November 18 2018
Nearly 50 percent of homebuyers rate "quality of schools" as more important than affordability or convenience to shopping, even proximity to family and friends, according to a report from the National Association of REALTORS®. That's up 25 percent from a similar NAR study conducted in 2015.
The report's findings bode well for agents who use Realtors Property Resource (RPR), the nation's leading aggregator of real estate data. Realtors can leverage the platform's expansive tools to 1) research schools, 2) locate up to 20 nearby listings, and 3) create professional quality reports for clients.
RPR's school data, provided by Niche, the industry's fastest-growing school data provider, includes teacher, academic, and overall school grades, as well as school district side-by-side comparisons. Specific metrics include:
The report can also be created and transmitted via email or text within a minute or so either through its website or app. Agents can search for schools within five miles of a location; by city/state, school, or district name; and even by type of school (elementary, middle or high school).
Here's how to perform an RPR school search and then create a customized school report:
Note that there are a variety of avenues for accessing school data throughout the RPR platform, such as when you are into a property search, but, for now, we'll focus on this big picture overview.
RPR's School Report summarizes the data from your search and provides options to compare schools within a district or a specified radius, and/or select up to 20 nearby listings to include in the report.
Visit narrpr.com to perform your own search.
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