Northwest Arkansas Media Takes Notice of Home Staging!

The Arkansas Democrat Gazette committed a page and half story about home staging in it's newspaper today. Ready, Set, Stage! was featured as the go-to-stager for this article!

I wish I could furnish a link to the article but the paper has an online subscription only.

But I would like to share a couple of quotes from the article from the reporter and a couple of Realtors....

Title: All the home's a stage, And setting it well can help a house sell faster.

Home Stager Search:

"Selecting a home stager isn't as easy as just doing a Google search or picking on out of a phone book. Home stagers aren't all created equal. Sellers can find a good home stager in several different ways, however.

• Ask your Realtor. Realtors often have suggestions on home stagers they trust. Make sure the home stager is insured and ask for a written contract detailing exactly what you'll be getting as well as the price for services.
• Use realestatestagingassociation.com. The Real Estate Home Staging Association, or RESA, is the professional organization for home stagers. It offers an interactive tool on its website to help sellers find local stagers as well as some good information on home staging itself. Typically, stagers have individual websites that feature their portfolio. Look at the images to gauge whether their style will be suited to your house. Also, be sure to read the testimonials from customers."

Quotes for Realtors:

"I believe staging helps homes show better and sell faster." says Tara Limbird, a Realtor with Re/Max in Bentonville. "Many sellers try to do it themselves, but when you live in a home, you become immune to the way it looks"

Visuals are an important aspect. "Buyers are so visual." says Whitney Morgan, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker. "Before they read the first word of text, they're looking at photos" online, which many people now peruse before setting up appointments. Showings often pick up dramatically after a house is staged and photos are posted he adds. I can show you listings that had been on the market for month's or even a year," Morgan says. "Then, once I listed the home and Donna (Schoby) came in, we had the home sold in the matter of a month or two. "A stager has a definite place in a buyer's market."

How I wish I could share the entire article with you becasue the reporter really did an in depth job of the benefits of staging to sell!

Side note...the article hasn't been bad for business thus far, booked 2 consults today and had an offer to teach a class at a community learning center this fall!