Why would it take 957 days to sell this 4 bedroom La Crescenta home?
The agent’s MLS remarks indicated: Sellers say SELL! Look at this great new price per sqft! This is a wonderful, normal 4bd, 2bath home high above Foothill in a great, quiet neighborhood. Features and upgrades include hardwood floors, copper plumbing, Ca/Fa, fireplace, master suite and more. Show and sell! This home is priced to move!
So what was the problem? I showed this home a year or so ago, and quite simply it was not staged and showed poorly. Home sellers take note: A time or monetary investment in staging continues to be less costly than your first price reduction. Home staging is often no more than decluttering and cleaning.
Yes, this home needed updating, but the buyer of this La Crescenta home got a good deal.
So what was the problem? I showed this home a year or so ago, and quite simply it was not staged and showed poorly. Home sellers take note: A time or monetary investment in staging continues to be less costly than your first price reduction. Home staging is often no more than decluttering and cleaning.
Yes, this home needed updating, but the buyer of this La Crescenta home got a good deal.
Posted by Phyllis Harb at 11/3/2009 4:59 AM 
Categories: A Seller's Perspective
Tags: failure to stage home results in nearly three years to sell
Categories: A Seller's Perspective
Tags: failure to stage home results in nearly three years to sell
Phyllis, you hit the nail on the head with this post. 957 DAYS?!?!?
Let's do the math, this home could have been de-cluttered and Staged for close to the amount of 1 mortgage payment. So 12 mortgage payments, 2 yrs of property taxes, maintenance and utilities, as well as $44,000 in the final acceptance price was lost. Shame, really.
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