For the Courier-Post From the Hamptons to the Orient to Marlton, people are turning to the Internet for a virtual tour that will hopefully lead them to their dream home.
Statistics show that buyers who use the Net spend half as much time shopping for a home.
It only takes about two and a half months to find and buy a home on the Internet, compared to doing it the old fashioned way, which takes about five months. There's a lot to weed through. According to Gomez Advisors, a worldwide firm which specializes in real estate Web sites, there are 15 sites that offer at least 20,000 listings. Open the Coldwell Banker Real Estate Web site and go on a virtual tour of homes throughout the world, as well as Camden, Gloucester and Burlington counties. D'Ottavi, who co-owns the real estate office with Wayne Sheets, said his office has been online for the last four years.