Checkout the latest Staging News:

In New York, Ruthless Came the Home Stager – NYTimes.com 

www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/realestate/in-new-york-ruthless-came-the-home-stager….

Discussion: Does Home Staging Pay Off? – Developments – WSJ

blogs.wsj.com/developments/2012/09/19/discussion-does-home-staging-pay-off/

NewYork CBS News Report:  

   7 Surefire Home Staging Tips « CBS New York

 CBS News Report of a Savvy Agent Who Uses A Professional Stager: 

 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7366894n

-Here is an excerpt from: “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Success as a Real Estate Agent” Marilyn Sullivan.

-”Top Dogs (the most successful agents) stage their listings.  They see every single listing as an opportunity to top the market. They analyze the properties they list and have them professionally staged before they are presented to their market.  These Top Dogs pay for their own staging, making it a part of their listing package.  They see it as a cost of doing business and a powerful market advantage”. 

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 The New York Chapter of RESA presented:

 ”The Evolution of Staging,”

  …a panel discussion of Realtors & Stagers…

  Matthew Finlason, Star of HGTV’s series “The Stagers,” Phillis Galaway, SVP Sotherby’s International Realty, NY, William Hoar, Wilton Associates, NY, Deanna Kory, SVP Corcoran Group NY, Melissa Marro, First Impressions, SC, and LInda Stillwell, SVP Corcoran Group,NY.

 It was held at the Scandinavian house in Manhattan. Over 200 brokers registered, 180 attended.

 

Here is a photo of me, Heather C Martinez, the owner and lead Certified Professional Home Stager  of HCMdesigns, with my fellow Stager friend, Matthew Finlason!  He is the Star of HGTV’s  “The Stagers” series, and was most recently seen on ‘Selling L.A.”