Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
We understand the power that the Internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you. These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns.
In general, we gather information about all of our users collectively. We only use such information anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you.
Email Links
This site provides an email address link located on the Contact Us page so that you may email us directly with any questions or comments you may have. This site reads all messages received and makes efforts to respond promptly.
In addition to replying to your comment or inquiry, we may also file your email for future reference regarding improvements to our website or discard the information. Your personal information is not shared, traded, sold, or exchanged with any third parties without your express permission.
Information Collection and Use
This site is the sole owner of the information collected. We will not sell, share, trade, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
This site collects information from our users at several different points on our website. We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
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Since this site is a real estate site, we give you the option of requesting free real estate information about real estate properties. Your personal information is stored on our secure database.
We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
Personal Information
This site functionality requires or requests users to give us contact information, such as their email address, and personal information, such as their names, addresses, phone numbers, and property details.
The visitor’s contact and personal information is used to contact the visitor when necessary and requested, but is primarily used to collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
We do not disclose information about your individual visits to this site, or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe the law requires it.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or comply with a legal process served on our website.
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Users of this site have the option to unsubscribe from our mailing list directly through their accounts. To opt out, please navigate to the Subscription Settings located under My Account.
By disabling the email or SMS notification toggle, you’ll cease to receive notifications associated with the selected options.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. These sites have their own policies and practices with respect to online privacy, and this site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of these websites.
In addition, in certain instances, this site’s advertisers may ask you for personal information. This site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of its advertisers.
Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us. For example, we impose strict rules on our employees who have access either to the databases that store user information, or to the servers that host our services.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, or alteration to data will not occur, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Notification of Changes
This policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the website. We’ll post those changes so that you’ll always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we’ll disclose it to anyone.
Please check this site for information about revisions to our privacy policy. We’ll notify you directly if there is a material change in our privacy practices.
We’ll take commercially reasonable measures to obtain written or active email consent from the user if this site is going to use the information collected from the user in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection. We’ll also post the changes in our privacy statement 10 days prior to a change.
Cookies
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Google Analytics
This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities, including, but not limited to, page views, source, and time spent on websites. The information is depersonalized and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals.
This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics, we can see what content is popular on our website, and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.
Google AdWords
Using Google AdWords code, we’re able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. This allows us to make better use of our paid search budget.
Removal of and Access to Personal Information
We’ll accommodate the deletion of any personal information as soon as reasonably possible.
Should you wish to request erasure of personal data, please submit a written request to Macedo Real Estate Group, addressed to the address listed below. Each request will be validated, and you’ll be required to provide some personal information for security reasons.
Please note that Macedo Real Estate Group has the right to deny a request and provide an explanation as to why each request was denied.
Macedo Real Estate Group
www.MacedoRealEstateGroup.com
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6M0A6
Canada
[email protected]
416-535-5000
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please send us an email, and we’ll be pleased to assist.
Royal LePage® Supreme Realty, Brokerage
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6N 0A6
Call 416-535-8000
Text 647-931-5151
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The Listing Photograph Sequence: Why the Order of Your Photos Matters
The first photo is a decision point
When a buyer scrolls through listings on a portal or an app, they see one photograph before they see anything else. That first image determines whether they stop or keep scrolling. It is not the place for a detail shot of your kitchen backsplash. It is the place for the single strongest exterior photograph of the property, taken in good light, showing the full front elevation.
If your home does not have strong curb appeal, the first photo might be the best interior shot instead, usually the main living space. The principle is the same either way. Lead with the thing that makes someone want to see more.
The first five photos tell the story
Research from the National Association of REALTORS in the United States has consistently shown that buyers form their initial impression of a listing from the photographs, and that the first several images carry disproportionate weight. While the study is American, the behaviour is the same in Canada. Buyers scroll quickly. They do not give every photo equal attention.
A strong first five typically runs like this. The exterior front. The main living area. The kitchen. The primary bedroom. And then either the back garden or a second living space. That sequence answers the buyer's first five questions: what does it look like from the street, is the living space open, is the kitchen updated, where will I sleep, and is there outdoor space.
If your home's strongest feature is something else, a renovated basement, a view, a pool, then that feature should break into the first five. The sequence should always lead with what sells, not what comes first as you walk through the front door.
What to push to the end
Bathrooms, utility rooms, garages, and secondary bedrooms are important but they rarely make someone book a showing. They confirm a decision that was already forming. Put them in the listing, because completeness matters, but do not lead with them.
Shots of hallways, staircases, and empty rooms without context add nothing. A photograph of a blank hallway wall tells the buyer you ran out of things to photograph. It is better to have twenty strong images than thirty that include filler.
Angles and light matter more than equipment
Professional listing photography is standard in most price ranges across the GTA, and it is worth every dollar. But even with a professional photographer, the agent needs to direct the shoot. That means deciding which rooms to photograph, from which angle, and at what time of day.
A kitchen shot from the doorway looking in captures the whole space. The same kitchen shot from the corner looking at the sink captures half of it. The west-facing living room looks warm and inviting at four in the afternoon and flat and grey at nine in the morning. These decisions are not the photographer's to make alone. Your agent should be on site, directing the sequence, and reviewing the images before they go live.
Virtual tours and floor plans
A virtual tour is not a substitute for strong still photographs. It is an addition. Buyers who are relocating, or who are comparing a long list of properties before narrowing down their showings, use virtual tours to eliminate homes that do not fit. That is valuable. But the still photographs are what draw them in.
Floor plans serve a different purpose entirely. They answer the question a photograph cannot: how does this space connect to that space? A buyer looking at a photograph of the kitchen cannot tell whether the dining room is around the corner or down a hallway. A floor plan makes that clear in a second. If your listing does not include one, you are asking buyers to guess, and many will not bother.
The cost of getting this wrong
A poorly sequenced listing does not announce itself. The home simply gets fewer clicks, fewer showings, and sits longer. The seller does not see the cause, only the effect. And by the time the feedback arrives, two or three weeks have passed, the listing is stale, and a price reduction feels like the only lever left.
Before that happens, look at the listing with fresh eyes. Open it on your phone, the way most buyers will see it. Scroll through the first five photos and ask yourself: would I book a showing? If the answer is no, the sequence needs reworking before the price does.
If you want a second opinion on how your listing presents, call me at 416-560-4983.
