Buyers anybody?

**agentforhire** · 09-07-2010, 08:48 PM

I am not one to sit around and complain about the real estate market, but is my area the only one that is really, really slow? For the past two years I have had several listings and buyers. No problem at all finding business. Now that the tax credit expired I can't get any buyers. I have 12 good listing and none of them have shown in about a week.

I get 95% of my buyers through my website online. It has good search rankings, but even it is really, really slow. If anybody has any good ideas on how to find buyers please let me know. Thanks in advance

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**amasters** · 09-08-2010, 08:08 AM

I would suggest either spending more time on online methods or getting leads through social networking.

**Bones** · 09-08-2010, 09:43 AM

I would agree that the real estate market is really slow. This had been the toughest I've seen it yet. It seems to have picked up a bit this week though. I wrote an offer today.

**agentforhire** · 09-08-2010, 12:53 PM

Thanks for the replies. I do not have a problem with my online marketing. I am at the top of every search term that has to do with real estate or homes in my market. They have even been really slow. The leads I get from them are often looker with no intention of buying. Mostly started the thread to see if other parts of the nation were as slow as it was here.

**agentsranking** · 09-08-2010, 01:02 PM

I've been seeing the same thing with the market in Minneapolis. The year was going great and then the tax credit expired. We've been averaging five closings a month but don't have anything scheduled for September, which is kind of scary. Anybody, have any good news to report in their market?

**Jonathan Radford** · 09-13-2010, 01:53 PM

Surprisingly enough, the Boston market has fared much better than other parts of the country. Of course, it's slow here too, but nothing like the complete drop-offs or 30% drops in values that you see in Florida or Arizona. There are regions where the foreclosure rates are higher, to be sure, but on the whole, most communities around here have done ok.

**Luxury Homes Tampa** · 09-13-2010, 10:27 PM

The best way of getting business for you is promote your business with Social Media Marketing. You can get the best business from social networking sites like twitter, facebook, linkdIn, etc..

**mchouinard** · 09-14-2010, 05:48 AM

I agree, social marketing can make a heck of a difference. It has been quite slow here in Ottawa, Canada in the past couple of months but it's starting to pick up now. Also, I don't know if anyone else does this, but I post all of my listings on popular classified ads sites in my area to attract more buyers.

**EricRE** · 09-14-2010, 05:01 PM

What type of avenues are you doing currently? I know you are doing some online methods (organic rankings from what I read) but are you posting on classified ads to drive buyer traffic to your site? mail marketing?