2006-11-01 18:00:27 · 8 answers · asked by klay43701 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Not really. Advertising online is MUCH more effective. The NAR put out a study in 2005 saying that the use of the Internet to search for a home has risen from 2% in 1995 to 77% in 2005 and agents with websites has increased 129% over the past 5 years. It also said that In terms of lead generation, only referrals and repeat clients rank above the Internet as the most effective methods of gaining new business.
Unfortunately the real estate industry is a little bit behind in marketing themselves online, so having a website that displays the MLS data with an integrated IDX feed is probably your best bet to beat the competition. Especially since most of the real estate being sold is being done so by the newly established realtors who have mastered online marketing.
Some good website design companies are http://www.bayshoresolutions.com or http://www.13avenue.com
But the real kicker is being able to display MLS listings on your site and integrate search tools using an IDX feed. IDX Broker is definitely a superior product: http://www.idxbroker.com
Good luck!
2006-11-03 11:42:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the most recent NAR Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers (and personal experience), newspaper advertising is amongst the lease effective forms of real estate advertising (someting like 5% of buyers come from internet ads, while 36% come from cooperating brokers and 24% come from internet advertising.
2006-11-02 03:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by bigpuppax 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 04:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by sashi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think it doesn't. It is ego satisfying to see your name listed in the paper and helps to justify your compensation. Overall, I think that pricing your listings right is what will get your listings sold in a changing market like we are in today. As they say, there are three important things that will determine the sale: 1)Location; 2)Condition; 3)Price.
2006-11-01 18:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on your location and the newspapers targeted readers. Big eye catching adds are costly. That is why we prefer to use the internet. It allows people from everywhere to easily find your home for sale.
2006-11-01 19:07:39 · answer #5 · answered by John W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are listing in the paper because they will list online good idea. If you are listing in the paper to get buyers bad idea -- savvy buyers will most likely look online not in the paper.
2006-11-05 02:59:41 · answer #6 · answered by chocokide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that ad was for selling the house?
It's for picking up buyers silly.
2006-11-01 18:50:41 · answer #7 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It gets leads of people that are looking to buy.
2006-11-01 18:01:52 · answer #8 · answered by misskenjr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋