the same thing when selling a | | | | - This too represented 78% less time on the market |
| house. | | | | RESA also looked at homes that were staged before |
| A study by the Real Estate Staging Association | | | | they were listed and found the following: |
| (RESA) of homes that were staged in 2009 revealed | | | | - Occupied homes sold on average in 39 days |
| that they spent 78% less time on the market than | | | | - Vacant homes sold on average in 42 days |
| before they were staged. | | | | All of these statistics point to the fact that a staged |
| After looking at vacant homes that were on the | | | | home will sell faster than an unstaged home. |
| market before they were staged, RESA found that: | | | | For the complete RESA Real Estate Staging Statistics |
| - Those that were listed and unstaged spent 277 days | | | | Report report, click here. |