Ever wonder why real-estate sales soar
in the spring in Canada? Well, one big reason is the weather. If there is one
thing that Canadian real-estate professionals have to adapt to it is Canada’s
sporadic winter weather conditions. When a client is considering buying a
new house/home during the winter months they:
·
Want to be able to see what
they are purchasing.
·
May not want to brave the cold
and walk around outside the property.
This can pose a real challenge to
REALTORS®.
A recent article posted on MSN
Real-Estate highlights some things that you can do to increase your real-estate
sales during the winter months. Some of the tips included:
1.
Ensuring that the entry way to
the home that your client will be viewing is free of ice and snow.
2.
Warming up the home before your
clients arrive.
3.
Trying to show the home during
the day, thereby taking advantage of natural light.
While the tips listed above are all
great ideas, they don’t solve the challenge of being able to see what is
covered by snow, like driveway size, frontage, landscaping, and more.
So, how can you perform a property search for your client in an area that is
covered in snow? By leveraging the technology available for you, that’s how!
Through web-based platforms like
GeoWarehouse, real-estate professionals can perform a property search online.
The Google Streetscape imagery available
through GeoWarehouse enables you to perform a property search that provides you with imagery of a subject property, as if you
were standing in front of it. This is invaluable to REALTORS®, especially
during the winter months when weather conditions can be less than ideal.
Instead of your clients waiting until
spring to shop for real-estate, you can help them to learn about properties of
interest now without having to drive or walk around in the slush and snow. You
can perform a property search from the comfort of your office, and show your
clients how the subject property looks when it is not under snow; being able to
view things like the subject property’s frontage can make or break your sale.
You can also leverage the Google
Streetscape imagery available through GeoWarehouse and use it by performing an
online property search by printing a Property
Details Report or Enhanced Report. These can be left at a property you have
listed and give potential buyers more information about the property.
You can also use this cool GeoWarehouse
feature to view imagery of other properties in the neighbourhood, like
neighbouring properties, and local amenities like parks and schools.
Google has re-captured much of Southern
Ontario in a recent refresh of the images available through Streetscape and
this is a very valuable tool to take advantage of.
If you would like more information about
how you can perform a property search and take advantage of the Google
Streetscape imagery available through GeoWarehouse, please visit www.geowarehouse.ca or
call 866-237-5937.