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When it comes to December there tends to only be one word on everyone’s mind: Christmas. However, getting into the festive spirit doesn’t mean your plans to sell your home have to be paused. 

Professional home staging is a specialised skill which involves creating the perfect atmosphere in your home using furniture and accessories, plants and lighting, in the hopes of garnering buyer interest for your property and potentially sell it faster, for the best price. Home staging is still a fairly new concept, but this doesn’t diminish the value of it on today’s housing market, here’s why: 

The housing market once again exceeds expectations as current research suggests that in 2022 almost a third (31%) of properties are now receiving offers within an hour of being viewed; compared to a mere 7% in 2018.*

 Over a five-year period, almost one in five (17%) properties received an offer within one hour of a viewing. An even more notable 7% of buyers made an offer on a property without attending an in-person viewing, according to data from MPowered Mortgages.*

Houses aren’t the only things seeing a rise in prices, as every area of the UK recorded a growth in rent prices during September. Greater London alone saw a 2.5% increase, which helped to drive the average rent in the UK to £1,159 per calendar month. This is a notable 1.4% rise from the previous month.*