Marketing with property videos is a lot more easier than you think and certainly very economical. Simply film the property you wish to sell or rent and upload the video to your computer where it will then be ready to upload to a host of video websites such as YouTube, AOL Videos and OneStopView. These sites are all free to use and really should be your first port of call before you investigate padi for websites whom would rarely get the same amount of traffic.

A property video could cost you less that 2 hours of your own time and could save you thousands in marketing costs. For more professional videos choose a local videographer who will film and edit a managable sized movie for you and even help with uploading.

I am seeing increasing cases of Swine Flu globally including a rising number of cases in th UK. Will this lead to further down falls in the economy should the out break worsen? If everyday fears aren’t enough, the public are cautious to walk their very own streets breathing the free outside air without the concern of catching a life threatening disease.

In the UK the is no doubt a weakening confidence in the property market and despite those trying to claw on to varied notions that there are grass shots appearing, then general slide is down for average property prices. Will the added effect of a worsening virus entitled ‘Swine Flu’ add to the nations misery and lack of confidence?

Watch this space should the outbreak of Swine Flu worsen globally, there will be effect on worldwide markets and property prices….

Prices were allowed to spiral upwards at too faster rate on the back of nothing, but a ‘feel good factor’ under the Labour government. People were spending credit as opposed to their earnings. Each year increasing their mortgages to accommodate their new upgrades on cars, multiple annual family holidays and plasma televisions in every room. These kind of people added to the national debt and now find themselves in negative equity (rightly so?) and are now starting to loose their treasured possessions (which they never really owned or worked for?) and the worst case scenario is many situations, repossession of their property.

Yes, many people will feel sorry for the ones losing their homes, but just how many of these people are actually in this situation for genuine reasons? How many of them simply spent, spent, spent with absolutely no regard for future finacial situations?

People tag them as vultures, but these people that are now buying up cheap property from auctions and taking advantage of giveaway prices of cars etc because other people are trying to stay afloat should be looked up to and thanked for having been safer with their spending. Families that studied their monthly bills, never were tempted to take advantage of their limitless credit spending, that may even have rented foreseeing this property price crash, are the ones that will profit.

I think that over the next 2-3 years house prices will adjust to or maybe even below the inflation band. At present it will be those with cash that are king and those that borrowed too much that will be poor. This unfortunately is a cycle that has occured many times before and it’s a cycle that will continue in years to come.

A good idea is to start with the outside of the house, try a 360° pan round which will give a good idea of it’s setting, include any garden and if you have sea views etc make sure you include them as they will highlight a good selling point.When you film the internal of your property, try and include all the main rooms. Film each room slowly, avoid rushing and try to avoid animals or other people in your films.

Your finished video should ideally be around 2-3 minutes long. Once ready your video can be uploaded to OneStopView.com where it  will be viewable as a 24/7 open house using the most advanced form of marketing, making your property stand out from the rest. You will know that when someone comes to view your property after viewing it online that they are a serious buyer or certain to enjoy their holiday rental stay.

Just 35,000 mortgages worth £5bn were taken out by people buying a home in September by figures taken from ‘Council of Mortgage Lenders’. This means a 15% drop in terms of both volume and value than in August and less than half of the level seen in September 2007.The number of homes changing hands hit a new record low in October, so states the ‘Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’.

Average property sales fell to just 10.9 per estate agent during the three months to the end of October, down from 11.5 in September. These figures are the lowest level recorded by RICS since it launched the survey in 1978.

“Housing market conditions remain challenging in the face of the significant pressures on householders’ incomes and the reduction in the availability of mortgage finance since last summer.”

Figures realised from Nationwide say that figures how that house prices in th UK have fallen by 14.6% in the past year. The figures also show house prices are down by 1.4% this month, setting once again, a new all-time low for the Nationwide house price index.

The UK average property price now stands at £158,872, that is almost £30,000 less than a year ago! All this points towards all the hype about a UK economy that is heading into recession.

Nationwide’s chief economist Fionnuala Earley stated in a report that these figures should that the UK was heading into recession, which would put further pressure on prices to fall. Fionnuala stated “As the economy weakens further there is likely to be more movement on asking prices as sellers adjust to the prevailing conditions and reassess their own needs. While there will always be a rump of sellers who will need to move in order to accommodate job or family changes there will be others who are affected by economic conditions more acutely. So we should expect a moderation of price expectations on the part of sellers in a weaker economic environment.”

Annual house price growth was running at 9% last September before the credit crunch struck.

It’s been spend, spend, spend for some folk as their house prices rose up on the back of nothing and as we see house prices now come down from cloud 999, the money has dried up, the credit cards have been stopped, the banks have closed their lending doors and the borrowing rates have remained high….. so what are we starting to see an increase of – BANKRUPTCY!

It has come out in a recent report that it is averaging a bankruptcy every 5 minutes in the UK with 104 properties being repossessed every day along with the average household debt being around £9,000+ (Excluding Mortgages). A very sorry state.

Alarm bells must be ringing for both these people with these averages along with the banks that threw money at them. If the value of homes are going down then where can the banks expect to retrieve their money from??? Surely the givernment will not bail these people out that were spending with no thought, would make more sense to reward those that were careful….. but we all know what this Labour government in power are like and usually it works out for the worst.

On OneStopView.com we already have a large selection of cafe/bar/restaurants in Spain, shop outlets in the USA etc…. so why not add your business to our Free video tour marketing platform?

As the markets start to head down and real estate as a whole is harder to sell, try using a video tour to entice clientel to your commercial sale. Business for sale is a popular request on online search engines these days as people seek out investments, so have your listing available to view as a video, 24/7, 365 Days a year.

Could we see 50% drops in value or more? With more and more property coming onto the market, could we see a free fall in house prices? A free fall in first time buyers and mortgage approvals? How desperate will people be to sell property? I foresee bargains to be had by early 2009 with prices to continue to fall just to 2010 and levelling out until 2012/2014.

The value of money now increases as assetts start to plumett, average house prices falling, oil price falling, stocks falling and suddenly your £/$ suddenly becomes worth more and more…. just how long before it becomes a safe time to buy, as what you buy now could easily be purchasable a year later for 50% less.