Home Inspections Are Changing. Here’s What You Can Expect
“Contactless” home inspections, which work like a 3D virtual home tour, offer a new way to evaluate a home even in a high-pressure real estate market.
“Contactless” home inspections, which work like a 3D virtual home tour, offer a new way to evaluate a home even in a high-pressure real estate market.
Sellers whose listings do not include virtual tours, professional photographs and floor plans are being cheated by their real estate agents. Without the proper visuals, homes will likely take longer to sell and fetch a lower price.
Buyers these days go online to discover what’s available. And with the pandemic still very much a concern, they tend to visit the houses they find appealing by taking a virtual tour rather than an in-person look-see.
A new survey from the National Association of Realtors weighted towards buyers and sellers in metro areas heavily hit by the coronavirus has found indications many would be ready to visit an open house today, despite the pandemic.