2025 Profile of Home Staging

In February 2025, NAR surveyed a random sample of REALTORS regarding the effectiveness of home staging. Some of the findings from the report include:

  • 60% of buyers' agents cited that home staging had an effect on some buyers, but not always, while 26% said that home staging had an effect on most buyers' view of the home.
  • 83% of buyers' agents said staging a home made it easier for a buyer to visualize the property as a future home.
  • 21% of sellers' agents said they staged all sellers' homes prior to listing them for sale. Ten percent reported only staging homes that were difficult to sell.
  • The most common rooms that were staged included the living room (91%), primary bedroom (83%), and dining room (69%).