Home Selling and Real Estate Professionals
- • Sixty-eight percent of sellers found their agent through a referral from a friend, neighbor, or relative or used an agent they had worked with before to buy or sell a home.
- • Eighty-two percent of recent sellers contacted only one agent before finding the right agent they worked with to sell their home.
- • Fifty-three percent of sellers used the same agent to purchase a home, as sell their home. A share which rises to 85 percent for sellers who purchased a new home within 10 miles.
- • Eighty-nine percent of sellers listed their homes on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), which is the number one source for sellers to list their home.
- • Seventy-six percent of sellers reported that they provided the agent’s compensation.
- • The typical seller has recommended their agent twice since selling their home. Twenty-seven percent of sellers recommended their agent four or more times since selling their home.
- • Eighty-nine percent said that they would definitely (74 percent) or probably (15 percent) recommend their agent for future services.
National Association of REALTORS® |
2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers