[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f3b5vninpb1ewy":3,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":32,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":36},{"item":4,"previous":22,"next":27},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":12,"bodyImage":13,"isInfographic":14,"categories":15,"isVideo":14,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":20,"updatedAt":21},99,"the-importance-of-using-an-agent-when-selling-your-home","The Importance of Using an Agent when Selling Your Home","\r\n\r\nWhen a homeowner decides to sell their house, they obviously want the best possible price with the least amount of hassles. However, for the vast majority of sellers, the most important result is to actually get the home sold.\r\n\r\nIn order to acco...","","blog","https:\u002F\u002F\u002F","\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32055\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2014\u002F07\u002F8.4-real-estate-internet.jpg\" alt=\"The Importance of Using an Agent when Selling Your Home | Keeping Current Matters\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \u002F>\r\n\r\nWhen a homeowner decides to sell their house, they obviously want the best possible price with the least amount of hassles. However, for the vast majority of sellers, the most important result is to \u003Cem>actually get the home sold\u003C\u002Fem>.\r\n\r\nIn order to accomplish all three goals, a seller should realize the importance of using a real estate professional. We realize that technology has changed the purchaser’s behavior during the home buying process. Today, 92% of all buyers use the internet in their home search according to the \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors’\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.realtor.org\u002Freports\u002Fhighlights-from-the-2013-profile-of-home-buyers-and-sellers\">2013 Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n\r\nHowever, the report also revealed that 96% percent of buyers that used the internet when searching for a home purchased their home through either a real estate agent\u002Fbroker or from a builder or builder’s agent. Only 2% purchased their home directly from a seller whom the buyer didn’t know. Buyers search for a home online but then depend on the agent to find the actual home they will buy (52%) or to help them handle the paperwork (24%) or understand the process (24%).\r\n\r\nIt is true that the percentage of buyers that are using the internet to search for homes and information on the home buying process has increased dramatically over the last decade. 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