Virtual Reality: Auctioneers’ new world in time of coronavirus

As Covid-19 plays havoc with almost every aspect of life, auctioneers have joined those forced into creative thinking to save their business, writes Catherine Shanahan

Auctioneers have had to join the legions forced into creative thinking to save their business, while all the time hoping that this pandemic is shortlived and not a shock of the magnitude that caused the property market to crash in 2008. File picture.

Right about now the property market should be heating up nicely with the arrival of the auctioneer’s favourite season.

Ordinarily, springtime means extended daylight hours, ergo more viewings. Prospective buyers, not yet distracted by summer holidays, seize the opportunity to suss out potential homes when natural light levels are good, making it easier to determine if the package on offer tallies with what it says in the brochure.