While the vast majority of homebuyers rely on the Internet at
some point during their home searches, luxury homebuyers can be at a disadvantage when it comes to finding properties online.
According to the analysis, buyers used specific online tools at different
points during their home search process.
Not exact matches
During one visit by the Carters to Denver, where we lived at the time, Bob and I spent an exciting day looking at the spectacular geology along the Front Range of the Rockies but on the drive
home we were stopped by the county sheriff amidst a flurry of sirens and flashing lights, ordered out at gun
point and told to stand at the back of the car with our arms raised high while they
searched the vehicle.
Research by the US National Association of Realtors (NAR) reveals that 90 % of
home buyers
search online at some
point during their
home buying process, and 100 % use the internet to research a specific
home once the choice is down to one or two.
Ninety - five percent of all recent buyers used the internet at some
point in their
home search — and buyers now may be visiting your website
during theirs.
More than half of homebuyers who purchased approximately 5.5 million existing
homes in 2016 attended an open house at some
point during their
search, according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors (Real Estate in a Digital Age, 2017).
Most importantly, Realtor.com allows you to save the listing, which is crucial
during a
home search and is something that Trulia does not have yet (but promises at some
point).