Industry bodyAll sizesUSA
91%
of US home sellers used an agent, equal to the highest share on record
Sample: NAR 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers.
Industry bodyUpdated 23 Oct 2026
88%of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker
88% of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker (Jul 2024-Jun 2025, National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales)
Industry bodyChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesUSAReal estate · Agents
In plain words
What this number really says
88% of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker (Jul 2024-Jun 2025).
88%
the latest figure (Jul 2024-Jun 2025)
Industry body
type of source
Why you can trust it. National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales: industry body, trade association report. NAR 2025 Profile, 6,103 primary-residence buyers; +/- 1.25%.
Key facts
- Period Jul 2024-Jun 2025
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
- Next data Profile yearly
Source: National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales, Jul 2024-Jun 2025
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales
- Source type
- Industry body: Trade association report
- What it measures
- 88% of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker
- Data period
- Jul 2024-Jun 2025 (ends 30 Jun 2025)
- Published by the source
- 4 Nov 2025
- Who is counted
- NAR 2025 Profile, 6,103 primary-residence buyers; +/- 1.25%.
- In the source's words
88% of all home buyers used an agent or broker
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on the NAR press release of 4 Nov 2025; same figure in the 15 Apr 2026 Generational Trends release.
- Reuse
- Copyrighted; quote with attribution. Quote figures from free releases with credit to NAR; the full Profile is paid for non-members.
- Next expected update
- Profile yearly (National Association of REALTORS, profile yearly (November); Existing-Home Sales monthly)
- Original page
- www.nar.realtor: Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales
- Data files
- CSV · JSON (stable links)
Full change log
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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National Association of REALTORS. (2025). 88% of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/real-estate/buyers-using-agent
MLA
"88% of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker." National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales, Jul 2024-Jun 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/real-estate/buyers-using-agent.
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What is the latest figure for agents (USA)?
88% of US home buyers bought their home through a real estate agent or broker, for Jul 2024-Jun 2025, according to National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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