Sponsoring Brokers Open House 6/10/10

Check out the pictures of our newly Staged Home located in East Meadow! Home Staging has been featured on HGTV and is the new hype for buyers and homeowners. Here is more information if you are unfamiliar with home staging:

Home Staging FAQ’s:

What is Home Staging?...

Home Staging is using limited funds and extraordinary expertise to professionally prepare a home to sell so that it becomes infinitely more attractive to potential buyers, sells quickly and for more money. Successful home staging performed by an expert greatly increases your chances of a fast and profitable sale. It takes skill, practice and passion for transforming interiors.

Why is Home Staging so important?...

Home Staging generally improves the value of the home by 6-10% only a mere 10% of homeowners can actually visualize the potential of a home. This is why having a home professionally staged is so important. Buyers cannot visualize size and scale so furniture helps to give them a frame of reference.

My house isn’t worth being “professionally staged”…

Even spending a mere $500 for an initial consultation should net you thousands in return and speed of sale based upon statistical data. In the previous statistics, unless the house is under 50K this argument is invalid.

Why can’t I just stage my own home?...

Home sellers are usually incapable successfully staging their own home. Why? Because our homes are like our children, we don’t always see all of its flaws. We’ve gotten used to the way it looks and in fact it is difficult emotionally to change it. If you can’t view something objectively then you are unable to market and package it effectively. Not to mention most home sellers don’t “stage” homes everyday for a living. That’s what professionals are for and that is where the greatest returns come in.

Should homeowners invest money in their home prior to putting it on the market?...

We recommend that a home owner plan to spend approx 5% of their homes value to invest in updating the home.