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Realtors:How do you find your buyers and sellers?

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Mortgage and Lending with REMN MO and KS licensed

How do you find your buyers and sellers?

There's much to learn from the 2010 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers.

 A snapshot of the findings from the 2010 report:

  • 83% of buyers used an agent to find the home that they bought. That number has increased steadily since 2001, when the figure was 69%.
  • 6% of buyers purchased directly from a builder, and 5% bought directly from an owner.
  • Not a lot of "agent shopping" takes place among buyers. 64% interviewed only one agent, 21% interviewed two.
  • 48% of buyers chose to work with an agent who was referred to them by a friend, neighbor, or relative (or an agent who was a friend, neighbor, or relative). 9% of buyers chose to work with someone with whom they had previously bought or sold a home. The rest of the sources are widely varied - for example, 6% of buyers made contact with their agent as a result of the agent's name being on a "for sale" sign.

Wendy McDermott

Stonegate Mortgage

Licensed for home lending in KS, GA and MO

Conventional, FHA, USDA, VA and rehab loans (investor, and/or primary residence)

913-890-4440

wmcdermott@stonegatemtg.com

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