If they want to get out and drive around, they will visit the homes with addresses posted, which is a benefit and a time saver to the listing agents. This is crucial to their search, because in many markets the difference in one or two streets can be thousands of dollars in the cost of homes. It also helps them get a feel for the price ranges and may help them narrow their selection to a neighborhood or even to one home. So agents who leave off the address aren't doing themselves, the seller or the buyer any favors. Remember, the Internet is about information, not egos.
Internet users are highly educated, intelligent, informed consumers.
Leaving off the address thwarts their investigations, makes Realtors look bad, and those are justifications the industry doesn't need for buyers to go elsewhere. See what others are saying about this article or make your own views known. Go to the Interactive version. Blanche Evans is the publisher of Agent News and the associate editor of Realty Times , the Internet's largest independent real estate news service. The Insider's Guide To Buying And Selling Your Home Using The Internet , Dearborn , a consumer homebuying and selling guide.