Oregon's Spotlight on Home Staging and Real Estate

Everything when it comes to competing for buyers!  You only have ten seconds to make an impression when buyers come to see your home. With that type of pressure, how can you prepare for success?         Creative Concepts and Contracting offers professional home staging, licensed repairs and maint...

Media emphasises the negative news, but some economic indicators are improving!  Personal spending is tracted closely by economists because it accounts for about 70% of total economic activity.  Consumer spending has increased in January and February indicating a rise in consumer confidence.    ...

When you're between a rock and a hard place --   Choose to bloom!  Make it a great day!       Creative Concepts and Contracting offers professional home staging and repairs for the Willamette Valley in Oregon.  When preparing to sell your home, contact us for ideas on how to set your home apart a...

We all love to read top tips -- and I just read an article on top staging tips from realtors that the Realtor magazine has compiled.  Some of the tips were great . . . "Furniture often leaves indentations in the carpet. When a piece of furniture is moved, I tell my clients to put medium-sized ice...

A little added furniture and decor was all that was needed to help buyers "see" themselves living a enviable lifestyle in this beautiful home in Philomath Oregon.      With over 90% of buyers looking first online - this room wouldn't spark a viewers interest . . .   Or . . .Maybe it WILL!   Vacan...

A potential client called with this question the other day  --   I haven’t been asked this before but responded that I could give him some information and a guarantee as well.   Over 85% of home buyers first look on the internet when searching for a home – unless your home looks spectacular in ph...

Recently we were doing a staging project on a home that had beautiful vinyl flooring in the kitchen - but the sheen in the center of the floor was dull and made the flooring appear old and tired.  When viewed from the adjoining dining room a buyer would assume the vinyl must be replaced.  We used...

  Nearly every home I go to has this problem -- caulking that isn't maintained around tubs and showers.  Sometimes it's yellowed, other times it's mildewed -- and sometimes as illustrated so well here - it is causing permanent damage to the flooring. When recaulking, be sure to remove all old pro...

I stood in the entryway of a uniquely styled home with the listing agent.  He said to me "This is where buyers will decide if they are going to buy the home or not - within seconds".  He understands how important it is to "set the tone" and that first impressions were diappointing in this entry. ...

If people ask you to reduce your fees, are they being cheap?  Looking for a deal?  Perhaps, but I think most of the time they just don’t understand the value of your services.  Since most of us are helping clients with some of the highest valued transactions of their lives how do we communicate t...