By Trey Garrison | HousingWire
A survey commissioned by online brokerage Redfin of 2,134 Americans finds one in five buyers made an offer on a home without having visited it in person.
In fact, some 17% of buyers bought a home without an agent’s help, a significantly higher portion than is cited in the most widely accepted report on this figure.
And more than one-third of buyers who worked with a traditional agent received a refund or other form of commission savings from their agent.