[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$febw8nm2np582":3,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":38,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":42},{"item":4,"previous":26,"next":32},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":9,"isInfographic":14,"categories":15,"isVideo":14,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":24,"updatedAt":25},1120,"why-should-you-use-a-professional-to-sell-your-home","Why Should You Use A Professional to Sell Your Home?","When homeowners decide to sell their houses, they obviously want to get the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2018\u002F02\u002F20\u002F2-ways-to-get-the-most-money-from-the-sale-of-your-home\u002F\">best possible price\u003C\u002Fa> for their home with the least amount of hassles along the way. However, for the vast majority of sellers, the most important result is actually getting their homes sold.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F22154422\u002F20180703-Share-STM.jpg","When homeowners decide to sell their houses, they obviously want to get the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2018\u002F02\u002F20\u002F2-ways-to-get-the-most-money-from-the-sale-of-your-home\u002F\">best possible price\u003C\u002Fa> for their home with the least amount of hassles along the way. However, for the vast majority of sellers, the most important result is actually getting their homes sold.\u003C!--more-->\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 a buyer’s behavior during the home buying process. According to the \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors’ \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nar.realtor\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fdocuments\u002F2018-home-buyers-and-sellers-generational-trends-03-14-2018.pdf\">2018 Home Buyer & Seller Generational Trends Report\u003C\u002Fa>,\u003C\u002Fem> the first step that \u003Cem>“42% of recent buyers took in the home buying process was to look online at properties for sale.”\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\nHowever, the report also revealed that\u003Cstrong> 94% of buyers who used the internet when searching for homes ultimately purchased their homes through either a real estate agent\u002Fbroker or from a builder or builder’s agent\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Only 2% of buyers purchased their homes directly from a seller whom they didn’t know.\r\n\r\nBuyers search for a home online but then depend on an agent to find the home they will buy (52%), to negotiate the terms of the sale (47%) & price (38%), or to help understand the process (60%).\r\n\r\nThe plethora of information now available has resulted in an increase in the percentage of buyers who reach out to real estate professionals to \u003Cstrong>“connect the dots.”\u003C\u002Fstrong> This is obvious, as the percentage of overall buyers who have used agents to buy their homes has steadily increased from 69% in 2001.\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nIf you are thinking of selling your home, don’t underestimate the role a real estate professional can play in the process.","\r\nIf you are thinking of selling your home, don’t underestimate the role a real estate professional can play in the process.",false,[16,20],{"id":17,"name":18,"slug":19},6,"For Sellers","sellers",{"id":21,"name":22,"slug":23},38,"Move-Up","move-up","2018-07-03T10:00:26Z","2018-06-25T19:15:38Z",{"id":27,"slug":28,"title":29,"featuredImage":30,"publishedAt":31,"contentType":10,"isVideo":14},1119,"buying-this-summer-be-prepared-for-bidding-wars","Buying This Summer? 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