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Ideas and Tips for Selling A Vacant House Fast through Home Staging

Guest post by: Kristen Heyen Noble

Article Overview: It is never wise to sell a vacant house. There are very many options for home owners that are put in this situation. Read on to learn how to sell a vacant house fast using home staging and virtual home staging.

Ideas and Tips for Selling A Vacant House Fast through Home Staging

It amazes me how many people are selling their home vacant with absolutely no inexpensive cosmetic changes. As a home staging professional and real estate salesperson, I see no reason to ever sell a home vacant. There is currently a study being conducted at Duke University on the psychological reasons homes are appealing to buyers. Home staging professionals are being asked to participate in the study. Keep in mind that if you still have the attitude that the new home owners will make changes to a house anyway, why should you make them now, is a mistake. Most buyers do not want to have to make any changes to a house. They want a house in move in condition. As I’ve said repeatedly, HGTV has impacted buyer’s view on what to expect to see when viewing prospective houses. If your house if vacant, it is difficult for buyers to imagine if their furniture will fit into a property. They have difficulty looking past wallpaper, old lighting fixtures, and even hardware on kitchen cabinets. Most recently I spoke with an agent whose clients walked into a beautiful lakefront property, saw wallpaper at the entrance of the home and walked out without viewing the rest of the house. Remember home staging is an available service. Home staging professionals can furnish and accessorize any property. If you are too busy to oversee repairs and painting, or to do them yourself, have the staging professional handle that for you. Have you heard of virtual home staging? Virtual staging is when a photograph of an actual empty room in your house can have 3d images inserted into it. This form of staging has to be clearly declared when your agent uses these images to advertise your home, but can be very effective. A little extra time, and yes money, can increase the asking cost of your home. It will definitely impact the feedback from agents showing your property. It’s a lot less expensive to stage a house than it is to drop the asking price because a house isn’t selling.

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