According to Compete, monthly visits to third party real estate sites Trulia & Zillow have been trending down since about August 2008 — monthly visitors to Trulia are down 21% and Zillow 7% over the past month. (note: compared to the same month last year, Zillow, however, shows a 48.4% increase, to Trulia’s 25.6%)
This decreased visitor traffic seems to be in keeping with Trulia’s recent Grinch, aka Harris, poll, which claimed “70 percent of non-homeowners surveyed say they have no plans to purchase a new home in the next year” and a whopping “92 percent of homeowners say they plan on just staying put over the next 12 months.” (Survey also said nearly half of 18-34 year olds say it’s too costly to buy.)
With the Grinch having stole Christmas from Realtors, perhaps it’s time for a sale on featured real estate listings and agent ads.
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