Stats About Staging Your Home for Fast Selling at High Price

There are lots of reasons you should hire a Sacramento Home Staging Expert before you try to sell your home. Here are some of the 2020 statistics on real estate staging.

Sell Online

• NAR reports that 44% of buyers start their home search online and 98% of buyers frequently use the web to search for homes. So agents use home staging to “wow” virtual viewers from the very first picture.

Attract Buyers

• Another 25% believe that staging doesn’t increase a property’s sale price, but helps attract buyers to the home and secure an offer. The more buyers you have bidding on your house, the more leverage you have as a seller.

Stimulate Desire

• 81% of buyers say home staging makes it easier to visualize the property as their future home.
• Among REALTORS® who typically represent the buyer, 49% report most buyers are affected by home staging.

Sell Faster

• A recent survey found that staged homes spend half the time on the market than non-staged homes.
• The National Association of Realtors (NAR) survey found that the longer homes stay on the market, the further their price drops.
• Once staged, homes spend an average of 73% less time on the market.
• 83% of agents say that a staged home will sell faster than an unstaged home.
• Over 21% of agents (the largest grouping) said staged homes sell 6% to 10% faster. Note that depending on market conditions, the average home sells in 65 days. So, staging can help sell a home 4 to 7 days faster—it can shave off an entire week of time.
• In general, 47% of real estate agents recommend staging both vacant and occupied homes.

Higher Profits

• Realtors who work with buyers say most buyers are willing to offer more money for a staged home compared to one that is similar but not staged.
• 45% of buyers say it will positively impact the value of the home if it is decorated to the buyer’s tastes.
• 67% of top agents say that home staging helps a seller fetch more money for their house at resale. Over 50% say that staging increases a home’s value from anywhere between 1%-10%.