How do buyers locate a property? The Victoria Real Estate Board surveys realtors after they sell a home, on how their buyers found the property they ended up buying. Not all the realtors respond to the survey, however, a good portion does.
Last year in 2022, 3071 sales were surveyed and this is the response of where the buyer found their property.
COUNT PERCENT
The buyer located the property on a REALTORS automated listing search service 1663 54.2%
A REALTOR located the property and informed the buyer 835 27.2%
Realtor.ca 297 9.7%
Your Personal Website 77 2.5%
OpenHousesVictoria.ca 10 0.3%
Other website 23 0.7%
Real Estate Sign 32 1.0%
Relative or Friend 49 1.6%
Classified Ad 2 0.1%
Other 54 1.8%
Don't Know 29 0.9%
Total Responses 3071 100.0%