The process of finding a home in Mt. Pleasant, SC or Charleston, SC can be daunting and time consuming. I came across a survey done by Realtor.org and discovered that home buyers across America take a lot of time in deciding which home to buy. Here is the poll question...

The typical home buyer searched how long before purchasing a home? 

 
Correct Answer: 12 weeks
On average, a home buyer searched for 12 weeks and viewed 12 homes before purchasing, according to NAR research.
That's the longest average time that buyers have spent looking for a home since the survey started tracking it in 2001.
Buyers searched, on average, two weeks on their own before contacting an agent. 
 

In a recent survey the National Association of Realtors published some interesting facts about todays buyers and sellers. According to an article published in the Realtor.org site....

1.	What service did sellers most often say they want from their real estate agent?
	Pricing the home competitively Of the sellers surveyed, 22 percent said they wanted help pricing their home competitively so it would sell. Other popular responses included help finding a buyer for the home (21 percent), marketing the home to potential buyers (19 percent), and selling the home within a specific timeframe (19 percent).
2.	What service do buyers most often say they want from a real estate agent?
	Finding the right home to purchase Nearly 50 percent of buyers most frequently reported that they want an agent to help them find the right home to purchase, followed by assisting them with negotiating the terms of the sale (16 percent) and price negotiations (13 percent). The least-frequent response was help in finding or arranging financing to purchase a home (2 percent).

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This is the second video in a three video series on how to make videos from photos using Windows Movie Maker. If you need a property video but don't have the time or skills to shoot, edit and produce a video this series show you how to use the photos you already have to produce great looking videos to post on your website or other sites like ViewThisHome.com

You are already ahead of your competition by having your real estate videos posted on ViewThisHome.com.  We are proud to announce that we are growing in popularity with nearly 20,000 visitors to the site each month.  How do you ensure that your videos are being seen by the viewing public on such a popular video website?  By moving from being ahead to being # 1 by having your properties featured on the homepage.

The Featured Video on the homepage is zip code specific meaning you can enroll for up to 5 zip codes in your area.  Anytime someone is searching in any of those zip codes your Featured Videos would be in cue on the homepage. Your properties are available for preview without the viewer needing to do a search.  You are now # 1.

Once a visitor enters search criteria and leaves the home page then they are shopping among all listings that meet their criteria. Featured Videos allows you to grab their attention first. Also, as an added benefit, when the viewer clicks on your Featured Video they go directly to your listing and underneath the video are thumbnails of all of the listings you have on ViewThisHome.com. They will have the pleasure of surfing through your other listings from that page.

This feature positions you as a serious real estate professional that is at the forefront of technology. All of your contact information is contained on this page making it easy for the viewer to contact you by phone, website or email. There is even a way for them to email your listing to friends and family.

You have proven that you like to be ahead of the game by joining the video revolution on View This Home.  Now, become # 1 by having your properties featured on the homepage.

It is simple to enroll in this feature. There is no long term contract or commitment just a small monthly fee of $39.00 .

What are you waiting for?  You know you want to be first!  Thank you for being a valued ViewThisHome.com user.   If you are not a View This Home customer register for free today and start uploading to the premier real estate video network!

 In this first installment video, a panel of experts will answer the question: How does an agent incorporate video into their marketing strategy?