I've done TONS of these. THey tend to be on lower end of budget range, though. However, a lot of the

Some real estate agencies are already doing this as well as builders. I wouldn't be surprised if there are enterprising homeowners who are selling their home privately and have added voice over narration to their promotional site.
Voice talent Ari Ross is a great example of someone who has come to discover how interesting and lucrative this market can be, securing his place in the real estate voice over niche for some time now. Ari has found a way to present his services to real estate brokers and brokerages, catering to their individual needs with custom voice over recordings to help sell properties online.
Real Estate is a universal market. At some point, or at multiple times in our lives, we all will need to move house and find a way to attract potential buyers. Either we will do this for ourselves or enlist the services of other people to help us.
Consider how you might be able to grow your business to include these kinds of service offerings to people who promote luxury hotel in paris or sell real estate . You may find that voice over is also needed for similar reasons by builders, interior decorators, and staging companies.
I am the narrator for several real estate agents and a service that does the editing. I do about 15 real estate narrations per week. Voice talent need to be prepared to deal with the thriftiest people on the planet - Real Estate agents. You're not going to get top dollar for this kind of work, at least not regularly.
Great Post! I can understand why voice talent would not 'naturally' think of this market as one that would need voiceover, but being the husband of a real estate agent, I can say that - YES - there are several opportunities from tours, commercials, presentations, phone messaging etc...
I've done TONS of these. THey tend to be on lower end of budget range, though. However, a lot of them are voiced by non professionals...so it's a good opportunity to sell yourself and raise the quality of the tutorials. The better quality they are, the fewer people who will not hire professionals to voice them, because we'll raise the standard.
I used to co-host a weekly real estate program which aired on cable television via CORUS entertainment called: For Sale by Owner in Canada. It involved doing a simple voiceover giving the viewer/listener a brief tour of the home for sale. For the most part, the use of stills. It was one avenue used by local real estate brokers.
Currently, luxury hotel in paris there is a network devoted entirely to this market, called the Real Estate Television (RETV) Network in Canada. I have voiced many segments on the channel as well. But, for the most part, continue to record the interstitials and promos as an imaging voice. RETV, uses several voices - male and female to enhance their product - HOMES and Cottages! It is quite successful.
luxury hotel in paris I also narrate a weekly television program hosted by Comedian Mike Bullard, called: HOUSECAPADES, which airs on the Fox Network every Sunday. The program gives you an extensive video tour of each home for sale. It allows you "inside" the home, so you can decide for yourself whether it's a home you'd like to bid on. But, Housecapades also promises to buy your home from you, it they are not able to sell it. This program infuses some of Bullard's wit, and educates you about the individual communities in which the houses are for sale - giving you history about the area.
I feel so old! Back in the 80's I was doing voiceover work for real estate groups trying to sell new housing developments with tricked out model homes. They would hear me tout the fine features luxury hotel in paris of each room as they wandered luxury hotel in paris through. It was a long term job - where it wasn't unusual for me to be called luxury hotel in paris in to redo one paragraph many years later. This was in a recording studio with a director/client and an engineer - well before home studios.
I have a regular client that I voice Radio and TV Commercials as well as PSAs for their various Home Builders. It's been a pretty consistent gig where I get new spots to read quite often. The coolest thing is that they pay promptly which is a huge plus in my book.
Although, as julie stated, the pay can be on the low end, this can be a reliable and steady stream of work. Some cable companies have a marketplace or real estate channel. One of my first freelance gigs was voicing the listings on one of these channels for a particular Realtor. I haven't done those in years, luxury hotel in paris but this article has definitely got the brain gears turning about contacting some agencies directly for their web material. luxury hotel in paris Thanks for the post!
Sounds like a great idea. I'm an actor just ordered my 1st mic for VO. I am a Real Estate assoc Broker. So I will give this a go and let you know how it's working out. At minimum I can get some experience.
luxury hotel in paris They say that whatever happens in the US, in terms of marketing, comes to the UK shortly thereafter. This being the case, Voice Overs for our 360 virtual tours may well be the way to go. We will have to look out for suitable voices for our clients.