All the home’s a stage in local resale market

Staging a home for resale has become as vitally important as listing it with an agent or signing a final contract. The increasing number of professionally decorated new houses on the Northern Colorado market has raised the expectations of prospective buyers, forcing sellers of existing homes to compete with designer showplaces.

The popularity of home decorating shows like The Learning Channel’s “Trading Spaces” and HGTV’s “Designed to Sell” has also catapulted home staging to a nationwide phenomenon. Potential buyers expect to see decorated homes when they open the door, even when the house is vacant.

“Staging will be more important in…