Realtors read this article from you own industry, stating that Home Buyers found there home on the Internet 32% of the time. Up from only 11% just 5 years ago.

1. Did You Know: Where Home Buyers Found Their Home
April 10, 2009
By T.J. Doyle, Manager, Research Marketing and Communications
source: 2008 Home Buyer and Seller Profile
• With the growing number of sources of information about homes for sale, buyers have many
opportunities to find the home that they ultimately purchase.
• For example, 34 percent of recent buyers found the home they purchased through their real estate
agent, unchanged from 2007.
• An additional 32 percent of buyers found their home on the Internet, up from 29 percent in 2007
and 11 percent five years ago.
• Despite the increasing role of the Internet, 15 percent of buyers reported that they found the home
they purchased through a yard sign or open house sign.
• For a complete 2008 Home Buyer and Seller Profile - available free only for REALTOR® members
this year - click here.
This is one in a series of commentaries by the Research staff of the National Association of REALTORS®.