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Home staging tips, tools, & transformationsWorst Real Estate Listing Photos: Caught on Camera…
...Where levity gives rise to serious advice on the power of real estate listing photos. Today’s home buyer starts his/her search on the Internet. When selling, make sure that pictures of your home flatter, not fail. For fun – and awareness – we’ll periodically...
Home Tweet Home: Best Real Estate Tweets for August 2011
AtWell Staged Home’s real estate Tweets are jam-packed with useful tips, fun quotes, great articles and more. Read this month’s top real estate Tweets: Social Networking… Are Your Social Networks Getting Out of Control? More on Google+, Facebook, Twitter and...
Westchester Putnam Real Estate Report: Second-Quarter 2011
Our new feature, Market Watch, is a review of Westchester and Putnam counties residential real estate market. Below are excerpts from the Westchester-Putnam Association of Realtor's (WPAR) 2011 second quarter report for Westchester Putnam real estate. An assessment of...
Home Staging Services: Knowing When the Price is Right
What factors influence the pricing of professional services like home staging services? The following story, found in an article by Dirk Zeller in Realty Times, answers this question well: A senior executive is having problems with his computer. He calls in the...
Empty Nesters Go Back in Time to Hasten Home Sales
Many home sellers are empty nesters, or nearly empty nesters. And many times bedrooms that were formerly children’s rooms are either vacant, no longer being used as bedrooms, or still contain the remnants of a young adult. In order to sell a family home, it is best to...
Most Stressful Jobs for 2011
Working 9.5 hours a day and with an average salary of $53,100, real estate agent is considered the 10th most stressful job of 2011 by CareerCast.com. The slowly improving housing market puts real estate agents in a lower stress position than they were last year…...
WAG Magazine “Home of the Month” Staged by AtWell Staged Home
The May 2011 edition of WAG Magazine takes us inside, and tells the story, of an historic Somers NY home recently staged by AtWell Staged Home. As you drive this road, you can’t help but notice this home, said to have inspired Gone With the Wind’s Tara.A grand home,...
A Well Staged Home: 3rd Time’s the Charm
Vacant 1,400 square-foot cottage decorated using the seller's own furniture and accessories finally sells – third time around. First attempt to sell comes when the home is occupied. Second attempt, after the owners move out, and the home is vacant. Third and final...
Everything I Know About Home Staging I Learned From My Mother
In 1964, my parents sold their first home to the first people to see it. My mother has always held the belief that the home sold quickly based on how it was decorated. I think she may be on to something. It all began when my parents were taking a drive in the...
Your Staged Real Estate Listings – Online
Has your staged real estate listing been featured by AtWell Staged Home? If so, it may be available as a downloadable PDF to keep, share with potential clients, or post at your website. Now it’s easy to show prospective clients how the homes you market are transformed...
Our Most Popular Articles
Selling an Inherited Home: What You Need to Know
Having purchased, staged, and viewed so many homes and estates over the years, I’ve compiled a few lessons learned to help you when selling an inherited home.
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Decorating Your Home to Dwell or to Sell
Can a home be decorated to either dwell or sell in just a day? The answer is, start with what you already have.
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The Science of Home Staging: Solid Proof that Will Help You Sell Faster
So when I first heard that staged homes sell faster than unstaged homes, it seemed to make sense, but I still wondered, How do they really know?
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How Home Staging Can Help You Avoid a Price Reduction
Home staging will transform your home into the one that buyers can’t resist. For a competitive advantage, stage your home to sell
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Adopt the “Big Bang Theory” of Home Staging
It is always better to delay the listing of your home than try to trickle out fixes and updates while the home is on the market.
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An Inconvenient Truth about Selling Your Home
4 tips to minimize the stress and inconvenience that comes with selling your home.
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How Much Does Home Staging Cost?
First let’s answer the fundamental question, Can Home Staging help me sell my home faster and for more money?
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Everything I Know About Home Staging I Learned From My Mother
Learn how my mom’s approach to home decorating can work for you too.
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New Year’s Resolution: Commit to Home Improvement
If you had to sell your home tomorrow, would you be ready?
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It All Boyles Down to This: Looks Count
Singer Susan Boyle proves that first impressions and looks count—probably more than we like to admit.
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Solid Science Proves Staged Homes Sell Faster
Even if you haven’t staged your vacant or occupied home yet, that’s OK because evidence shows that it’s never too late to stage.
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Why Staging Your Home to Sell Is Like Training for the Olympics
Selling your home is a competition, but it doesn’t have to be as challenging as the Olympics if you employ these 5 simple steps.
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