4 Reasons To Use Professional Photos to Market Your Home: Before and After Photos Included

Plano, TX Home Before Staging: Living Room

Will professional photos help you sell you home? The survey says yes! Read the details below and then take a look at the professional before and after photos of a home in Plano, TX staged by yours truly.

1. The percentage of potential buyers who shop for their next home online is 89%! The photos that they see of your home is their first impression. Entice them to get in the car and drive on over to your home with beautiful photos that enhance the important details of your home.

2.  A study conducted by Papilios Real Estate Photography showed that listings with professional photos generated 139% more clicks compared to similar listings in the same MLS area and zip code.

3. Wall Street Journal said that most of the homes that sold had photos taken with a professional camera compared to those homes with photos taken with a point and shoot camera.

Plano, TX Home After Staging: Living Room

A professional camera and skilled
photographer can affect how a buyer looks at a listing.

Plano, TX Home Before Staging: Kitchen Nook

Plano, TX Home After Staging: Kitchen Nook

4. Unique Exposure Photography found that 32% of the listings in Fort Worth Texas were marketed with professional photos.

The higher the list price, the more likely that professional photos were used to market the home.
If your home is in a higher price bracket,  make sure that your home remains competitive with professional photos.




If your home is in a lower price bracket;  make it stand out from the others with the help of a professional photographer.

The before and after photos that you see here were taken by Lance Selgo, a real estate photographer who serves Dallas, TX and Fort Worth, TX.

This home is listed for sale by Ben Fluno and is located at 921 Mellville, Plano, TX.

For more information about staging your home, contact me, Holly Bellomy at 214-532-9677.  I look forward to hearing from you!

It's Here! Your Home Staging Class is Here!

Your Home Staging Class is Here!

Realtors and home owners join me for a two hour class in Plano, TX!

Provider: CCAR #0298
TREC#02-00-073-23156
2 Hours MCE No Legal

Tuesday, July 19
Monday, August 29
1-3pm
$15

This course is packed with practical and simple solutions to help Realtors and home sellers understand the staging process. Items such as paint colors for interiors, tools of the trade, and the six basic elements of home staging will be discussed.

In addition, various types of real estate staging will be examined through the use of before and after photos.

This class will be informative and fun!

Collin County Association of Realtors 6821 Coit Rd. Plano, TX 75024

P: 972-618-3800
F: 972-265-4252

Register online at www.ccar.net

I can't wait to see you there!

Holly
www.dallasrealestatestaging.com
home staging, real estate staging, home staging class, Plano

Home Staging 101: Establishing the Focal Point

The focal point in the family room is almost always the fireplace. Achieving scale and balance in order to draw attention to this feature can be tricky, especially when you have an open floor plan.

I had the opportunity to rearrange this family room in a home that is on the market in Plano. The first thing that I noticed when I walked in to the room was the teal sofa. I didn't want potential buyers to walk in and notice the sofa as I did; I wanted them to notice the features of the room; I wanted them to notice the fireplace.

Here is the before photo:


So, I moved the sofa and placed it across room from the fireplace. This solved two problems. It balanced the room and drew focus to the fireplace and not the teal sofa. The console table was behind the chair and I placed it behind the sofa to draw attention away from the teal color.

Here is the after photo:

Here is another before photo:

You can see in this after photo that the room feels more spacious. The seating is intimate, the view of the yard is unobstructed and the focal point is established.

Holly Bellomy, your Dallas Home Stager!

www.dallasrealestatestaging.com
Home Staging and Interior Decorating