(RLGR Editor’s note: This report refutes More homebuyers don’t use real estate agents–is it the millennials? published last week.)
House hunters are increasingly turning to the Internet for their home search, but they still say they need a real estate agent’s expertise, according to the National Association of REALTORS® Real Estate in a Digital Age report.
Forty percent of buyers surveyed said they looked for properties online as the first step in their house hunt (up from 36 percent in 2010), according to NAR. But 88 percent of buyers last year purchased their home with the assistance of a real estate agent, up from 83 percent in 2010.