Yesterday First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign's Bevin Googer was interviewed by the Post & Courier for an article on preparing your home for sale. The article will appear in the home section of this Sunday's paper. We are excited for the exposure for the company, but more excited that even the newspaper seems to understand that now more than ever homeowners need to prepare thier properties - not just put them up 'as is'.
This coming on the heels of two of our top agents making comments to us this week how difficult it is to get homeowners to do even the little things - take down photos, de-clutter and de-personalize their homes. It is almost like they set themselves up for failure. Hopefully this article will help open the eyes of some sellers out there - maybe even some agents too. In order to sell in today's market, home preparation - ie staging the home - is as important as marketing the home well. You can bring people to the home all day long, but unless the buyer will connect with it, they won't buy it!
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Hi Melissa, This is fantastic news, my congrats to you, Bevin and your whole team.. I almost missed this post since you didn't put it on SIF.. I got a google alert for Home Staging. I hope your "Meet The Stager" goes well.. God bless,