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A Home-Seller’s Guide To Nailing Real Estate Photos
• Home Staging Tips

A Home-Seller’s Guide To Nailing Real Estate Photos

Your real estate listing photos are more important than ever, especially when you choose the For Sale By Owner (FSBO) route. Social platforms, like Instagram and Pinterest, have elevated home-buyers’ tastes and expectations for their new homes. Nailing the real estate photos of your beautifully staged home is one of the first steps in your For Sale … Continued

These Top Features Sell Your Home Faster
• Home Staging Tips

These Top Features Sell Your Home Faster

Today’s home-buyers value a beautiful kitchen. Whether it’s a result their devoted viewership to television shows like Top Chef or to HGTV’s latest home make over special, your potential buyers will appreciate and gravitate toward the look of a new kitchen. To sell your home for top dollar, however, a recent study by Zillow found … Continued

3 Big Ways Selling Your Home Has Changed This Year
• Real Estate Trends

3 Big Ways Selling Your Home Has Changed This Year

Selling your house is a momentous occasion; there is a lot of strategizing and, sometimes, stressing that goes into ensuring you receive more than what you paid for your home. As in any industry, the real estate market has endured a lot of changes within the past year that are changing the way people buy … Continued

Success Story: Home Staging Prevents $50k Price Drop in Laguna Niguel
• Home Staging Success Stories

Success Story: Home Staging Prevents $50k Price Drop in Laguna Niguel

ABOUT THE HOME Sale Price: $1.4 million Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Staging Style: Comfortable contemporary Staging Program: Furnished the entire home After their Orange County home had sat empty, on the market for months, home-sellers Dave and Stacey began to worry. After dozens of showings, the house had only received one offer – and it … Continued

What Every Home-Seller Needs To Know About Staging Their Empty Home
• Home Staging Tips

What Every Home-Seller Needs To Know About Staging Their Empty Home

Most people need a little help in constructing their fantasy home, and when you’re selling your house, that’s exactly what you want your prospective buyers to see: their fantasy. Most prospective home-buyers are more apt to see themselves in a home that already looks like, well, a home. Unless buyers are looking to convert the … Continued

5 Surprising Real Estate Trends This Spring
• Real Estate Trends

5 Surprising Real Estate Trends This Spring

Spring is a time for renewal and rebirth. It’s a time when we revisit those new year’s goals – like buying or selling a home. The spring and summer seasons are generally more prosperous when it comes to home-selling (and buying!), so now is the time get up to date on this season’s top real estate … Continued

5 Keys To Picking the Perfect Home Stager
• Home Staging Tips

5 Keys To Picking the Perfect Home Stager

The average home sells in 90 to 120 days. A well staged home can sell faster, and can create the right environment to receive multiple offers. A well staged home will wow prospective buyers – eliciting an emotional reaction.  A home that’s staged by expert home stagers allows buyers to envision themselves in the home. … Continued