Selling your home quickly, even in this greatly recovered home market, can be extremely difficult. According to recent statistics from Forbes, the average home in the United States takes 98 days, or just about three months to sell. Compared to a market where selling and buying a home was nearly impossible — a market many knew a little too well just last year — things have definitely improved, but what if you don’t want to wait 98 days? What if you want to get your home in front of home buyers now and start the next stage of your life? While they’re no guarantee, these simple home staging tips can help you get rid of your home in a hurry.
Three Home Staging Tips for Quickly Selling Your Home in the Summer
- Don’t Underestimate the Power of Curb Appeal
- Consider the Season when Staging Your Home
- Keep Trends in Mind, but Be Willing to Go Your Own Way
As Fox News writes in its own guide to home staging, curb appeal can be a determining factor in whether or not you’ll attract people looking to buy or build a home. Quite simply, curb appeal is the measure for how attractive your home is for people looking at it from the curb. Landscaping, repainting or residing your house, mowing the lawn: all of this will go a long way in improving your curb appeal and improving the chances your house will sell in a hurry.
Whether you’re trying to sell your home in spring, summer, or fall, you need to consider what makes your home look best with the season to improve your chances of a sale. Consider, people have different ideas about what makes a perfect summer home, perfect spring home, etc. As About.com writes, taking these things into consideration in your interior design, landscaping, and other home staging techniques can help your home mesh with those ideals.
For HGTV, one of the best ways to make your home attractive is to follow home staging trends. What colors are realtors recommending for the season? What is hot in the market right now? Following trends can make your home seem more attractive. That being said, you need to know when to go your own way. If the market is saturated with homes following the same trends, go your own way to make your offering stand out.
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