North Shore Smart Home for the Holidays Giveaway!
Beverly, MA - Press Release - Monday, December 5, 2016
Jonathan Davis, Realtor® affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Beverly, MA along with preferred installation sponsor Smart Home Tech LLC are taking the lead in Smart Home technology here on the North Shore. One of the ways the two are sharing their cutting-edge expertise is through the North Shore Smart Home for the Holidays Giveaway campaign.
Starting on Tuesday December 6th, for three consecutive weeks Jonathan Davis, Realtor® and Smart Home Tech LLC will be giving away a new Smart Home product which will be installed free of charge for you at a mutually agreed upon time. They will announce the product every Tuesday (12/6/16, 12/13/16 and 12/20/16) on https://www.facebook.com/SmartHomeTechLLC/. The winner will be drawn and notified the Thursday following the product announcement (12/8/16, 12/15/16, 12/22/16 respectively) between 10:00am – 12:00pm. To be eligible the winner must be a MA resident with an address North of Boston and East of Route 93 who owns the property in which the device will be installed. If you are eligible you are encouraged to like or share the product announcement post that is made each Tuesday. All FB users who have liked or shared the product announcement post by 9:30am on the respective Thursday will be included in the random drawing.
Back in July Coldwell Banker and CNET joined to produce the first ever definition of "Smart Home". “Smart Home technology has arrived and is changing the way we live our lives,” says Jonathan Davis, Realtor®. “As demand grows for connected home products the term “Smart Home” is no longer a buzzword. In 2014 Smart Home was a $74 billion industry - that is projected to grow to nearly $400 billion by 2020. The emotional connection we have with our homes is transforming based on these products. 44% of home buyers who desire move in ready properties expect Smart Home technology, and that number will continue to grow. I am excited to use my Smart Home Certification knowledge to lead this transformation on the North Shore.”
A recent survey* conducted by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and Parks Associates revealed 57 percent of respondents would consider an older home “updated” if it had smart home technology.
So, who wants to buy a Smart Home?
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61% of Millennials
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52% of Gen Xers
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50% of Boomers
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59% of parents
According to the Coldwell Banker Smart Home Marketplace Survey**, the smart home is going mainstream fast - and the technology is addicting.
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Almost half (45 percent) of all Americans either own smart home technology or planned to invest in it in 2016.
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Of people who do not currently have smart home technology, more than one in four (27 percent) said they will incorporate it into their lives in 2016.
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Of people who either have smart home technology or planned to buy it in 2016, more than one in three (36 percent) don't consider themselves early adopters of technology.
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70 percent of people with smart home technology said buying their first smart home product made them more likely to buy another one.
Home buyers are most attracted to smart security and temperature.
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When asked about the types of pre-installed smart home technology that would be most appealing if they were buying a home, most Americans said smart security (58 percent) and temperature (56 percent).
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The least popular types of smart home technology to home buyers are smart appliances (e.g., smart refrigerators, washers and dryers (34 percent) and entertainment (29 percent).