Real Estate Web Searches Climb 253% in Four Years as 90% of Homebuyers Use Internet as Primary Research
Home-shopping consumers are not only exponentially increasing their reliance on the Internet but are also developing distinct patterns for using it in their housing searches. Google and the National Association of Realtors® recently completed a joint study on how and how much prospective buyers use the various digital options, publishing the results in The Digital House Hunt: Consumer and Market Trends in Real Estate. That shopping is no longer about showing up in a store or a broker's office... Ref. Source 5
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Comments: It could be that people are looking for deals before prices start rising again or in fact before they rise too high. All this time some of us have been saving for the right time to buy property.
If I were interested in buying a home I would use the web only to give me ideas about what the market value for homes are in the area I'm interested. If I'm going to buy I prefer to go through a known real estate company.
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There is another part to real estate web searches that work - Ebay. Of course you have to take the same precautions as you would in any real estate deal but for sure you can get some great deals if you're looking to invest.
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