For the past several years the use of the internet has increased for home buyers performing home searches. Right now NAR estimates over 80 percent of home buyers are using the internet for searching homes. This has helped the buyers and agents greatly. Virtual Tours and multiple photos are first 2 things that get looked at online. Buyers want to know what the home looks like, how it is lay-ed out, and what the neighborhood looks like.
Many of the buyers in our area are moving here from more than an hour or two away. Photos and Virtual Tour help them prequalify homes and narrow down the search. This helps them key in the homes that fit their needs and criteria. In return saving the agent and the buyer time and fustration looking for the right home. Affinity Realty has a virtual tour on every home we list unless the seller does not want one. We also take as many photos of the listing that we can to post online. Not only of the home it’s self, but the neighborhood and it’s ammenities. Communities are the selling point as well. Some may have pools, tennis courts, community centers, boat ramps, boat slips, and even golf courses.
We use a local company, 360 Visions, for our still shot photography and virtual tours. They use the latest in technology with features like mapping, satellite mapping, and music. They supply us with a links package that makes it easy for us to get the tours on the Internet. We post the tours on the Affinity Realty website, the multilist system, REALTOR.com, and other syndicated websites like Craig’s List.
If you are a seller who has their property listed with an agent and do not have a virtual tour, request one. You are missing out. If you are getting ready to list, make sure your listing agent is going to have a virtual tour on your home. If you are getting ready to sell your home in Sussex County, Delaware let us show you how we will market your home.
