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HAR REIS - Spencer Rascoff - Internet Consumer - March2010
HAR REIS - Spencer Rascoff - Internet Consumer - March2010
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Information Overload? No such thing.
Buyers routinely accessing information
including:
Historical asking prices
Days on market
AVMs
Mortgage amount of seller
Purchase price paid by seller
Valuations on nearby homes
Comps
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iPhone is the new platform
75 million iphone and itouch
handsets sold golbally so far
8.7M last quarter
Mobile is a killer scenario
~1M downloads in 10
months
#1 RE App
2M homes viewed per
month
GPS, pan & zoom
Values on all homes
80M+ homes
4M+ listings
50K rentals
Millions of solds
Saved searches, saved
favs, share on fb & twitter,
push notifications
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Zillow Android App
The Internet Buyer
84% of buyers.
They’re using Realtor.com and Zillow, and
top local brokerage sites (and yes Bob,
sometimes MLS sites)
looking for listings and agents.
They do a lot for themselves,
and expect a lot from agents, including
instant responses.
And they use mobile devices.
What should agents & brokers
do about it?
Syndicate listings
Meet internet clients’ needs
Sharpen your game
Fish (& spend) where the fish are
Listings Syndication
10 hours, 16 minutes
Remember expectations? 56% within 30 minutes!
Source: WAV Group “The Consumer Online Real Estate Search Experience” March 2009
Sharpen your game