Is Vancouver’s Housing Market In Peril?

Tuesday, 29 July 2008 Written by Jennifer Berkeley

House staging and fluffing has repeatedly had proven results when it comes to selling homes all over British Columbia, including those in Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Kitsilano and Yaletown. However, there have been some alarming stats coming in from the rest of Canada concerning the housing market.   House staging and fluffing has repeatedly had proven results when it comes to selling homes all over British Columbia, including those in Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Kitsilano and Yaletown. However, there have been some alarming stats coming in from the rest of Canada concerning the housing market. One such example can be found on the Edmonton Home Staging  blog.     The house staging post reported that the Canadian housing market is currently in the process of cooling off and is expected to do so into 2009. This has led to a sales decline of around 15% from the highs of 2007, thus bringing house prices down and causing stagnation or many homeowners that want to sell their homes.   So what does this mean for British Columbia? If the statistics in Edmonton are anything to go by, and the fact that they are mirrored throughout Canada suggests that they are, then it could mean dark days for those trying to sell. You will not have to sort through the offers to find the best one or sell your home within a couple of weeks. Instead, you may just have to work for your sale with a little fluffing and house staging of your own: ” Having your home Move-In-Ready, is a major key to helping your home get the most traffic from the start. Now more then ever, homeowners need to think before they market their homes.”   Fluffing should be par for the course rather than a tactic to try if your home does not sell within a few months. Plan ahead and house staging will move your home much quicker than you could otherwise expect!

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A Quick Housing Market Update For Pre-Sale Staging

Wednesday, 16 July 2008 Written by Jennifer Berkeley

Pre-sale staging is not a fixed art, contrary to what many people believe. Like anything else, it goes through fashions and trends the can actually make or break the sale of your home. Finding out what’s hot and what’s not is part and parcel of the pre-staging process in British Columbia, and that includes existing real estate trends. Real Estate Vancouver published an update on the Vancouver housing market at the end of March 2008 and the outlook was actually pretty good despite the state that the global economy is in at the moment. According to the CMHC, Vancouver has great drivers that have increased the demand for desirable housing in the city. These drivers include low mortgage rates, low unemployment, strong migration and a strong economy. In fact, when the report was released, the CMHC revealed that the gross domestic product (GDP) of British Columbia was growing at a much faster rate than that of Canada as a whole. So what does this mean for pre-sale staging? With demand for properties in British Columbia being so high, the need for pre-sale staging is very much there. In fact, the need to make your home attractive to potential buyers is as pressing as ever because of the number of affluent people willing to invest in a family home and the competition from other families trying to sell. Good pre-sale staging can give you the advantage and never has that been more necessary!

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Do I need to stage my home in a hot real estate market?

Sunday, 08 July 2007 Written by Jennifer Berkeley

Staging your home will always benefit you, even in a hot market. If you are selling your principal residence, it is a key opportunity to make money tax free. So, why not make the most of it? There are examples every day in the Greater Vancouver market that staged homes are selling for more money and faster than homes that are not staged. Want to generate multiple offers? These frenzys are driven by emotion, first and foremost. If buyers are in love with the home, they will bid higher and higher in order to win it. Staging generates that emotional buying decision. If you are an investor flipping a house, you know how hard a good deal is to come by, so you should focus on making the greatest profit from each property sale. Staging has shown to more than pay for itself with the cost usually running at less than one month's worth of payments. The bottom line is that especially in a hot market, there is room to do better on any sale by staging the home.hi this is  a  sample test  page for the blog

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