New York

FOR people who are relocating and cannot visit a property in person, technology has made the hurry-up buying process so comfortable that 21 per cent of homebuyers say they have made an offer on a house without seeing it first, according to a new survey from real-estate brokerage Redfin.

Frank Hagler and his wife went all the way through the purchase of a house in Corpus Christi, Texas without ever stepping foot inside it.