Edit: not sure why I’m being downvoted? It’s true. It lowers the value. Downvoting factual statements isn’t a good look for the community guys… Idk by how much it’ll lower the value, but prospective buyers/realtors may look for homes on google maps, and if it’s bkurred then they’ll skip over it. Less buyers interested in the home = less offers = lower value. It’s pretty simple.
It also draws attention and could make you a target. Like, I disdain the whole “what do you have to hide” fallacy, but that’s the impression that’d be broadcast to anyone who sees your place on streetview if you were to blur it out.
If you’re selling your house, the real estate agent will take photos of the house from every angle, the only reason to be on street view is to look at the rest of the neighborhood.
I don’t believe it would lower the value of the property by any significant amount.
In a country where housing is being sold at 150%+ of asking price this is completely irrelevant. So many paper millionaires are one step away from homelessness because property values are out of control.
Don’t do it. It lowers your property value.
Edit: not sure why I’m being downvoted? It’s true. It lowers the value. Downvoting factual statements isn’t a good look for the community guys… Idk by how much it’ll lower the value, but prospective buyers/realtors may look for homes on google maps, and if it’s bkurred then they’ll skip over it. Less buyers interested in the home = less offers = lower value. It’s pretty simple.
It also draws attention and could make you a target. Like, I disdain the whole “what do you have to hide” fallacy, but that’s the impression that’d be broadcast to anyone who sees your place on streetview if you were to blur it out.
This is the first one I thought of, someone who may not even be interested in your property will look at that, and wonder what you’re hiding.
Then they get to my house and go " Ohhhh a shitty looking house, that’s what you were hiding"
Houses are meant for living. Fuck property value.
If you’re selling your house, the real estate agent will take photos of the house from every angle, the only reason to be on street view is to look at the rest of the neighborhood.
I don’t believe it would lower the value of the property by any significant amount.
In a country where housing is being sold at 150%+ of asking price this is completely irrelevant. So many paper millionaires are one step away from homelessness because property values are out of control.
Don’t see how this is relevant to my answer. Any homeowner with half a brain wouldn’t voluntarily lower the value of their home.