Taking steps to stage a home can make a difference in how a buyer values it, according to the National Association of REALTORS®
2015 Profile of Home Staging.
Here are the top findings:
• 49 percent of surveyed REALTORS® who work with buyers believe staging usually has an effect on the buyer’s view of the home.
• 47 percent believe that staging only sometimes has an impact on a buyer’s view of the home only.
• 81 percent said staging helps buyers visualize the property as a future home, while 46 percent said it makes prospective buyers more willing to walk through a home they saw online.
• REALTORS® ranked the living room as the number one room to stage, followed by the kitchen. Rounding out the top five rooms were the master bedroom, dining room and the bathroom.
• REALTORS® believe that buyers most often offer a 1 to 5 percent increase on the value of a staged home (37 percent from REALTORS® representing sellers and 32 percent from REALTORS® representing buyers).