PICTURES SELL...THE MORE, THE BETTER!

Sun Jul 27 2008, 00:31

Although I am not in the real-estate business and perhaps don’t understand the big picture, as a legitimate home buyer currently in the market and ready to purchase that perfect home, I would not look at or consider any property without a photo. Skipping something as simple as a picture is skipping a potential sale.

Sun Jul 27 2008, 00:19

I just had a listing put under contract in 3 days with no photos online. The property had 5 showings. Photos are important but networking and having the property priced correctly were the key to this sale.

Fri Jul 18 2008, 15:13

Photos are very important in listing any property. Most buyers agents simply skip any MLS property that does not have any photos.

Fri Jul 18 2008, 13:17

Photos are very important in a listing. The National Association of Realtor's statistics show 84% of people looking to buy real estate start their search on the internet. Listings with at least 10 photos get the most viewers.

Fri Jul 18 2008, 13:14

Our photo listings get 300% more hits than listings that do not have photos. With the price of gas right now, people what to see as much as possible up front.

Fri Jul 18 2008, 13:01

The one property that broke our neighborhood record was virtually 'SOLD' to the buyers after the buyers saw the pictures of the surrounding hills when they were still in Denver. They then came, visited, and bought the house. Still a neighborhood record, but they are very happy that they have bought this very unique property.

I often have buyers stop by my open houses because they saw the pictures online and decided they just have to come and see the house. The first step to get people to buy a house is to make sure they see the house. Great pictures do just that.

Sylvia

Wed Jun 4 2008, 21:49

Already been said, but as a potential buyer, looking from another state; GOOD PHOTOS ARE IMPERATIVE. I won't even look at a property without a picture. I don't think you need to spend the money to pay a professional, just common sense. I think a good realtor can take acceptable pictures, just with parameters like stated below.

Wed Jun 4 2008, 20:43

This is a major hot spot with me & the group! I don't get why agents won't spend the money to get professional pictures. Not just that, I can't believe how many times I see a bathroom toilet in a pic on the MLS, and quite often, the lid is lifted! In a recent real estate magazine it stated that homes with good pictures sell for more, and sell quicker than homes without pictures or with bad pictures. They even showed that the prices and time changed between 1 picture,6 pictures, 12 pictures and 24 pictures. For me, it is VERY important. We need to do our job and represent our properties that we are "marketing" to sell, to the best of our ability. It takes money to make money. Take a look at our property athttp:// www.RedTwigDrive.com for an example. Some of the listings showing on our site are company foreclosures and other companies listings. You can really see the difference. In this market, we need to do everything we can. Thanks for the GREAT question!

Wed Jun 4 2008, 17:44

Photos are worth a thousand words, i have a professional come take photos. All of our listings from the 1 million plus market to the 100K lot have photos and a virtual tour. Time is worth money and this allows the potential buyer see if they have any interest in the property before taking them out.

Wed Jun 4 2008, 16:06

Photos are extremely important and saves Buyers, Sellers and Realtors a lot of time an additional expense.

Wed Jun 4 2008, 15:43

Photos are extremely important...a picture is worth a thousand words. Yes, the seller should consider a professional photographer.
Best,
Mark Palace, CEO/Founder
Palace Properties International, Inc.
www.PalacePropertiesOnline.com
321.773.5611
321.704.9305

Wed Apr 23 2008, 20:36

Photos are very important as for the shopping pros of the internet and newspaper advertising too. Virtual tours are the hit in the Bay Area

Wed Apr 23 2008, 20:13

As I mentioned below, pictures are very important in this internet savvy world.

There are tons of service providers, both for one property website and for full service with photographer and vurtual tour. Some sites offer tours for you to create your own virtual tour. I shop for new and better service all the time because of the technology improvements that's happening on a daily basis.

I have to say that my opinion about looking at houses or showing houses to my clients are not limited to only the ones that have pictures. I go to broker opens, open houess or just call and preview to check out the houses precisely because sometimes the pictures do not do justice to the house.

Just because the realtor might not be diligent enough to take pictues or sometimes there are rental property where you can't take decent picture of the inside or it might be an owner who is ill or it might be a fixer and, it does not mean the property is not the best home for this specific buyer.

So pictures are very, very important and good pictures help bring potential buyers in, but it is not the house.

Sylvia .

Wed Aug 8 2007, 09:09

Hi There,

Pictures are very important. In my market, most buyers will skip right over listings that have no or minimal pictures. This process is used to weed out homes and narrow their focus down. We are in a time where people want, what they want now, and my market is flooded with available inventory for them to chose from, so the more information and pictures that are readily available, the more attention they will pay towards it. You can start to “beat out your competition” simply by having the most pictures and making sure all of the information has been filled out, as most companies do not utilize these features, thus inadvertently highlighting the listings with the most pictures and information.


Melissa Mancini, Realtor, CBR, GRI

Tue Aug 7 2007, 20:24

Put it simply, I don’t bother showing MLS listing to clients that don’t have pictures because you have no feel for the house. It takes too much time to drive out to see the property. Especially considering if the house was really nice the agent would have made sure there were pictures of it.

Tue Aug 7 2007, 20:16

Photos are essential on a listing!!! We are dealing with a generation of buyers that loves doing research of properties on the internet and only those listings that show the best features of a home with photos, those are the homes that they are excited to see. Photos will give buyers and real estate agents an idea of the condition of the property and will also help narrow their search since we have so much supply.

When you don't post photos on your listing, you are taking a chance of being left out on showings since neither the buyer or the real estate agent will know what to expect, when so many other listings leave you with a much clear idea of what the house looks like based on the photos. A good tip will be, make sure you don't post on your listings blurry and bad quality photos!!!

Tue Aug 7 2007, 19:51

Dear Sir:
Simply visit HomeScenes.com and TourEmeraldCoast.com to see how impacting and helpful a professional, complete walk-through virtual tour can be. My agent ordered a virtual tour with this company today and told me she would not market a home for sale in Atlanta without one.
Also, if you are a for sale by owner, check out their new site TourByOwner.com
Good Luck

Tue Aug 7 2007, 18:16