ReCasa Financial Blog

Real estate professionals predict that the widespread “seller’s market” will continue into 2022. With low available housing and low mortgage rates, it is no surprise that this is expected to continue. 

As of July 2021, smart doorbells, or video doorbells, were reported as a 1.83-billion-dollar market. According to a report by Strategy Analytics, smart doorbells ranked high in popularity among other home devices.

How does this relate to a real estate showing? While a typical showing with a realtor may seem private, with the influx of video surveillance, there is a chance your every move is being monitored. In a hyper competitive market, a buyer wants to avoid doing anything that will prevent the seller from accepting their offer. Discussing your thoughts on the property and if it is a good fit for your family is best left until after the showing. The last thing a buyer wants is for a comment to be picked up on a doorbell camera or other device that may upset the seller. 



Also, video doorbells are usually considered fixed property when selling a real estate property. If you do not want to have your video doorbell or other smart surveillance sold with your property, remove before any photos or showings are completed. This avoids a future argument on what does and does not convey.