Without a broker, home buyers and sellers find limited success on the Web
When the Internet came into households across the land, it revolutionized the way people bought plane tickets, stealing business from bookers. It gave investors the power to trade stocks without stock brokers. As more and more real estate information came online, professionals in the field feared they’d share the same fate. ut after a while, recognizing the complexities of the home-purchase process, the profession took comfort in knowing that consumers wouldn’t be able to take real estate as lightly as purchasing an airline ticket or booking a hotel room, said Marnie Blanco, a technology-services executive with Re/Max International. “A home purchase can be an emotional purchase for you,” she said. Selling a home on your own can also be emotional and time consuming. What the Internet does is educate consumers about what’s out there, preparing them for the real estate road ahead of them. he National Association of Realtors, the industry’s trade group, estimates 77% of home buyers used the Internet to search for a home in 2005. A decade ago, only 2% did so.
search for : real estate, National Association of Realtors














