JB Goodwin Realtors  
Call (800) 531-5207 or (512) 502-7804 
customerservice@jbgoodwin.com 
Buy or Lease   Relocation   Sell a Home   Offices & Agents   Financing   RE Resources   Area Resources   Office Space

•100% Seller Satisfaction Guarantee

•24 Hour Cancellation

•Free Market Analysis

•Sold Properties

•Buyer Assisted Sales

•Five Reasons A Property Sells

•Remodel Or Sell?

•Dangers of Overpricing

•Staging Your Home For Sale

•How We Sell Your Home

•Where Do Home Buyers Get Information?

•Seller's Statement

•Seller's Statement Definitions

•General Real Estate Definitions

•Working With A JBGoodwin Agent

•Agency Options

•Benefits of Home Warranty Coverage

•USA Median Prices

Where Do Home Buyers Get Information?

Where did buyers find out about the homes they bought? Real Estate Agents top the list, followed by newspaper classified advertising and yard signs. Notice how the Internet also the tops the list.

Source 1995 1997 1999 2003 2006
Real Estate Agent 86% 82% 80% 86% 85%
Newspaper Advertisement 51% 51% 43% 49% 55%
Internet 2% 18% 37% 65% 80%
Yard Sign 37% 38% 36% 69% 63%
Home Book/Magazine 30% 34% 29% 35% *
Open House 41% 39% 28% 35% 47%
Friends/Neighbors 29% 24% 24%   8%
Builders 15% 9% 10% 37% 8%
Television 8% 6% 5%   *
Real Estate Phone Hotline 4% 4% 3%   *
Relocation Company 4% 4% 2% 14% *
Yellow Pages 1% 1% 1%   *
Knew the Seller 6% 6% 5% 22% *

 

*undetermined

The 2006 National Association of Realtors® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. NAR mailed an eight-page questionnaire in August 2006 to a national sample of 129,500 home buyers and sellers who purchased their homes between July 2005 and June 2006, according to county records. It generated 7,548 usable responses; the response rate was 6.3 percent. All information is characteristic of the 12-month period ending in June 2006.