http://www.bankrate.com/finance/real-estate/does-staging-raise-home-price.aspx?ec_id=cmctre_01_comm_RE_image_headline

I think this is a really good article & synopsis to read.  I hear agents/realtors say both sides, but the key here isn’t a bigger price, it’s a quicker sale.

Quicker sale means quicker access to the equity of a property, which in time value of money means greater return on investment.  For a house you live in, return on investment really means very little to most.  But if you think of it in a strict sense of money, and time value, and drive decisions that way, well………lets just say things take on a much different light in most cases.

Said another way, biggest price doesn’t always means best deal!