154392 Resource 78724 78558 162077 1167422719773 1204396836697 Controlled Where Real estate Buyers come from; where they start their home search

Sources of where buyers first learned about property

<p /><p><img class="reflect" height="375" alt="Breckenridge colorado, frisco, real estate, buyers, rescource" hspace="0" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/330341130_0160fffadc.jpg?v=0" width="500" onload="function anonymous() { function anonymous() { function anonymous() { show_notes_initially(); } } }" border="0" /></p><p>According to the National Association of Realtors, buyers first learned about the home they purchased through the following sources:</p><p>41% through a Real Estate Broker</p><p>16% via a Yard Sign</p><p>11% Internet</p><p>11% Other</p><p>7% Friend or relative</p><p>7% Newspaper or Magazine</p><p>7% Builders</p><p>However, 71% of all home buyers used the Internet during their home search ( up from 41% in 2001), but only 11% first learned about the home they purchased on the Internet.</p><p>90% of Internet searchers used a real estate broker to assist them in their transaction.</p><p>47% of buyers and 62% of sellers responded that reputation was the most important factor in choosing a broker.</p><p>The information contained herein is deemed to be reliable, but is not guaranteed.&nbsp; Statistics are based on a NAR questionnaire of 45K consumers nationwide.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Blog by Jason Brewer</span></font></p> 10 application/xml false broker Buyers homebuyers internet realtors reputation sellers Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 jbrewer 66.198.200.154 false true false false true 205866 false false true false false false true 78724 blog blogsite/SnowHome/web