{"title":"Real estate 4.0 – Experiences from the rural","authors":"Niamh McHugh","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103457","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores the concept of Real Estate 4.0 and how this latest phase of technological advancement is being experienced in rural areas through the medium of digital marketing. In particular, it draws upon the experiences of Estate Agents and how through adopting the latest digital marketing technologies, they can specifically target certain audiences as well as influence the perception of the rural through drawing upon popularised notions of this space, such as the rural idyll.</div><div>Real Estate 4.0 builds upon the wider industrial developments occurring across the economy, known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, and is characterised by the central role of consumer (Schmitt 2017; Morrar et al. 2017). Taken from a sample of 13 Estate Agencies, which varied in their operational structure and location, this paper examines the latest digital marketing practices being used by estate agents today in the sale of real estate, with reference to three villages in the UK, Great Missenden, Ombersley and Caldbeck. In doing so, it provides much needed research into the different digital marketing practices being used by Estate Agents and contributes towards understandings of how these technologies are being experienced in rural areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 103457"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Rural Studies","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016724002614","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper explores the concept of Real Estate 4.0 and how this latest phase of technological advancement is being experienced in rural areas through the medium of digital marketing. In particular, it draws upon the experiences of Estate Agents and how through adopting the latest digital marketing technologies, they can specifically target certain audiences as well as influence the perception of the rural through drawing upon popularised notions of this space, such as the rural idyll.
Real Estate 4.0 builds upon the wider industrial developments occurring across the economy, known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, and is characterised by the central role of consumer (Schmitt 2017; Morrar et al. 2017). Taken from a sample of 13 Estate Agencies, which varied in their operational structure and location, this paper examines the latest digital marketing practices being used by estate agents today in the sale of real estate, with reference to three villages in the UK, Great Missenden, Ombersley and Caldbeck. In doing so, it provides much needed research into the different digital marketing practices being used by Estate Agents and contributes towards understandings of how these technologies are being experienced in rural areas.
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The Journal of Rural Studies publishes research articles relating to such rural issues as society, demography, housing, employment, transport, services, land-use, recreation, agriculture and conservation. The focus is on those areas encompassing extensive land-use, with small-scale and diffuse settlement patterns and communities linked into the surrounding landscape and milieux. Particular emphasis will be given to aspects of planning policy and management. The journal is international and interdisciplinary in scope and content.