Why Staging Your Home Is Important to Sell Your Home!
Staging a home is important to help significantly impact both the speed of the sale and the selling price. Did you know there are some simple things you can do to help your home sell at top dollar? What are the most important things you can do to help potential buyers envision their own lives in your home, and fall in love with your home? A well-staged home creates a neutral environment that can help to highlight the property’s strengths and minimizes its weaknesses. By carefully arranging furniture, decor, and lighting, staging makes each room appear more functional and appealing to a broader range of potential buyers. This visual enhancement helps buyers imagine the space as their own, which can generate emotional attachment and lead to quicker, more competitive offers. Moreover, staging a home can effectively neutralize the space, allowing buyers of all tastes to see its potential without the distraction of personal items and idiosyncratic decor. In today’s digital age, where the first showing is often online through photos and virtual tours, staging ensures that a home looks its best in marketing materials. This is crucial in drawing more attention and interest in a crowded market. Statistics consistently support the efficacy of staging, showing that staged homes tend to sell faster and for higher prices compared to those that are not, thereby making the investment in staging a wise financial decision for sellers aiming to maximize their return. Top Realtor, Marquesa Hobbs, is ready to help you whether you are buying or selling Real Estate! cell 719.238.0330 office 719.536.4444 Marquesa@ColoradoHearthstone.com 6760 Corporate Drive, Ste. 300 | Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Preparing to list your home, its time to get a plan in place
If your thinking of putting your home on the marketing, now is the time to get it ready. Below are tips to help you prepare your home to sell. STEP 1: Getting your house ready. Depersonalize and declutter your home. Change your environment to a neutral canvas. You might want to bring in a 'Stager' to help. STEP 2: Detach yourself emotionally from your home, this is a business deal so you'll want to maximize your profits and minimize your stress. STEP 3: Set the price to the right price, not too low where you lose money, but not too high where you'll lose buyers. It takes a market analysis to determine the correct figure. At Colorado Hearthstone Properties we can provide you with the necessary information to make an informed decision. Top Realtor, Marquesa Hobbs, is ready to help you plan for 2024! cell 719.238.0330 office 719.536.4444 Marquesa@ColoradoHearthstone.com 6760 Corporate Drive, Ste. 300 | Colorado Springs, CO 80919
What to expect in Real estate in Colorado Springs, CO in 2024
Many are anxious to hear what it looks like to buy and sell a home in Colorado Springs in this new year. I am encouraged by what I hear and see in the economy and what the projection looks like for Interest Rates, increased inventory, and employment in the Pikes Peak Area. There's a lot of reason to be optimistic if you're thinking of buying or selling a home this year. Colorado Springs is one of the best places in the country to live, work, and play; the quality of life is amazing, public schools are fantastic, employers are moving here and bringing great jobs, and real estate hold their value, so I have some really exciting things on the forefront if you’re looking to buy or sell. What is going on with the interest rates? People ask me what interest rates are going to do and I wish I had a crystal ball to tell everyone, but there's so many things that impact interest rates, of course there’s what's going on in the world. There’s geopolitical and economic variables, we're all wondering what's the FED going to do. There's the unemployment rate, but when we look at interest rates and compare them to three years ago, it was considered high at 3%, and now we're up to 7%. If you look around October of last year, we're actually down. I remember when interest rates were at 16%. A lot of people here, especially the younger population, have friends that bought in the 3% so to them it's not normal. The new normal is really going to be right around 6 - 6.5% we're going to go up a little bit and some people say at the end of this year we're actually going to be a little bit below 6%. If people are looking to purchase a home, what should they to? There are some great incentives right now, and of course...get your team of professionals, a trusted realtor, and a lender who can share different programs with you, and your financial advisor. Together we can make a custom plan for you. Are you ready to learn more about Buying & Selling real estate to build financial security and increase your net worth? Learn more here, and reach out to Marquesa Hobbs, Top Pikes Peak area realtor at The Platinum Group to learn more! Top Realtor, Marquesa Hobbs, is ready to help you plan for 2024! cell 719.238.0330 office 719.536.4444 Marquesa@ColoradoHearthstone.com 6760 Corporate Drive, Ste. 300 | Colorado Springs, CO 80919
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