Home > Blogs > Robyn Jones > Robyn Jones's Blog bookmark_border National Association of Realtors Profile of Buyers and Sellers By Robyn Jones Real Estate Agent with Robyn Jones Homes October 04, 2008 08:24 AM NAR 2007 Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers First Step Taken by Home Buyers During the Home Buying Process Buyers Looked online for properties for sale 32% Contacted a real estate agent 20% Talked with a friend or relative about home buying process 9% Visited open houses 7% Looked in newspapers, magazines, or home buying guides 5% Drove-by homes/neighborhoods 1% Information Sources Used in Home Search 1995 2003 2004 2005 2007 Very Useful Real Estate Agent 86% 86% 90% 90% 84% 70% Internet 2% 65% 74% 77% 84% 78% Yard Sign 37% 69% 74% 71% 59% 29% Open House 41% 48% 51% 51% 48% 24% Newspaper Advertisement 51% 49% 53% 50% 50% 17% Home Book or Magazine 30% 35% 40% 38% 31% 11% Home Builder 15% 37% 37% 36% 24% 12% Television 8% 22% 26% 25% 9% 2% Where Buyer Found the Home They Purchased 1997 2003 2004 2005 2007 Real Estate Agent 50% 41% 38% 36% 34% Internet 2% 11% 15% 24% 29% Yard sign/open house sign 17% 16% 16% 15% 14% Home builder or their agent 3% 7% 7% 7% 8% Friend, relative or neighbor 9% 7% 7% 7% 8% Print newspaper or advertisement 8% 7% 5% 5% 3% Directly from sellers/Knew the sellers 4% 4% 5% 3% 3% Home book or magazine 3% 1% 2% 1% 1% Method of Home Purchase, By Use of Internet Used Internet to Search Did Not Use Internet to Search Through a real estate agent/broker 82% 65% Directly from builder or builder's agent 10% 19% Directly from previous owner whom buyer didn't know 6% 13% Web Sites Used in Home Search Multiple Listing Services (MLS) Web site 54% REALTOR.com 49% Real estate company Web site 44% Real estate agent Web site 40% For-sale-by-owner (FSBO) Web site 20% Newspaper Web site 12% Like favorite_border favorite_border 0 Re-Blog repeat 0 Share: bookmark_border Short link: https://activerain.com/droplet/8xDv Copy Location: Texas Tags: realtor home buyers home sellers houston katy richmond sugar land cypress missouri city
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