Selling your home? If you answered, “Yes!” you are probably in the throes of making lots of decisions, organizing, and packing, and prepping each room for open houses. The sooner you sell and the more you can sell it for is likely your goal.

Is there a step you can take that, statistically speaking, shortens time on market and increases revenue? There most definitely is, and that step is hiring a professional to stage your home.

In keeping with our boutique property services, TLC Services’ owner, Tara Law, recently became a certified stager through the RI Association of Realtors®. This was a natural addition to the myriad of services that TLC Services offers to property owners and the research is clear that staging is beneficial. Here are just a few bullets as to how staging makes sense and why you should stage your home:

• Over 90% of buyers look at homes on the internet first. Most home buyers form an opinion of a home in 7-10 seconds upon arrival.

• A staged home will sell, on average, 5-23 percent higher than a home that is not staged.

• You will sell faster and for more money if you stage, it is a statistical fact.

• 95% of staged homes sell in an average of 11 days or less.

• With an average investment of 1% of the sale price into staging, about 75% of sellers saw an ROI of 5% to 15% over asking price, according to data from the Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®).

Staging also enables buyers to visualize themselves in the home. Because it showcases the different spaces and provides a decluttered and depersonalized scape, buyers are drawn into the possibilities and highlights of the property you are selling. The sooner a potential buyer feels that they could live in the space, the more likely and offer will follow.

Give us a call today to discuss how staging can give you higher revenue and ease some of the burden of prepping for open houses. We know your time is valuable and we know how to make sure your property is poised to attract offers!