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A Little Internet Sleuthing Can Pay Off in This Tough Transactional Environment

61% of investors purchased properties they had initially found online.

By Richard Berger | May 18, 2023 at 07:40 AM

Given the challenge of commercial real estate dealmaking lately, a recent study by LoopNet and Google found that owners are having success searching independently, without much assistance from brokers.

The study of US CRE tenants and investors found that online searches were being conducted by more than three-quarters of both groups and 95 percent of tenants found listings that they were not made aware of by their brokers.

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