New Trends for Staging Your Home

Home staging is one of the most crucial steps that many homeowners seem to often overlook.  It’s more important than ever to keep up with today’s trends to stay ahead of the competition while your home is on the market.  Therefore, I would like to let homeowners know some of today’s new trends for staging your home to help you compete in this tough market.

One of the biggest trends in home staging is that home staging has now become greener.  Home staging professionals are seeing more and more trends towards eco-friendly home staging, which is a viable market niche.  The inventory the stager can provide is “green” to help the seller.  This will help any homeowner, investor or builder put their green foot forward.  Home staging is also catching the attention of mainstream media.  You can now find several shows on HGTV that are devoted to the process of preparing a home for sale.  This is a trend that will continue as long as the public is interested in finding value in things to do in and out of the home when getting ready to sell.  Professional home stagers know how to assess a home’s strengths and weaknesses.  They also know how to provide a concise and effective plan of action.

Home staging really comes in handy when it comes to foreclosure, short sales and REO’s.  Many professional home stagers have developed relationships with banks and investors, which gives the homeowner using them the upper-hand. 

When interviewing your professional home stager, be sure to ask for lots of referrals and ask them everything they will be doing during the staging process.  Also, ask them if they offer a “green” staging option.

Realtor® Cheryl Westwood  ~  Lake Havasu City Real Estate

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Getting Your Home in Tip Top Shape to Sell

Spring is the best season of the year for selling a home.  And, even with a historically slow housing market, homeowners still find themselves wanting to sell their homes for various reasons.  However, they now have to do all they can to market their home to potential buyers.  Today, one of the best ways to market a home is to stage it to “wow” potential buyers.  Hiring a professional home stager can be one of the best ways to get your home sold fast.  Home stagers know exactly what it takes to transform a house from bland to beautiful, bringing you the best return on your investment.

Some specific things you can do to get your home in tip top shape and ready to sell include an array of tasks.  Therefore, make a to-do list and check each task off as you do it.  This way each task gets done and you won’t feel overwhelmed. 

Pay attention to detail, especially small ones.  Details can make the difference between a house sold quickly and one that sits on the market for several months.  Consider upgrades or home improvements.  Kitchens and baths are the most popular rooms that sell a buyer.  Therefore, consider these areas carefully.

Give your kitchen a budget friendly mini-facelift.  You may consider repainting the cabinets instead of replacing them.  Choosing trendy colors will help with the sale.  Also add new hardware to complete the facelift.

Outdated bathrooms can easily be updated by replacing faucets, lighting, painting cabinets, flooring, replacing countertops and painting walls.

Don’t forget the outside of the home.  Curb appeal is very important to get buyers into your home in the first place.  And first impressions are everything.  Splash on a new coat of paint if needed, mow the lawn, trim the hedges, plant new flowers, replace busted light bulbs, add mulch to flower beds and clean up walkways and patios.

One of the most important tips I have for you is to make sure all your home improvements are completed before your home is put on the market.  Remember, first impressions are everything.  In today’s market, there’s not much room for second chances.  Once the home is on the market, be sure to keep up the maintenance until your home sells.

Realtor® Cheryl Westwood – Lake Havasu City Real Estate

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