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The Internet's Influence For Home Buyers

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Just what we want to hear - bad news about the housing market, but this time online. Turns out online searches didn’t have as significant impact on homebuying or renting decisions as we may have hoped. That doesn’t necessarily mean real estate sites should pull back their budgets though.

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<p>I’ve been following the real estate industry in both my job and in regular life. During the day I work with clients, including real estate pros, on their search engine optimization. I follow mostly sour news about the housing market. And I recently hired a Realtor to help me sell my condo.</p>
<p>The good news is my condo is under contract in less than two weeks (so I’m feeling particularly optimistic after dreading a possible 6-9 month wait). And a <a href=guest post on Marketing Pilgrim gave me some new ideas for my clients - including introducing me to a social network for real estate. Thank you Joe Hall.

Next up, Hitwise data on specific real estate sites and brands people are visiting online.

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