For a few months now I've been watching more closely the listings in my primary service area. For new listings that came on the market since the second week of December I'm seeing a huge drop off in the number of listings using premium marketing services such as floor plans, professional photography, and virtual tours.

I know the winter months can be slow, and there are less listings, but the decline in listings using floor plans and virtual tours seems to far exceed the decline in the number of listings.

For those of you that usually use professional photographers,  virtual tours, and floor plans can you shed any light on this?

I have a few theories, but don't want to influence the responses yet...

Alan Myers

www.BostonImageMaker.com

 

How did we get into this mess?
11/29/2008
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The December 2008 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine reviews some new book releases related to the recent bear market and current financial troubles in the U. S. Books for a Bear Market Experts analyze what happened and what your… more
why you can't afford to stop marketing
11/16/2008
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A couple good articles on marketing in the November 2008 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. Rich Dad Robert Kiyosaki explains why you can't afford to cut marketing costs in these tough times in Go Big or Go Home A Time To Market By John… more
What is the best social networking site for real estate?
07/17/2008
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I realize it may seem blasphemous posting this poll here at ActiveRain, but… I'm curious which social networking site REALTORS find actually help their business the most. Don't get me wrong ActiveRain is great for networking, and has a ton… more
Too many photos?
07/12/2008
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Interesting article on Inman News debating if using too many photos can hurt an online listing and cause potential buyers to lose interest. One thing the article doesn't touch on is the quality of the photos. This would be subjective and hard to… more
Tips on Preparing Photos for MLS
07/07/2008
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Just posted another Real Estate Photo Tutorial on Preparing Photos for MLS Covers some basics that can help make your photos look better on MLS. Since there are so many software programs out there this was not intended to be a step-by-step… more
local markets buck the downward trend
06/24/2008
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Here's an interesting post over on the Boston Real Estate Now blog on boston. com http://www. boston. com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2008/06/prices_still_up_1. html Depending on your view you may find the emotional comments from consumers… more
Top 5 Reasons to Download Firefox 3
06/20/2008
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Firefox 3 was released earlier this week. If you're not familiar with Firefox it is a full featured open source web browser with many core features including - tabbed browsing, integrated Google search, pop-up blocker, and more. Oh yeah, and it's… more
More photos - sells homes faster
06/17/2008
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I've bee meaning to post this for a while - for anyone who hasn't seen it yet here's an interesting article about the importance of photos for listings. http://rismedia. com/wp/2008-03-31/the-successful-combination-of-photography-and-real-estate/ The… more
 

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Boston, MA

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