Considering selling your home to an ‘iBuyer’? Read this first

An iBuyer is a tech-based real estate company that uses data analytics and algorithms to value homes and uses a huge war chest of investor funds to buy homes en masse.

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Very Few Homeowners Could Define What an iBuyer Is

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Nearly Two-Thirds of Homeowners Are Open to Selling to an iBuyer

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iBuyers Haven’t Been Around Very Long

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iBuyers Haven’t Captured Much of the Housing Market — Yet

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