Home Staging: Buyers' Agent Perspective
58% percent of buyers' agents cited that home staging had an effect on most buyers' view of the home most of the time, while 31% said that home staging has an effect, but not always.
81% percent of buyers' agents said staging a home made it easier for a buyer to visualize the property as a future home.
Staging the living room was found to be most important for buyers (39%), followed by staging the primary bedroom (36%), and staging the kitchen (30%).
Among buyers’ agents, having photos (77%), traditional physical staging (58%), videos (74%), and virtual tours (42%) available for their listings was much more or more important to their clients.
*Statistics provided by the National Association of Realtors
Home Staging: Sellers' Agent Perspective
23% of sellers' agents said they staged all sellers' homes prior to listing them for sale. Ten percent noted that they only staged homes that were difficult to sell.
The most common rooms that were staged included the living room (91 percent), kitchen (81%), primary bedroom (81%), and dining room (69%).
It was most common for sellers' agents to use a staging service (24%). Sellers' agents also said that it depends on the situation (24%), and sellers' agents also personally offered to stage the home (22%).