With 9 out of 10 homebuyers using the Internet in their search, according to the National Association of Realtors, home shopping is like online dating.
Buyers flip through countless photos of available homes before deciding if one is worth meeting face to face. A photo gallery of empty rooms with white walls is the kiss of death.
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“You have to catch their attention,” said Ilaria Barion, a Chicago-based home staging professional. “The higher the traffic, the faster you will sell at a higher price. If it sits online it becomes a stale product.”
After years of staging homes physically, Barion now creates realistic-looking dream interiors by staging homes digitally. Her business, Virtual Staging by Ilaria Barion, takes photos of empty rooms and adds furniture, accessories and color the way an interior designer would create a rendering. The eye-popping before and afters take a homely home to va-va-voom.
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