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Tips On How To Stage Your Home To Sell Your Property Fast

Most people browse online when looking for a new home to buy. If the photos of your home posted online aren’t of good quality or they don’t depict your home in a positive light, buyers won’t give it a second glance. To help you make your home look its best, use the staging tips below and watch it sell fast.

The Furniture

How your home is furnished makes a big difference in how buyers perceive it. If your furniture is old and drab, that’s how they will see the home. The good news is you don’t have to rush out and purchase all new furniture just to sell your home. Instead, there are firms you can hire to bring in modern furnishings to make your home look bright, fresh, and clean.

The Floors

It’s important the floors in your home look as clean and shiny as possible. If your floors are worn in spots, you can cover it with rugs. If the flooring is badly worn or stained, it might make more sense to replace it. You can buy cheap flooring that might not necessarily be to your liking, but if it helps your home sell, it’s worth it.

Wall Décor

Take some time to update your wall décor. Bright, bold artwork looks best, but you don’t need to spend a great deal of money to acquire it. Simply visit your local thrift store and pick out a few artsy pieces to hang on the walls while your house is on the market.

Clutter

It is vital that you get rid of anything that might be viewed as clutter. All those knick-knacks you’re so fond of are just clutter to the next person. If your closets are jammed full of stuff, clean them out and place everything you don’t need in storage until the home sells. If your rooms are full of wall-to-wall furniture, remove all but the most important pieces to allow buyers to see the potential for the space.

The Outside of Your Home

Curb appeal is most important as it’s the first impression a buyer gets when he arrives at your home. Tidy up the yard, cut the grass, trim the bushes, and paint the front door to put the outside of your home in the best shape possible. Remember, you never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

If you are selling your home, how it appears to others in person and online in photos makes the difference between it selling fast or it sitting on the market for weeks or even months. Take the time to stage your home right so it sells as quickly as possible.

Selling your home? 4 ways to reduce costs and improve earnings

Even in a hot market, selling a home can be stressful and time consuming. There’s a lot of money on the line, too — both in the sale price and in the up-front costs of tradespeople, lawyers and other professionals. A good real estate agent can help with all of it, and save you thousands of dollars in the process.

One obvious cost is real estate commissions. Since they’re calculated as a percentage of the sale price, rising house prices have meant rising costs for most sellers. But not for everybody.

“Traditionally, listing commissions are seven per cent on the first $100,000 and three and a half per cent on the rest. But we just didn’t feel right charging our clients that much, so we created our own company model,” says Paula Skladan-Roughton, Co-owner, Managing Broker and Realtor at Value Plus 3% Real Estate Inc (VP3).

VP3 operates with only three per cent commissions, which translates to significant savings for their clients — $5,500 to $6,500, on average.

Original image. Image virtually staged with digital furniture.

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VP3 may have low commissions, but they certainly don’t skimp on services. And the value of that experience, knowledge and top-tier service makes a big difference to home sellers’ finances.

• Setting the list price:

You want a final sale price that reflects the modern market value of your home, but your list price still needs to entice buyers to make offers. Sometimes delayed offers are a great way to encourage bidding competition, but not always. How do you decide? “The sheer volume that our real estate agents are involved in helps sellers make informed decisions. Our agents do more transactions than any other brokerage in the area, so we’re in tune with what’s going on at each price point in the market,” says Nik Roughton, Realtor and Co-owner of VP3. “We don’t dabble in real estate part-time. We have a busy brokerage filled with people who consider real estate a full time passion.”

Original image. Image virtually staged with digital furniture.

• Preparing the home for market:

With historically low inventory, some sellers have decided not to put in the effort of painting, repairs or staging. A good real estate agent will help you decide what work will have the greatest effect on your sale price. “We recently took on a home that had been listed with another company — their listing had expired without any offers. Our professional photographer took sparkling photos, and then we had the empty rooms virtually staged with digital furniture. The results were amazing! The stunning photos drew in much more traffic,” Paula says. VP3 also has excellent relationships with tradespeople who can help your home fly through inspections.

Original image. Image virtually staged with digital furniture.

• Spreading the word:

Buyers search for homes in many ways, and VP3 makes sure your home is listed everywhere buyers look. That includes online listings enhanced with virtual tours, print advertising, and a reach that goes far beyond the Okanagan. “People from all around the world are looking to live in the Okanagan, and we have marketing tools to help your home get noticed.”

Original image. Image virtually staged with digital furniture.

Article originally appeared in The Vernon Morning Star.

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