Staging FAQ's
Although professional staging is a relatively new industry, people have been "fixing up" their homes to sell for decades. These days due to HGTV, home buyers have an "expectation" and are willing to pay quite a bit more for a home that looks like a "model home."
If you could get 10% more on the sale of your home, how much would that be?
HSR Certified Stagers average 10% more for their clients!
What is professional staging?
How much does it cost?
The housing market is good, so why do I need to stage?
Why can't I just stage my own home?
Can't home buyers use their imagination and look past my decor or empty rooms?
Top Home Staging Facts and Statistics for 2025 Trends
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 20% of 2022 homebuyers increased their offer on a home by 1% to 5% because the home was staged. Home staging benefits buyers and sellers, as it helps buyers visualize living in a well-set-up home and allows sellers to make more money from a faster sale.
Here are some of the top home-staging statistics from 2024 that highlight what trends we can anticipate in 2025
- Most buyers’ agents (81%) said staging a home made it easier for potential buyers to visualize the property as a future home in a 2024 study.
- The great room is identified as the highest priority room to stage for buyers (39%).
- More than half (58%) of buyers’ agents reported that home staging affected most buyers’ view of the home.
- Forty percent of homebuyers were more willing to visit a staged home they saw online.
- Staging a home resulted in a 1% to 5% increase in the home’s dollar value compared to similar homes on the market that were not staged, according to 20% of seller’ agents in 2024.
- Thirty-four percent of buyer’s agents said that staging positively affects home value if decorated to a buyer’s taste.
- Thirty percent of buyers consulted with family members during the buying process, even though they would not live in the home.
- Professionally staged homes sell for an average of $40,000 over the list price, based on a 2021 market survey.
- Staging has been important for the last several years, with a 2019 report stating that 29% of buyers consider a staged home important to their search process.
- Younger generations consider staging extremely or very important (48% of Generation Z buyers and 40% of millennial buyers).
- Forty-eight percent of sellers’ agents noticed a decrease in the time a staged home spends on the market.
- Decluttering the home is the most common home improvement task recommended to sellers by agents, with a recommendation rate of 96%. Home cleaning was the second-most recommended task.
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