Keane Thompson becomes 1st Virtual Reality Estate Agents

Virtual Reality tours available from Keane Thompson Property Consultants

Last week Keane Thompson became the first property consultants to offer Virtual Reality tours of properties for sale. Ballytrain became the first house to go on the market with a virtual reality tour of the house and gardens. To view the property for a virtual reality tour, head over to this link on a smartphone device or view below.

The 360º virtual tour of Ballytrain open it’s doors to the online public in an engaging, high quality, fast-loading virtual reality environment, allowing a showcase of key features of the luxury home, gardens and entrance.

The virtual reality tour gives you the visitors a free viewing 365 days a year at your own leisure. In the age of social media and viral marketing, where consumer experience is the most valuable thing, it’s hard to find a more engaging way of presenting your property to the customer. People enjoy taking virtual reality tours; it gives them the confidence to make a booking either online or by telephone.

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Top Tips for Selling Your Home | Keane Thompson

Top Tips for Selling Your Home | Keane Thompson

The real estate market can be a tough and confusing place, but we can make it easier with our Top Tips for Selling Your Home guide.  What’s bad for sellers can be good for buyers, and especially these days as tech savvy buyers are out in spades trying to take advantage of the buyer’s market. We have compiled 10 things you can do to help sell your home.

1. Audit your agent’s online marketing. 92% of home hunters start their search online, and they won’t come to view your home if they aren’t compelled by your online listing. In real estate terms, compelling means nice pictures. Studies have shown that listings with more than 6 pictures are twice as likely to be viewed by buyers as listings that had fewer than 6 pictures.

2. Let your neighbours choose their neighbours. If you belong to resident’s association, neighbourhood watch or online message boards, send a link to your home’s online listing to your neighbours. There is also no harm inviting your neighbours to your open house, they can bring friends, relatives or other interested parties. This creates opportunities for your neighbours to sell the neighborhood to prospective buyers, although choose them wisely.

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Revenue targeting undervalued homes for local property tax

The Revenue is targeting homes that were undervalued for Property tax.

Dublin Property Tax Ireland

Thousands of taxpayers who hugely undervalued the price of their homes in property tax returns face being targeted by the Revenue Commissioners.

A rough estimate of 140,000 people have had their salaries or pensions reduced at the source for failing to pay the correct property tax. Revenue is targeting those who assessed the price of their property at a much lower level than the guide values issued when the tax was introduced in May 2013.

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