Why Listing Photos Matter

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Planning to sell your house? Don’t forget to take some great pictures of your property. Choose the areas that matters the most to the buyers. Marketing and enticement are the real reason behind these photos. I am sure you have gone window shopping before. Looking for a dress, electronic gadget or the like, and as a buyer you would like to see the things you’re looking for first hand. Even in food, according to a food article from spoonuniversity.com, “First impressions are everything”. The listings photo is the first thing that buyers and buyers agent will get to see from the property that you are selling. So these photos needs to have an impact on them. So here are some thing to remember and helpful tips to make your listings photo matter on buyers.

  • Choose the best of the best – be sure to post the best photos from your home. Try to clean up clutter and lighten up the places the areas that you will try to emphasize. This will make your photos look good on the listing. Highlight the best parts of your house. Newly repaired kitchens, new fixtures, newly painted hallways, these are areas that you will need to take photos off. Show off the best assets of your house.
  • Invest – some real estate agents hire professional photographers to make sure they would have quality photos for their listing. Invest does not really mean to spend money. Invest time to have a quality camera, quality shot, lightnings, etc. Look for friends or relatives that has the skill to help you with this if you can’t spend extra money to hire a professional photographer. This will assure you that you will have a quality photo to post to show off what your property got.
  • Personalize – you just don’t want to be just another listing photo from the internet, make sure to have a unique touch on each of the photos. Not only it will give these photos originality, it can also be your trademark on MLS websites. Buyers would know this is your posting only by just seeing the listing photos, that is definitely unique. Unique angles and lightnings, having a vase with flowers in living room shots, just think of anything different from all of the listings photo put there.
  • Let them feel welcomed – since this is like a bridge between you and the buyer, have them feel at home and comfortable with these photos. Always place your self on the other side, what would you like to see if you are the buyer.
  • Impression is everything – Not all buyers can go to your showings and staging right away. Some may decide right away to send an offer with just the listing photos. That’s how good impression can bring. You need make these photos as good and best as it could be. This will give them a lasting impression that could spell the difference in closing a sale or just simply enticing them to send an offer.

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