Selling houses made easy with free photography

In a world of smartphones and mobile Applications, real estate photography has become even more important if you desire to make your property stand out from hundreds of houses listed for sale in Nigeria.

In order to present your property at its best and to make sure potential buyers find it irresistible, Private Property is offering free photography service to Nigerian homeowners who want to sell. Request your photo session now. There are limited space available.

But just how crucial are good quality photos when selling property?

Forbes recommends the use of good quality photos when placing a real estate listing. Good photography matters so much in property sale since 83% of prospective home buyers consider photos a good way of determining the value of the house and its suitability to their lifestyle and preferences.

Where no photos are present in a listing or there are only poor quality photos, buyers either become suspicious of the listing or quickly dismiss it. We highly recommend that if you do not have good quality photos, do not place the listing yet. Wait until you get good quality images.

CBS news states that lack of photos in a real estate listing is one of the signs of a scary real estate listing. Any buyer with common sense will not waste time looking through the details of a listing that has no images that give him or her a glimpse of what to expect.

This includes images of the house’s interior. Buyers need to see how the house looks like in the inside. It helps them look through fixtures, wall and floor materials, painting, among other factors. If they can’t see the interior of the house, most buyers dismiss the listing as a probable scam.

And here are tips to make your photos come alive

1. Add a touch of lifestyle

Hundreds of agents have a culture of presenting images of empty apartments and houses after all, this is what everyone does. If you want to stand out, you should consider moving away from taking images of an empty house rather, you can promote a way of living via your images.

For instance, you can take pictures of a living room with a sofa set, TV and other furniture that makes it more appealing to potential buyers.

2. Outdoor light is crucial

Before you capture images of your property especially the interior, you need to ensure that you have sufficient light coming into the house. When you capture images of your living room, kitchen, bathroom and other rooms in the house, you what you want to focus on is images that allow potential buyers have a good look at what the inside of the house looks like.

3. Keep the house neat and tidy

As obvious as this sounds, it still constitutes a huge problem for many property owners in Nigeria. This does not come as a surprise especially for people who try to sell their houses on their own without working with a real estate professional. If you plan to shoot pictures of a neat home, then the house definitely has to be neat.

Staging should not be overlooked

Staging is the art of moving things around the house to make it appear in a certain way. This is done with the intention of making the apartment or house look more appealing to the intended audience. In the case of your house as a listing, staging involves working on the look and feel of the property in a way that would make a potential buyer see themselves living there.

To optimize the power of staging when selling your apartment or property, remember to enlist the help of a real estate professional.

Final thoughts

Homeowners that list their properties for sale using good photographs sell their homes faster and at a greater value. Request for a photo session for your apartment or property today.

This is a feature by Private Property.