Real Estate Brokers, Agents and MLSs who use the Listhub product from Threewide saw Christmas come early this year.  Now for the first time, users of this listing syndication tool can see what properties are hot - and which are not. With their new reporting and performance tools, Listhub now offers granular information about property characteristics that are important to consumers - hot price points, popular number of bedrooms, areas of town and more. The best feature of Listhub has always been their aggregated reporting.  They combine information from all of the sites that they syndicate listing to, including but not [...]

  Stephan Swanepoel has just released this year's top 10 real estate newsmakers list.  The list includes several federal government leaders as well as noted industry leaders like Saul Klein, CEO of Point2Technologies and Internet Crusade as well we William Foley, Founder of Fidelity Natiional Financial and Laure Janik, General Counsel for the National Association of REALTORS®. This years report also includes United States Secretary of State, Henry Paulsen, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, General Counsel for the National , Laurie Janik, CEO of the Bank of America, Kenneth Lewis, and Chairman of the Federal Deposit [...]

Our Company In today’s business environment it is tougher than ever to find new paths to optimize your business or association. The WAV Group can help you make better technology decisions and to find new breakthroughs and paths to success. Areas we can help with include: Facilitating comprehensive strategic planning initiatives Evaluating and selecting real estate technology solutions Designing and executing research programs Helping you to develop and launch your next real estate product Creating and executing custom marketing plans Optimizing sales - sales training, comp plans, presentation development, distribution strategies Building comp plans Retooling distribution strategies Delivering broker Internet strategies to increase leads and [...]

Our Team The WAV Group The founding partners of WAV Group, Mike Audet, Marilyn Wilson and Victor Lund came together because they share a common vision and values regarding business and how to create success for their company and their clients.  All three have been successful executives with major companies bringing together complimentary talents in sales, marketing, business development and product management.  Since their inception in March of 2004, WAV Group has developed an impressive client list in the United States, Canada and Europe becoming the first choice of major trade associations, technology companies, MLSs, and brokers when they need consulting services!  In addition to serving [...]

The faces of todays real estate consumer do not have many wrinkles! While the median age of REALTORS® has remained constant for several years, the age of the real estate consumer is changing fairly dramatically. They are getting younger and younger. According to NARs 2008 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the median age of a real estate consumer is 39 years old.  The average age of first time homebuyers is only 30 years old.  Real estate consumers continue to get younger on average. According to NARs 2006 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the median age of real estate [...]

A business friend of mine sent me this link created by the Viriginia and South Carolina REALTOR® Associations that takes a different approach to promoting the REALTOR® code of business practices and the value of REALTORS®.  When you click on the link it takes you to an interim site showing a real estate agent named Ted who is everything you don’t want your agent to be.  It is hilarious!  What is also noteworthy is I was sent this link by someone who is not even in the real estate business, which shows how viral it is. Congrats to The Virginia and South Carolina Association of  REALTORS®!  They [...]

Consumers today are demanding more and more transparency in every purchase they make.  They solicit input from fellow customers about everything from digital cameras to books to doctors.  They look to sites like cNet for objective ratings on electronics and they look to sites like findadoctor.com and lawyerratingz.com to learn about the training, reputation and customer satisfaction levels of professionals like doctors and lawyers. Feedback websites have become popular because they allow a consumer to get information from peers about their satisfaction levels with products and services. Unlike traditional advertising that has fallen out of favor with many consumers, websites [...]

Carl C. Icahn is taking his claim to court to prevent Realogy from debt refinancing deal. Mr. Icahn’s High River Limited Partnership has filed a lawsuit against the Realogy Corporation, seeking to block the company’s $1.1 billion debt refinancing deal. Realogy, owner of the franchised real estate brokers Century 21 and Coldwell Banker, is controlled by the private equity giant Apollo Management - run by Mr. Icahn’s close friend and fellow billionaire, Leon Black. Apollo, which bought Realogy for $6.6 billion in April 2007, wants to reduce the company’s debt load by up to $650 million as it tries to [...]

Since 1999, the CENTURY 21 System has continued its reign as the nation’s most recognized brand in real estate!  According to a study conducted by Millward Brown, a global market research organization, consumers were not only universally more aware of the CENTURY 21 Brand, they were also considered to be the best-known name in the business with higher preference, among consumers who plan to purchase or sell a house in the next two years. In addition, CENTURY 21 Agents are considered knowledgeable and easy to work with by real estate customers.  Not far behind are fellow Realogy brands of Coldwell Banker and [...]

WASHINGTON, Dec 01, 2008 The REALTORS® Federal Credit Union board of directors today announced that veteran credit union leader, Thomas A. Glatt Sr., has been chosen the top executive of the newly chartered organization that will serve the nation’s Realtors®. The RFCU is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by its members and directed by an elected volunteer board. It will not be owned by NAR. Like other credit unions, RFCU is a stand-alone entity, and earnings will flow back to the credit union and its members, not to NAR. Glatt will assume office as the chief executive officer of the RFCU [...]