In A Slow Market, Staging And Controling Clutter Are Important

A slower U. S. housing market means sellers can no longer bank on having their pick of offers for properties showing their age and the wear and tear of everyday living.

"Walk through the house and remove all the clutter," said Rhonda Duffy, an agent for Rainmaker Realty in Atlanta.

Personal items that will soon have to make the move to a new place anyway should be boxed up and stored ahead of opening the house to potential buyers.

Sellers must try to distance themselves emotionally from the house as soon as the decision is made to list, said Fran Bailey, an agent with Baird Warner in suburban Chicago.

Made beds and emptied garbage cans should become second nature since sellers never know when they may have to show the place on little notice.

Once personal items and extra furniture are out of the way, sellers may want to hire professional cleaners, including someone to wash windows inside and out and to shampoo carpets. (Read More)

Source: Washington Post

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