PRESS RELEASE: Real Estate Agents Exposing Home Sellers to Unnessesary Risk

Australia, 15th December 2023 – Open Home Security poses a significant risk troubling the real estate industry; Security Checked releases the ultimate solution, providing fool-proof reassurance to every home seller that persons entering their home have undergone identity verification. Open Homes pose a substantial threat to home sellers. Currently, anyone can enter an Open Home by providing contact details. Disguised as potential buyers, opportunistic thieves using fake names and phone numbers can enter homes, looking to steal valuables or find the best way to break in later. Without a reliable way to check identities, homeowners are exposed to risk and harm.

As economic stress rises, opportunistic crime continues to grow. Homeowners looking to sell their property are targets. Addressing homeowner safety is critical. Also, insurance companies will not pay out when a burglar was invited into the home. Agents are liable for Open Home theft and damage.

“Security Checked” unveils the solution to this vulnerability by ensuring everyone entering an Open Home is exactly who they say they are. This fool-proof system benefits buyers as well as sellers. For a buyer, entering an open home is now a rapid and seamless process, no longer needing to reveal their contact details in front of strangers. Buyers can also track the properties they’ve viewed and provide contactless feedback to the agents.
Verification lasts 12 months and costs only $14.95; buyers upload 100 points of ID documentation. Once verified, you’ll receive your unique QR code. To obtain entry into any open house, simply present this code for agents to scan; that’s it.

Research shows that once home sellers are aware of the risk of Open Homes, they will rightly demand that agents deny access to unverified attendees. Security Checked fortifies client protection and is free for agents and property sellers. Security Checked is the new Professional Standard to keep everyone safe.

Merryl Johnson – “Being an independent woman who lives alone, I wasn’t comfortable with the thought of strangers in my home wandering around, so when my agent suggested we restrict entry to only allow buyers who have been Security Checked, it brought me an immediate sense of relief.”

Karen Fisher – “Attending Open Homes is now so easy; the agent scans my QR code off my phone, and that’s it. I hated calling out my name and phone number with strangers behind me. I understand that Security Checked was brought in to make homeowners safe, but as a buyer, I now feel safer, too!”

Bill Davies – “I’ve got a lot of valuable equipment that I can’t relocate for every viewing. Opting to limit entry to buyers who have been Security Checked was an obvious choice; if someone isn’t prepared to undergo verification, then I have no interest in them being in my home regardless.”

For more information, please visit www.securitychecked.com.au
Michael Coory – Media Enquiries. Security Checked Phone: +64 27 917 9000