The new real estate customer is a do-it-yourselfer

I’m not sure I entirely agree with this analysis of the new real estate customer (probably because I’m a “skeptical generation x-er”), but it describes a lot of underserved real estate searchers.
Meet the new real estate customer: it is likely you, dear reader. You dig through lots of websites in order to gather information about home buying, you pick homes that you want to see from websites, you do analysis, and in the end, you often find a professional to help you with the final details. I think there are going to be a lot more options available for this demographic in the coming year – there already are a lot more than there were in 2005.  Maybe Zillow will be remembered for kicking off the year of the real estate do-it-yourselfer.

-Galen