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Should I hire a home stager before or after my house is on the market?

Top Answer: Before the house is on the market (88% of 262 votes).
Should I hire a home stager before or after my house is on the market?
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After the house is on the market
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Being a licensed Realtor for the past 25 years, I have a interior design degree and own my own staging company. A staged home sells faster because it shows the true potential of the home and how the rooms are to be set up.
LPT REALTY LLC
Answer: Not sure
Explanation: Depends, the cost might not be worth the investment. Case by case basis!
Re/Max Gold - Chad Phillips
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: If you're going to hire to a stager, it's best to have that done during a COMING SOON listing. A COMING SOON listing gives a Seller up to 21 to get their home ready for showings while allowing their agent to promote and market the property. Showings are not allowed during a COMING SOON listing but this type of listing can be very effective by creating anticipation.
Rich Small Team
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Answer: Not sure
Explanation: It can be helpful to sell a home faster in some cases. However, a home stager isn't needed in all circumstances. We will guide you with a step by step process that is custom to you, your needs, your property and your timeline.
Roberts Brothers Inc
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It is important that your home makes a good first impression on potential buyers. So having the home staged before you put the house on the market is necessary.
Sarah Webb Interiors
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Get your home staged prior to having photo/video professional shoot.
Compass
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: In my opinion I would before so that way when the realtor comes the home is ready to go for the photography and can be listed that day because all repairs, paint, etc are all complete on the home ready to bring in the $$$ my goal is to make the home appealing to any buyer!
Staging and Design By Che'Le Foster
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Most homeowners like the way their homes look and forget that when we stage it needs to look like a home that anyone could live in and not just them. When we stage we clean the slate as much as possible at their home so that the prospective buyer can visualize their selves living there. Most personal items are put away and a fresh approach to the look of their home is brought in with new decor and sometimes furnishing by the staging designer and crew.
Urban Mountain Interiors
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Hiring a certified stager before putting your house in the market will help you sell at higher price in the shortest amount of time and that is our specialty!
Sheida Rezazadeh,Keller Williams R.E. Services, DRE#0192560
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Answer: Not sure
Explanation: A home stager is exactly as it sounds. It shows you what your home could look like with all the top end luxury furniture and fixtures that are not permanent. I personally would rather see the live in look or a blank canvass however you can get great ideas for remodeling your own home or the home your buying by visiting a staged home.
Lewiston Insurance Agency
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: I typically offer these services free of charge!
Remax Platinum
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: EDIT5 design recommends that you stage your home prior to putting it on the market and before taking your listing photos. However, staging consultations and services can be done at any time. Staging fees are always less than your first price reduction - you only have one chance to make a first great impression!
EDIT5 design
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: The optimum time to stage your home is before it is on the market. Most buyers in today's market will view homes online before deciding to look at them in person. You want your home to have the most appealing photos to attract buyers. Make sure you stage before the photos are taken. I like to work with the photographer to make sure the focal points of each room really stand out in the photos.
Constructive Consulting, LLC Home Staging & Redesign
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You should always try to have your house staged before it goes on the market. A staged home will almost always sell faster and for more money than an un-staged home. When you are ready to sell, hire a certified professional home stager that can create a beautiful space and give you "model home" looking photos so you look good online first before they come take a tour.
Five Star Staging's
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Statistics from the National Association of Realtors and also from studies conducted by the Real Estate Staging Association consistently show that staging a home prior to going on the market is most effective in helping a home to sell quickly and for the best price.
1st Impressions Design
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging your home prior to listing it for sale is the ideal time to ensure it's ready to capture prospective buyers' attention once it's on the market. Buyers expect the clean, modern, updated "model home" look that's achieved once your home has been de-cluttered and de-personalized, and its appeal maximized by professional staging expertise. That said, even homes which have been previously listed and sat on the market for months unsold can still benefit from staging. Once they've been given the look that buyers emotionally "connect with," those homes sell faster and for higher sales prices than those that haven't been staged! Buyers find it easier to visualize themselves living in a staged home, and are more willing to overlook a property's other faults when it's been professionally staged. Staging is a powerful marketing tool that works!
Equity Staging & Design LLC
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You can explore virtual staging or hire a stager. However, an agent with a good eye can assist you with the staging of your home. I am a practicing artist and have done some interior design. So if you need assistance with color, theme and balance or even just de-cluttering I have a team of professionals I can consult as well as assist myself.
Diane J. Malagreca
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging your home before you put it on the market ensures that you are taking the steps for a return on your investment.
Unique Finds & Designs
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Decluttering and depersonalizing is not enougth in todays market. Buyers are wanting move in ready homes. Staged home sell 78% faster then non-staged homes and for approximately 3% more. Reducing the days on the market means less stress and more equity.
McAtee Staging & Redesign
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Most buyers shop for homes online before they visit so having your home staged for photos and for showing creates the best image to entice the buyer to visit the home. A beautifully staged home stands out from the competition. Statistically, homes that have been professionally staged sell 50% faster and for 8-10% more!
The Design Image
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Not every house will require staging. It’s aleays best if your realtor suggests it to have it done prior to listing. You would want to display it with quality photos.
ProStead Realty
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: This is the perfect opportunity to make sure your home is prepared and ready to go on the market! Having great photos makes your home stand out when buyers are searching online! If your home is already on the market, it's still not too late to hire a home stager! Staging is a lot less expensive than a price reduction so be certain that your home makes a statement compared to others in the area!
CG Statement Designs
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Most home buyers are looking first on line. You need the very best photos of the home curbside to fence line to draw a shopper into a showing. Remember the old adage “you never get a second chance to make a good first impression”
Stage Right
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Before you decide to put your house on the market a home staging expert can help you evaluate whether you need to do a full or partial move. This information is critical to budgeting.
Poppin' Properties
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It is crucial to have your home staged BEFORE you list it! You want to ensure that it is show-ready for prospective buyers. The home must be presented in its best light, so that means it needs to be decluttered, thoroughly cleaned, and properly staged with those critical emotional connection points that will make buyers fall in love with the space! Staging is not just about clearing everything off of the counters and making every room look sterile. It's about creating warm and inviting spaces that draw buyers in...getting them to envision themselves living there and saying, "this is it, this is the one"!
Shades of Gray Design
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: In most home selling situations, a home shows better with furniture. Staring at a ceiling, floor and four empty walls make it hard for buyers to visualize their own belongings in the home. If buyers can't picture themselves living there, they are not likely to buy it. Home staging can mean the difference between a sold or expired listing. Staging often brings a higher price for the home; some stagers estimate sellers make seven to 10% more when a home is staged. It doesn't really cost to stage, it pays. Staging a living room, as with any other room in the house, is done to evoke emotions because buyers need to fall in love with the home. They buy on emotion, not logic.
Louisiana Direct Home Buyers, LLC
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: I believe staging a home will increase the viewings and selling property
Hudson Real Estate
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging your home can help maximize the price you sell for.
Key Realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Youll want your home to be staged for the photos that will be used to market your house
Hometown realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging before the house is listed saves valuable time. Don't wait until the listing is "stale"--first impressions are what matter most.
Seneca Home Staging
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It's really a consideration not all homes and all markets warrant a home staging an experience agent should be able to tell if your home and your market place might warrant they endeavor and expense.
KF Home Sales @ Quality First Real Estate Group
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You want your home to look updated/fresh and ready to shine before it hits the MLS. Buyers spend 60% of their time shopping online. You want your home to make their must see list.
Tailored for You Interiors, LLC
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You never get a second chance to make a first impression and with today's buyers searching online to see photos of your home, you want to make sure that your home is ready for photos and for showings. I specialize in preparing your home for sale. Call me and I can tell you who is buying, what they are looking for and a list of what you can do to your home to get the best return on investment and sell quickly for the most money.
First Sight Staging
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You always want to present your home in the very best light, from the start. Properly staging your home can reduce the time on market and the stress of showings.
Nest Atlanta Real Estate Group
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You want your house ready to be shown and ready prior to being on the market so potential buyers see it staged not vacant.
Coldwell Banker residential Brokerage
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Homes staged before listing sell 90% faster than homes that are not staged before listing.
Simply Divine Staging & Design
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: you have 10 seconds to impress a potential buyer. if staging your house makes sense from a design standpoint then by all means do it before the house gets listed
Your Husband & Wife Real Estate Team with Charles Rutenberg Realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It is better to hire a stager prior to listing your home so that it will be show ready from the first moment it gets on the listing service. It also means that realtors often bring a series of other realtors to look at their new listings and those people will see your home at its best and hopefully recommend a showing to their clients. It is possible to stage after the home has been listed and if that is done I strongly recommend that you take the home off the market for a few days and then re-launch it as a new listing to get maximum exposure. So the simple answer to the question is you can do either , before or after but it is better to stage before you go on the market.
Perfect Match Homes
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You want to make a good first impression when your home hits the market
Keller Williams
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You will want everything to be ready by the listing date. The majority of buyers will come through the house within the first few weeks, so it is important that the house is prepared day one.
RE/MAX Results
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: The first impression, as part of my service I hire a interior decorator to come out and advise you on staging your home, like removal of furniture, painting a room a different color. This is a huge help to help a house sale faster.
Home 2 Home Services, Inc.
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Most good agents will provide a 1 - 2 hour consultation with a stager as part of their listing package. You may want to actually hire the stager yourself to do the work and bring the materials, that's up to you! But take advantage of the good advise, no matter what!
Rodeo Realty
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Answer: Not sure
Explanation: Not everyone will need a home stager. Your listing agent should be able to advise you as to what needs to be done to present your home in the best manner possible. He/She will let you know if they feel you need a home stager and make recommendations.
BeBe's Beauty (Jeunesse Global)
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: If you stage your home before you list it, the first images a potential buyer will see will be the staged home. The desire for the home will be higher at first sight.
Dragonfly Home Designs
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You only get one chance to make a great first impression. By staging before you go on the market you will get better pictures for the on line listing which in turn will draw in more potential buyers who want to see it in person. Additionally, you will be better prepared for buyers to have a positive walk-through experience.
The Welcome Home: Interior Design Solutions
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging the home before it hits the MLS is always the right decision. The after staging photos enhance marketing visibility, and increase traffic for Open Houses.
KLM Home Staging & Redesign
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It may help to sell a home in some cases but not neccesary. And I say only if really needed and the Seller is agreeable to do so.
Re/Max Elite Realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Although the actual condition of your home is more important that the visual, buyers first impression of the your home is the one that encourages them to find out more about it.
Askew Realty
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: To get top dollar, stage before on market, so your home stands out among the others in the neighborhood
Finally Home Staging
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: I need at least 6 photos for your home to go active on the mls and we may have activity as soon as it is listed so you wouldn't want those people to view the house without it being staged if that is the rout you are taking...
Coldwell Banker
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You want top quality pictures of your home when you put it on the market and first impressions are priceless.
StagersRUs
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It's always best to introduce your property to the market staged, showing its best side. But staging a property that's been on the market awhile will also help it sell faster. New staged photos are always recommended.
Sonoran Accents Home Staging & Redesign
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It is recommended to show your in the best possible light from the very first picture.
Michael Odeh, Realtor
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Most home buyers start with Internet searches when looking for a home. Beautiful pictures make them want to take the next step of viewing the home.
Home Styling by Denise
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: This will allow your house to look the best and increase the appealing to all buyers.
Lion Real Estate Group
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: The first two weeks on the market are the most important and where you should see the most traffic (Assuming you priced it correctly). Furthermore, over 90% of buyers start their shopping online. The professional pictures should be taken with staging already in the home or you risk them just clicking past it until they find a prettier picture.
Keller Williams Metro Center
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging Sells Homes FASTER & Saves THOUSANDS Over COSTLY PRICE REDUCTIONS!
ESSENTIAL AMBIANCE DESIGN
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You will want to make sure your home is prepped for professional photos and immediate showing.
Steve Fox, Realtor DFW Urban Realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It's best to have your home in show-ready condition before your first interested buyer shows up.
ERA Brokers Consolidated
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: The time to call a Home Stager is not ideal if the house has already been siting on the market for a while. Stage first, then sell quickly.
Get it SOLD Home Staging
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Depending on market conditions, you may get someone that wants to see the house very soon after the house is listed. If you waited, you may miss out on an opportunity with a potential buyer
Omni-Fund, Inc.
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: To avoid possible price reductions after listing your property, it's always best to hire a home stager prior to listing to ensure your house shows at its absolute best from the beginning. Buyers make a decision on if they like a home within the first 7 second of entering the door.
Linen & Twine Home Staging
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: You always want to consider hiring a home stager prior to putting your house on the market. A home stager will help the homeowner to de-clutter the home and provide inexpensive ideas to create a well organized, soothing and comfortable place where the buyer can envision themselves living. Tasks such as adding or rearranging furniture, de-cluttering and neutralizing a space is all important to complete before the realtor takes photos and before a potential buyer sees the home.
susan chance designs
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: The first buyers to tour your home are often the most serious, so your home should be at its best when it hits the market.
Re/MAX Southwest - The Jackson Group
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: It most cases a professional home stager is not necessary. We help our clients with ways to get their home show ready for the best outcome.
New World Realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: To help stage it, get the best LOOK for your home before potential clients see it.
Creative Re-Design & Décor, LLC (CRDD)
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: When your home is "on the market" it is show time. Get all the staging and prep work done before you go active. You will experience less headaches and stress, potentially sell your home faster and for more money. It's like going to the movies, you want to get there for the beginning not walk in in the middle!
Re/Max Associates
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: A home stager can certainly make a big difference in getting a home sold faster and for more money.
EA Realty LLC
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: However it is not necessary to hire a home stager....this is a case by case basis.
Century 21 Affiliated
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Answer: After the house is on the market
Explanation: Trick question. Hire the AGENT and let the expert guide you thru the successful transaction. Not all homes are served by staging. Not all sellers can afford to do it. Staging will not overcome some "issues" that the property might have. Each home is different.
Keller Williams Realty
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: When you first place your home on the market, that is when you get the most action with buyers. It is important to put your best foot forward day one, to attract the highest offers in the shortest amount of time.
Ready? Set,...Sell! Home Staging & ReDesign
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Make sure that you present your home well at every showing. A home that is professionally staged typically sells faster than one that is not.
Michelle Ford Design
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Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: Staging your home before putting it on the market conveys to prospective buyers that when you do something, you do it right the first time. It gives the impression that your home has been well taken care of.
New Day Design & Home Staging
Answer: After the house is on the market
Explanation: You list the home first and have your Realtor recommend the best home stager for your type of home. I've seen home stagers make disastrous changes to a listing that would fit the trend in other locations or other types of homes, but simply do not flow with the location and style of the home being sold. Realtors provide a plethora of information, from good movers, to good contractors, to good attorneys and yes, good stagers. Trust your Realtor to provide this information for you. If you do not trust your current Realtor / Agent to provide such vital information, then perhaps you should consider hiring a different Realtor (George L. Rosario).
Coldwell Banker Kueber, Rosario Shalomayev Team
Answer: Before the house is on the market
Explanation: I am experience Realtor
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