More homebuyers begin their quest in cyberspace
Dennis and April Newton are members of the e-commerce generation.
When they decided it was time to buy a house, they searched for one on a Saturday evening on Coldwell Banker Real Estate Co.’s PittsburghMove.com Web site.
Finding a home on the Internet is common practice today, according to the National Association of Realtors. It claims 90 percent of today’s buyers — both repeat and first-time buyers — first shop on the Internet to locate a home.
Ten years ago, only 2 percent of home buyers used the Internet, said spokesman Walter Molony.
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