[lallysingh]

Part of it is the web. Buyers are looking at easily 10x the number of homes they used to, if you include all the ones they look at online.

They have a much better idea of what's available and what's a good match for what they want.

[pxeboot]

This is huge! I looked at every home listed on Zillow in my area for months before checking out 2 in person and submitting an offer on 1, which was thankfully accepted.