According to Barbara Schwartz, Creator of Home Staging (TM), "Home Staging is the very best proven way to get top dollar for your home as you prepare it for sale. Homes that are Staged with an ASP Professional Home Stager sell faster and for more money! This is because Staging sets the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property. This will then lead to your home selling for the highest possible price in today's market. Remember, "The way you live in your home, and the way you market and sell your house are two different things."
In fact the statistics seem to speak for themselves. Barbara indicates that 93% of all her ASP designated Staged Homes sell on average in 1 month or less. In fact per their survey of homes in Canada and the Continental US in 2007 they found the average Days on Market for Non-Staged Homes was 160 days versus ASP Staged Homes at 31.8 days.
The ASP (Accredited Staging Professional) designation involves a 2-3 day course. These Home Staging Professionals can charge from $50-$150 an hour for their services. Their theme seems to be that the cost of Staging your home will not cost as much as your first price reduction.
One surging aspect of the Staging industry as of late seems to be Staging in Occupied Homes. Staging can involve in these instances the the Staging Professional providing all of the personnel and supplies needed to pack, label, and move all excess items to a designated area.
According to Barbara Schwartz, Founder IAHSP, "The way you live in a home and the way you sell your house are two different things."
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