Bad MLS Photo of the Week: 10/2/2009
If well over 80% of today’s home buyers begin the search for their next home online, are pictures important? Sure, most listings have at least photo, mostly because even the laziest of Realtors® will be fined by our Austin Board of Realtors® (Supplier of our MLS system). We used to only be able to post 8 photos, then 12, but now we can post 25 so make sure your agent is doing your house justice with a high quality and quantity of photos!
My question to you… how important, really, is the quality of the photography? Some sellers (and their agents) scratch their heads at “why buyers can’t see around” a bad photo or furnishings fitting to a strong personal taste. These somewhat-weekly digests of actual MLS photos should help to illustrate to even the most stubborn seller/agent that quality of photography is important.
Actual MLS photo:
Never ever have people in your listing photos!
Some of these photos are from listings in Austin, which I used to refrain from posting for obvious reasons, but some of these are just to good. Sorry if your house appears in one of these posts… I’m sure it’s absolutely beautiful in person and I hope you sold/will sell it for what you want!
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but to see what my listing photos look like, see 4608AvenueG.com, a home for sale by yours truly in Austin.
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Ha….ha…ha…. Is that the REALTOR? Stepping outside for a smoke while the photographer takes the shots? That would assume they hired a professional, so may be that’s a stretch.
My favorite two things: Seeing the photographer in the mirror and Pets. One listing I was using for Staging comps had 3x photos with the same dog in them… Like he was following the picture taker around. [intentionally did not use Photographer here as it clearly was not]
The sad thing is Good Quality Photos only take a few minutes longer. And the lack of these could turn off potential buyers in a competitive time…
thanks for sharing – love this feature!
Happy Friday,
Michael