Showhomes Franchise News

Showhomes Naples franchise is outperforming locations in Chicago, Los Angeles as it helps sellers land contracts for their homes.
Naples, FL (PRWEB) May 04, 2012 - Home sellers in Southwest Florida have a new best friend. Showhomes of Naples is barely a year old, but it has already established a track record of helping clients defy the odds by selling homes quickly and at a higher price.
JoAnne Gaylord, owner of the Showhomes serving Southwest Florida, has been so successful that she has generated the second most business in the nation by the end of the first quarter of 2012. Despite serving a market absent a densely populated metropolitan center, the Naples location outperformed each of the other 7 Florida Showhomes locations including Tampa, Miami, Orlando and Jacksonville — not to mention Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver and Minneapolis...

Chicago realtors and home owners have had great success selling short sale listings through the use of Chicago home staging company, Showhomes of Naperville, who provides a live-in home manager for vacant homes.
Naperville, IL, March 28, 2012 --(PR.com)-- As the housing market struggles to recover, Chicago realtors and homeowners have the challenge of attempting to sell record high numbers of vacant homes. Many of these homes remain vacant due to “short sale” listings, in which a buyer negotiates with the lender to purchase a property for less than the amount that is owed. However, a home staging company, Showhomes of Naperville, is providing a welcome solution. The company places a live-in home stager in vacant homes, helping these short sale listings to sell quickly, and at a higher price...

For the fourth year in a row, Showhomes Home Staging is ranked as one of the Top 50 Franchise Companies by the prestigious Franchise Business Review, a national franchise market research firm.
Nashville, Tennessee (PRWEB) March 19, 2012 - For the fourth year in a row, Showhomes Home Staging is ranked as one of the Top 50 Franchise Companies by the prestigious Franchise Business Review, a national franchise market research firm that surveys thousands of franchise owners per year and evaluates the comprehensive findings to reveal overall franchisee satisfaction.
“It is not surprising that Showhomes ranked again as a Top 50 Franchise,” says Lorelie Brown, franchise owner of Showhomes Charleston. “The opportunity provided through Showhomes is not only a unique and distinctive service, but it also offers flexibility for franchisees to meet the needs of their individual markets, as well as in their personal lives...

Home staging company, Showhomes of Madison, helps Wisconsin realtors and banks sell Madison foreclosures through providing a live-in home manager and home staging services.
Madison, WI, January 21, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Foreclosed homes may be an opportunity for buyers and investors, but for banks, they are a mess with no end in sight. Foreclosures cost money to maintain, create insurance problems, invite vandalism and devalue neighboring homes. Home staging company, Showhomes of Madison, has been providing Wisconsin realtors and banks with a tidy solution to Madison foreclosures and vacant properties. Showhomes places a live-in home stager, called a Home Manager, who occupies the home and keeps it in show condition until it sells.
“Once a home is foreclosed, banks want it off the books as soon as possible, but too often just the opposite happens,” said Matt Kelton, Showhomes COO...

Chicago home staging company, Showhomes Naperville, recently hired Marie Tilton as the company’s new General Manager. Tilton will be providing home staging and management services to realtors and individuals who own vacant real estate.
Naperville, IL, December 14, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Chicago home staging company, Showhomes Naperville, announces the hiring of Marie Tilton as the company’s new General Manager. Tilton will be responsible for providing excellent home staging and management services to realtors and individuals who own vacant real estate in the Western suburbs of Chicago.
“Due to the growth of the company, and our continued success, we needed to bring someone on board to fill the position of General Manager...

Chicago home staging company, Showhomes Naperville, announces Chicago realtors have seen increases in sale times and selling prices with the use of home staging for vacant homes.
Chicago, IL, October 30, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Although the national real estate market has continued to struggle, a Chicago home staging company, Showhomes Naperville, announces that many Chicago realtors have actually seen an improvement in sale times and selling prices. These realtors have discovered the use of a home staging company can assist them in the tough sell of vacant homes.
“Vacant houses almost always show poorly,” says Matt Kelton, Showhomes’ COO. “They often smell musty, can be unkempt and are hard to get buyers excited about...

National Home Staging Service on Par or Better Than Southwest, BMW, Google
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - Oct 27, 2011) - In business, how highly customers rate their experience is the best measure of a company's success. Showhomes Home Staging, a national home staging service that uses live-in Home Managers to help stage and care for vacant homes for sale, earned an industry high Net Promoter score (NPS) of 62 percent.
Scores of 50 percent and above are considered best-in-class/world-class levels of performance, according to Sametrix, a software and consulting company that helped co-develop the NPS score.
With its score, the Nashville-based home staging franchisor joins top names known for unparalleled attention to customer service and sustained financial success...

Popular Home Staging Business Grows at 20 Percent in 2011
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - Oct 4, 2011) - Business continues to increase at Showhomes Home Staging, defying the long-term slump of the national housing market.
Showhomes posted a 20 percent increase from 2010 to 2011 and has continued to add new franchise locations despite the tough economy and slow housing market. The home staging franchise has posted positive gains six out of the last seven years.
Showhomes provides a unique twist on traditional home staging: it uses live-in Home Managers to take care of properties and keep them in show-to-sell condition. Using a live-in caretaker often lowers homeowners' insurance costs and eliminates the monthly cost of furniture rental, making home staging more affordable...

Elvis Has Left the Building and Showhomes Needs You to Move in

NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - June 2, 2010) - Want to live in a luxurious $4 million mansion in Paradise Valley? How about a swanky $2 million condo in Chicago's prestigious Highland Park neighborhood? Or a state-of-the-art $1.5 million beach house in St. Petersburg?

Think it's out of your range? That it would cost $10,000 a month? $7,500? Think again. Try $2,500 a month or less. There's only one twist -- you have to have great furniture and be willing to move on short notice because these mansions are for sale.

Showhomes home staging, a national franchise, has a unique twist on staging vacant houses in the down market: they recruit people with great furniture to move into and help stage houses so they sell faster and for higher prices...

Company set to triple in size and expects to sell out by 2014

NASHVILLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite the turmoil and uncertainty of the national economy, a Nashville-Tenn.-based home staging franchisor Showhomes is beating its corporate sales goals and expanding rapidly into urban markets all over the country.

The Showhomes business model is based on the premise that a vacant home is a difficult sell in any market and especially hard in today's market. "With 1 out of 9 homes vacant and a staggering 40% of higher end homes for sale sitting vacant, our managed home staging products are in high demand," said Thomas Scott, Showhomes' VP of Operations.

"We opened 21 franchises in 2008, more than doubling our goal of 10 for the year," Matt Kelton, Showhomes' Chief Operating Officer, says...

Home staging listed as top new career on list of emerging careers in down market

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While many formerly bright job sectors continue to shed jobs at a record rate, home staging has emerged from the rubble as a top career choice.

CareerBuilder and CNN recently ranked home stager as the No. 1 choice on their "Seven emerging jobs poised for growth" list. It may seem surprising that a real-estate related career is thriving in the current economic climate, but home staging is growing because it's helping hard-hit homeowners recover.

As the only nationally franchised brand in home staging, Showhomes is riding the wave of the growing industry. The Nashville-based company is the country's largest home staging company, with 51 franchises in cities including Los Angeles, Kansas City, Portland, Chicago, Houston, Miami and Nashville Already experiencing heavy growth in California, Florida and Texas, the company is also expanding the Northeast and focusing on a long-range goal of achieving 200 to 300 franchises in the next five to 10 years...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Showhomes, America's largest home staging company and the only nationally franchised homes staging business has been ranked in the top 100 fastest growing and emerging companies in Tennessee. BusinessTN, a statewide business magazine publishes an annual list of the Tennessee based companies with the fastest growth and Showhomes Franchise Corporation, based in Nashville, TN, made the list for the upcoming November 2008 issue.

Showhomes has experienced double-digit growth for the past four years and expects to post double digit numbers again this year despite the gloomy real estate market. Showhomes provides home staging services for homeowners with vacant homes for sale. Home staging is a rapidly growing trend in real estate as evidenced by the large number of staging shows on networks such as HGTV...

Showhomes uses live-in Home Managers to help sell mansions

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Want to live in a $3.6 million dollar Orange County mansion? Want to reside in a $2 million dollar golf villa on the 4th tee at Marsh Landing in Jacksonville? How about a stately $4 million dollar Lake Forest address in Chicago? What would it cost a month? $10,000 a month? $7500? Try $1800.

There's only one catch – you have to have beautiful furniture and be willing to move on short notice because these swanky mansions are for sale.

Showhomes, a pioneer in the home staging industry, has been offering a unique housing solution: the Nashville, TN based company finds people to live in vacant mansions so that they show better and sell faster...

NASHVILLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NASA-funded scientists have proven that lightening really can strike the same place twice. The chance of this happening though is a very rare occurrence. But earning the Showhomes Franchise Corporation's Top Design Award for two years is a row is in no way a freak act of nature. It is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication!

Showhomes Franchise Corporation held their Annual Gathering earlier this year at Union Station Hotel in Nashville. Several men and women were honored for their 2007 successes.

Cindy Montgomery, Minneapolis, Minnesota franchise owner, earned the 2007 Showhomes Top Design Award for presenting the highest product quality and excellence in design and Home Staging...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After several years of an amazing boom, real estate markets all across the country have slowed to a trickle of what they had been in previous years. Homes have become much harder to sell, there are more homes on the market than at any time in history and these homes are taking far longer to sell.

Showhomes, America's Largest Home Staging Company, has been a ray of light in the otherwise gloomy market. Showhomes helps home owners sell high-end vacant homes and has experienced record growth as a result.

"Showhomes' unique strategy of staging and helping Realtors market vacant luxury homes produces real results," said Matt Kelton, chief operating officer for Showhomes Franchise Corporation...