All of our lists for homes for sale in Maple Ridge, homes for sale in Pitt Meadows, homes for sale in Mission, BC are displayed on this web site as well as many other real estate related web sites. All of the homes for sale that are displayed are linked to the MLS ® to allow viewers to access more information provided from the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board. This is real estate board which provides the MLS ® information on Maple Ridge homes for sale.
Many of the homes that are displayed on the Maple Ridge real estate listings page come with a virtual tour. The Maple Ridge virtual tours can be seen by clicking on the link to our virtual tour page in the Maple Ridge Real Estate weg site.
With over 80% of today's real estate buyers looking for information on the internet before the make a buying decision it is very important for sellers who have homes for sale in Maple Ridge to be exposed on the internet. It's not good enough to be have your home on only one web site. For the best results it's advisable to have your home listed on several real estate related web site as possible.
The local MLS ® may not provide the marketing punch that it once did. One misinformed statistic that is still bantered around by most realtors is that acording to NAR (National Association of Realtors), a full 84% of people who are buying real estate look to the MLS ® (Multiple Listing Service) on-line. While this was true a few years ago the graph from Alexa.com which is shown in the February Life Links Newsletter clearly shows a steady decline in page views on the MLS.ca website.
- Traffic to MLS.ca is down by approximately 80% from it's highest point in early 2006.
- 84% of the people who are buying real estate are still looking on-line ... However, they are not looking for this information on the MLS.ca website.
The question is, "Where have these people gone? In a nutshell, these people are getting their information from private web sites most of which are operated by real estate agents. Think about this for a second; it makes perfect sence. Just about every real estate related web site provides a home search page. If you search for "Maple Ridge Real Estate" there are 172,000 related web sites on Google. This is a huge number of available sites which supply their visitors with a new home listing and search function.
What does this mean to you? Well, if you have listened to most real estate agent's listing presentation they tell you how the MLS.ca is still the #1 method of selling your home. This couldn't be farther from the truth. Today, in Maple Ridge home selling success heavily depends on having your home showing up in the searches on the other 172,000 real estate related web sites. Sure you want it on the MLS.ca but you also want it on as many sites as possible. This is Marketing 101. The more people who are aware of your home the more potential buyers you will have. More buyers equals better offers and, ultimately, a higher selling price for you.
To sum it up, if you are looking to sell your home I would suggest that you ask, "How many real estate web sites will the home be featured on?" Avoid the agents who still think that the MLS.ca is the #1 way of marketing your home. We have over a dozen real estate related web sites which include a home search and featured properties page. We add a new real estate web site every two months. No one in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam or Mission can put you on the internet in a bigger way. Wow!!
That's not even close to the number of real estate related web sites that we advertise our listings on. You will be seen on the internet. Of course, you home will also be listed on the local MLS ®.
This site is owned and operated by Gord Moman of the REAL Pros Group from Keller Williams Results Realty in Maple Ridge, B.C. Each Keller Williams office is independently owned and operated.
This communication is not intended to cause or induce a breach of an already existing agency agreement.
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