Home Stagers Help Sellers Preserve Their Homes´ Equity

Debra Gould
Home staging continues to grow in popularity as real estate prices continue to decline. We´re seeing low prices because of the basic economic law of supply and demand. In most parts of North America there are lots of houses for sale which makes properties less valuable – buyers have a great selection.

In a buyer´s market like this, home staging is a sought after service because of the many sellers trying to get their home to stand apart from competing properties in their price range.

Another big reason for the popularity of home staging in this economy is that home sellers fear they´ll lose their home´s equity when they sell. These savvy homeowners are willing to do what it takes to boost the prices they get for their homes. This includes investing in home staging services.

A professional home stager is a light at the end of the tunnel for a desperate homeowner being told constantly by their real estate agent that they need to lower their asking price to attract more buyers.


If a home doesn´t show well, often these price reductions don´t have the desired effect anyway. The house continues to sit inactive on the market, while the anxious seller copes with the lack of interest in his listing and contemplates how much money he´ll lose when the house finally does sell.

An investment in home staging services always costs less than another price reduction, which is money right out of the seller´s pocket. If you are a real estate agent or a home stager, you should emphasize this selling point in your sales presentations with home sellers.
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Debra Gould

Debra Gould, aka The Staging Diva®, is President of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company. Inspired by many requests from aspiring home stagers wanting to start similar businesses, Gould created the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

Gould has trained 1000+ Staging Diva Graduates worldwide to start their own businesses. All shared a natural talent for decorating and interest in real estate, but didn't know how to make a living in their own house staging business before learning her secrets.

Debra Gould's mission is to inspire and empower others to use their natural talents to earn a living. She followed her dreams and wants to teach others to be able to do the same.

Gould pursued an MBA in Marketing and began a corporate career before moving to advertising. In the 1980s, she launched one of the first integrated marketing firms, which she ran for 10 years. Wanting a more creative life, Debra gave it up to design home accessories. She created the Debra Gould Home Collection, landing a magazine cover story and book feature, followed by her first of several HGTV appearances.

Buying decorating and selling six of her own homes in four years lead to an interest in real estate staging which she turned into a new staging career with the launch of sixelements.com in 2002. Since that time she has staged homes for hundreds of clients in addition to providing home staging training.

Gould is the author of "Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home staging tips, tricks and floor plans", "Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The easy way to pick colors for home staging projects", and "Staging Diva Ultimate Portfolio Guide: Winning clients with the perfect home staging portfolio".

In addition to HGTV, Debra Gould's media coverage includes: CityTV, GlobalTV, CBC, CBS Radio, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, Woman's Day, Reader's Digest, MoneySense, Entrepreneur, House and Home, Home & Decor, Style at Home, Centre of the City, USAA Magazine, FabJob Guide to Become a Home Stager, Home Style, National Post Homes, This Old House, Home Business Magazine, Globe & Mail and others.