Home Staging & Real Estate Trends
From Staged to Sold (almost) in about 2 Weeks - San Rafael
Monday, July 20th, 2009Here’s another example to show that home staging helps get homes sold!
This home near Peacock Gap Country Club in San Rafael had been on the market - empty - for two months. We staged it in late July and in just over two weeks, it got a strong offer and is now in escrow!
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Luxury Property Seller Gets Creative with Home Staging
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008As home stagers and Realtors can tell you, it’s not easy to sell an empty house. That’s because vacant houses with no furnishings tend to be cold an uninviting, and miss the opportunity to emotionally connect with buyers.
But as difficult as it is to successfully market an empty house, there is a type of property [...]
Top Reasons Your House Isn’t Selling
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Top Reasons Yor House Isn’t Selling… and FOUR Things You Can Do About It
In much of the Bay Area right now, it is a Buyer’s Market. In real estate terms, this means that less than 25% of all homes for sale are in escrow. Put a different way, at least 75% of all homes for [...]
Trends To Watch in Home Design
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Before I talk about trends in home design, let’s distinguish a trend from a fad. While a fad is short-lived, a trend is not. A trend is said to last 10-30 years. This is important because if you’re investing in a remodel of your house, you want to base your choices on design concepts with some staying [...]
Home Staging on Trend to Make the Sale
Monday, July 28th, 2008I wrote last week about “What Today’s Buyer’s Want.” It’s interesting information. But if I don’t use it in my staging to help attract buyers, it’s just that - interesting information. As a professional Marin stager, I not only have to stay on top of trends, but also be able to apply what I learn to the [...]
What Today’s Buyers Want: Part 2
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Picking up where I left off in my last post, I want to share more “Trends to Watch in 2008″ regarding what buyers want in a home. Again, I learned this information from Christine Rae, the author of Home Staging for Dummies and the keynote speaker at last week’s first annual San Francisco Bay Area Home [...]
What Today’s Buyers Want: Part 1
Monday, July 21st, 2008This week I attended the SF Bay Area’s First Annual Staging Expo in Dublin. The keynote speaker was Christine Rae, the author of Home Staging for Dummies (hopefully the book’s title does not diminish her expertise and the great content within the book). The topic was “Trends in the Home Staging and Real Estate Industries.”
A major [...]