“Only 22 per cent of the people who bought our properties in 2021 physically inspected the location or the physical building,” declares Johannes Weissenbaeck, founder and CEO of OXO Living, an Indonesiaheadquartered property and design company that develops and manages estates, villas and other luxurious homes around the world. Indeed, Weissenbaeck’s statement harks at the roots of a new beginning for realtors and prospective homeowners alike.
One of the first ways the real estate industry adapted when the Covid-19 pandemic halted travel was to step up its digital offerings. Tammy Fahmi, senior vice president of global servicing and strategy at Sotheby’s International Realty says that with consumers digesting most content on their mobile devices, including searching for a home, it was only a matter of time before such a move took hold. On their part, real estate firms put up “listings that possess high-quality images, but also ones that prioritise compelling video assets that best showcase the lifestyle of the home”, says Fahmi.
In the case of Graphite Square in central London’s Vauxhall district—located on the South Bank of the River Thames—it offered everything that new-normal buyers were looking to tick off their list. Acquired last year by Australian developer Third.i Group, this 279, 900 sq ft mixed-use development has notably sold 50 per cent of the units in its first phase to high-net-worth (HNW) Singaporean buyers.
This story is from the April - May 2022 edition of Tatler Homes Singapore.
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