Home Buying and Real Estate Professionals
*Eighty-seven percent of buyers recently purchased their
home through a real estate agent or broker, and six percent
purchased directly from a builder or builder’s agent.
* Having an agent to help them find the right home was what
buyers wanted most when choosing an agent at 52 percent.
* Forty-one percent of buyers used an agent that was referred
to them by a friend, neighbor, or relative and 12 percent used
an agent that they had worked with in the past to buy or sell
a home.
* Sixty-eight percent of buyers interviewed only one real
estate agent during their home search.
* Ninety percent of buyers would use their agent again or
recommend their agent to others.