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Setting the stage is all part of the selling game when selling a home! Even when the market is hot, staging is part of the allure for multiple offers.

Apart from getting a large number of buyers so that the seller can strike a good bargain, it is also equally important for the seller that his house gets sold off quickly. It is important to increase the demand so that the market can get more lucrative. 

This is the primary reason why professional real estate agents are fast hiring, or themselves turning into ‘staging professionals’. They are specialized to do such a job. And indeed, the sellers see the difference in the demand for their property and the price that is coming in, before and after the staging professional has done his job. 

According to a survey, 50 percent of the sellers are willing to spend about $2000 on staging, while 50 percent of them are willing to go up to $5000. 

Staging professionals have a clear idea about the kind of colors that sell, the kind of furnishing in the house that makes it more appealing to those who come to have a look at it. They also have a clear idea of how the space inside the house must be used for optimum utility, which seems to be a major concern for all buyers. It is a fact that well-showcased houses sell 84 percent faster than those that are not. Staging professionals are not into house building or house designing. They merely advise the agents or the sellers themselves on the strategy to use while re-doing their house. 

Here are a few standard tools they use: 

• Color: A tried and tested palette that professional stagers use can never go wrong. Though trends keep changing but some basic colors never go out of vogue. Professionals generally work with neutral colors that have a wide appeal. 

• Furniture: Professional stagers have just the precise idea of how to furnish and accessorize the house. 

• Space: Optimization of space must be done well and professionals can tell you how.

• Budget: They also work with economic budgets. And indeed that is what the seller wants to maximize his profit from selling his house.