{"id":6610,"date":"2017-08-07T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T22:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2017-08-02T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T14:09:20","slug":"how-to-use-smart-home-to-build-your-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/08\/how-to-use-smart-home-to-build-your-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Smart Home to Build Your Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learn how staying sharp on smart home can help you build your brand<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When 79% of agents say that buyers are interested in smart home tech and 54% of sellers say they would install it to make their home sell faster \u2013 you know that smart home is a trend worth understanding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being able to recognize smart home tech in a listing and guiding a buyer on how it can change the way they live in their home sets you apart. Smart home tech is no longer just a high-end upgrade. It\u2019s now a must-have in markets as diverse as Boston and Des Moines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf a buyer under 35 walks into a home without a smart thermostat they\u2019re walking out,\u201d says Jim Hibbs, sales associate with Coldwell Banker Mid-America Group in Des Moises, Iowa. \u201cIf a home doesn\u2019t have smart upgrades you\u2019re really limiting the prospective buyer pool. Smart Home tech also makes the whole home feel updated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The data supports this. Last year 71% of Americans said they wanted a move-in ready home and nearly half of that group said a property needed smart home tech to be considered move-in ready.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As consumer demand for smart home tech has soared so has the number of companies claiming to offer the best products and services. Wading through all of the info can be daunting. So we\u2019ve compiled some resources to help you stay up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Stay in the Smart Home Know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Coldwell Banker Blue Matter blog tracks all things related to smart home and real estate. It has a full library of videos and short articles with tips, data and advice from our network on how to use smart home to market yourself and your listings. CNET is another excellent source for smart home information. They\u2019re famous for their in-depth and honest product reviews, their best of lists are a great quick resource for product recommendations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Help Your Clients \u201cSmart Stage\u201d Their Homes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another way to use smart home to your advantage is the smart home staging kit. The kit provides home sellers with an easy way to \u201csmart stage\u201d (upgrading a home with smart home tech) before putting it on the market. The kit provides you with a marketing edge. Preliminary data shows that homes designated and marked as a \u201csmart home\u201d on coldwellbanker.com are receiving two times more conversions than the site average.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPutting in smart home tech helps a property stand-out against the competition,\u201d says Ricardo Rodriguez, sales associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Boston, Massachusetts. \u201cSmart Home gives a listing an edge and can allow you to position it at a more advantageous price point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The smart home staging kit includes smart home tech from the most popular product categories: temperature, lighting, security, safety and voice control. The products all work together wirelessly and can be controlled by voice through the Echo Dot. As an added plus installing these products means that the home meets the Coldwell Banker \/ CNET Smart Home Definition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not only does installing these products give a home a marketing edge it also has lasting lifestyle benefits for the new buyer. The Nest Learning Thermostats helps self-regulate a home\u2019s temperature and has long-term energy saving and money benefits for the owner. The August Smart Lock allows you to lock or unlock your home via your smart phone from anywhere in the world all while monitoring who is coming and going through your Nest Security Camera. And installing Lutron Cas\u00e9ta means never coming home to a dark home!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldwellbanker.com\/blog\/use-smart-home-build-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Use Smart Home to Build Your Advantage<\/a> by Athena Snow | Coldwell Banker Blue Matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how staying sharp on smart home can help you build your brand When 79% of agents say that buyers are interested in smart home tech and 54% of sellers &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/08\/how-to-use-smart-home-to-build-your-advantage\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Use Smart Home to Build Your Advantage &#8226; 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