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Ever go to see a house that looked incredible in the photos only to get there and be totally disappointed?
I feel as though real estate has gone the way of Match.com with some agents uploading pics that don't accurately convey the property. Of course everyone wants their house to be seen in the best light, but there are definitely some misleading photos out there.
Case in point, I recently viewed a property that looked like an absolute estate online. It appeared in the photos to have the world's largest and most incredible wrap around porch and a wide front lawn. In person, it was right up against a busy street and the porch was nowhere near as generous, but just a nice, normal sized porch. Wide angle lenses did the rest.
I've felt the same irritation! -- Why take spectacular, wide-angle, estate-looking photos of ordinary properties or otherwise very small rooms (or how about over-the-top descriptions)? Any potential buyer can't immediately see the difference upon viewing the actual property.
I think the realtor theory is that they can attract potential buyers they can steer to other properties - or 'talk' into buying, but, it leaves most people feeling somewhat hoodwinked. In retail, they call it 'bait and switch.' In RE, it is an unethical practice that causes people to mistrust realtors.
Ever go to see a house that looked incredible in the photos only to get there and be totally disappointed?
I feel as though real estate has gone the way of Match.com with some agents uploading pics that don't accurately convey the property. Of course everyone wants their house to be seen in the best light, but there are definitely some misleading photos out there.
Case in point, I recently viewed a property that looked like an absolute estate online. It appeared in the photos to have the world's largest and most incredible wrap around porch and a wide front lawn. In person, it was right up against a busy street and the porch was nowhere near as generous, but just a nice, normal sized porch. Wide angle lenses did the rest.
Yes, we ran into that quite a bit when house hunting. Those wide angle lenses should be banned from house pictures! I can't tell you how many times I went to view a house because it looked like it had a big beautiful kitchen and it was a normal or small kitchen that had been "enhanced" with the wide angle lens. I got to the point where if there were any wide angle lens pictures in the listing, I would cross it off my list.
Ever go to see a house that looked incredible in the photos only to get there and be totally disappointed?
I feel as though real estate has gone the way of Match.com with some agents uploading pics that don't accurately convey the property. Of course everyone wants their house to be seen in the best light, but there are definitely some misleading photos out there.
Case in point, I recently viewed a property that looked like an absolute estate online. It appeared in the photos to have the world's largest and most incredible wrap around porch and a wide front lawn. In person, it was right up against a busy street and the porch was nowhere near as generous, but just a nice, normal sized porch. Wide angle lenses did the rest.
Oh yeah. Welcome to the world of wide angle and photoshop. The pics I despise are the ones that make everything look shiny new glossy.
The less "real looking" the pics looks the more you know they are trying to hide something. Look for bad lighting, wide angles, missing certain shots, not many shots of exterior or interior, weird really bright colors or bad quality in general.
Wide angle lenses are often necessary to capture an entire room in one shot.
Other practices (photo-shopping, sometimes virtual staging) is another matter. I'd prefer a home that looks a little better in images, but still shows the reality of the situation. Don't waste my time.
I detest those wide angle shots, and the photo's that make the home look like a painting. I just want to see real photo's of the house and yard.
I always wonder what they're hiding when they show photo's like that.
The less "real looking" the pics looks the more you know they are trying to hide something. Look for bad lighting, wide angles, missing certain shots, not many shots of exterior or interior, weird really bright colors or bad quality in general.
It is what sellers demand and they are the clients. I don't think buyers demand pictures that cause them to waste their time looking at a home.
It is what sellers demand and they are the clients... I don't think buyers demand pictures that cause them to waste their time looking at a home.
Then you don't know this buyer.
Not too long ago, the banks were demanding stated income that could cover the mortgage, so what they got were buyers(clients) who cosmetically doctored their earnings by saying they were (also) working for a friend who was paying them X amount in addition to their actual job...that financial theory eventually headed south, didn't it?
Don't think that cosmetically doctored pictures will do the same for the economy, but people will eventually get fed-up of being lied to, especially when they have to waste time and gas hunting down and driving to a property that has no resemblance to what they want, w/wo their agent checking out the home in person first.
Up until the seventies(?) some homeowners actually painted over fire-charred walls before listing their homes...remember the old adage uttered by agents and homeowners alike;
"A coat of paint covers a multitude of sins"... isn't that another case of "It's what the seller/client wants",... is not the buyer some sort of a client?
If "Client$" and Agent$ are supplying false documents via misleading pictures from the get-go, what are the contracts going to look like w/o a magnifying glass in front of a telescope?
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