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Staging Your Home - Sell more quickly and for more money
Staging a home typically shortens its time on the market by 75%, and staged homes often sell for thousands over asking price.
In some areas of the country sellers and their REALTORS® wouldn’t dream of going to market without a professional stager’s magic touch. Staging can make a huge difference to a home, however well it’s maintained. It can be something as mundane as putting new towels in the bathroom and fresh flowers on the dining table, to a full change of décor and furniture. It’s sometimes the little touches home owners don’t deem necessary, but to a buyer’s eye will make the difference it takes for them to make an offer.
Staging a home typically shortens its time on the market by 75%, and staged homes often sell for thousands to hundreds of thousands over asking price. A stager’s goal is to get as many prospects as possible to see a home, fall in in love with it, and make an offer. It is estimated that a stager has only twelve seconds to “capture” a buyer and for them to fall in love a home when they see it.
The National Association of Realtors surveyed their members and released the findings of their Profile of Home Staging. Their study confirmed that staging can sell a house faster and for more money. 25% of sellers paid to have their home staged before listing it for sale. Half of those staged homes saw a 1% to 10% increase in in dollar offers from buyers. 77% of buyer’s agents said staging made it easier for buyers to visualize the home as their own. The top rooms to stage in order to attract more buyers are the living room, master bedroom, kitchen, and dining room.
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"We recently staged a three bedroom home in Warwick with similar results. The property was lovely, with great views of the Warwick valley, but needed staging. Our stager cleared out much of the seller’s furnishings and added cosmetic changes that made a huge difference. The property was listed on the market for only a few weeks, and sold for $50,000 over asking. Cost of the staging? $5,000." - Vanessa Saunders of Global Property Systems.
Not every home can benefit from the touch of a professional stager, but most can. If you are interested in selling your home and would like to find out more about staging and what a difference it can make, contact the Global Property Systems team.
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The Hudson Valley Home Selling Secret – Look beyond the U.S. borders
Vanessa Saunders has been quietly selling homes in the Hudson Valley to buyers from across the globe for nearly two decades. Most Realtors don’t have the experience, reach, breadth and depth of Global Property Systems (GPS), founded by Saunders in 2002.
With a background in international sales and marketing, Saunders, a native of Wales, U.K., lives in Rockland and you'll typically find her working from her home office, as do most of her local area experts. There's a White Plains Corporate Headquarters with satellite offices in Manhattan, Munich and Manila, with another opening in Milan, in August, and Mumbai in 2020. Vanessa built the company to market area homes to the world, including those that have been sitting on the market for quite some time, to families from overseas and those who have relocated to NYC boroughs, now looking to live in the Hudson Valley.
In addition to tapping into international databases and utilizing apps in different countries as well as having nearly 80,000 social media followers, Vanessa frequently travels overseas to meet with real estate representatives, speaking at international conferences, and gaining trust to represent individuals and corporations in the US.
With a background as diverse and interesting as her client base, an understanding of the different needs of each country, and a technological approach to real estate marketing backed by a strong ethical belief system, she is perfectly positioned to act as a liaison and conduit for foreign home buyers in the Hudson Valley. The result is the sale of homes that have been stagnant which her team repackages and markets to a vast and interested audience waiting for homes in our area. It’s a win/win for the buyer and the seller. And while some may think that foreign money means only large deals, Saunders handles transactions in all price ranges, even selling a parcel of land to a woman in Egypt for $20,000 and helping her to resell it for a hefty $30,000 profit three years later.