By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:25:33-07:00August 3rd, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|
Last Thursday afternoon was a surreal moment for William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance. The company was announced as the “Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise” at Inman News’ 2011 Innovator Awards, held in the beautiful Hilton San Francisco. Inman’s Annual Innovator Awards recognize exceptional national achievements in real estate technology and marketing. To give a simple analogy: winning an Innovator Award is akin to winning an Oscar at the Academy Awards. Every year, the real estate glitterati, from world renowned brokerages to Silicon Valley startups-gone-mainstream, gather in San Francisco and New York to talk about [...]
By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:26:20-07:00November 2nd, 2009|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|
For years, many in real estate have established their marketing around niches. Chief among them is the development of Luxury Home marketing. New Research released by PR firm Edlemansuggests that Eco-Frienddly is replacing Luxury as a preference for consumers. Here is a summary from their research provided by Marketing Charts. More than twice as many global consumers say they would rather drive an eco-friendly car (67%) than a luxury car (33%), and an even larger percentage would prefer to live in an eco-friendly house (70%) vs. merely a big house (30%), according to results from this years goodpurpose study, conducted by PR [...]
By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:26:23-07:00July 20th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|
Bucking the odds in a highly volatile, recession-stymied real estate market, Morgan Lane Marin has grown meteorically, from just $52 million in sales in 2006 to $315 million in 2008. Combined, the two entities will have 17 offices, more than 430 real estate professionals and 2009 sales volume projected to be $2.2 billion, according to Mark A. McLaughlin, CEO of Morgan Lane. The goal of the combined operations is to become the Bay Areas leading luxury real estate brand an objective McLaughlin said will be achieved by retaining and recruiting the industrys top-producing professionals and leveraging resources and international marketing [...]
By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:26:25-07:00June 21st, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|
Today, the Federal Funds Rate is at 0%. This has created a surplus of Bank Reserves to fight the financial crisis. We are also seeing deflation in the Consumer Price Index. In parlance, the cost of living has gone down. But deflation today, combined with a mounting Federal Deficit should lead to inflation tomorrow. This shift should create a stimulus for real estate. In the absence of the mortgage industry and employment melt down, lower interest rates and a dip in housing prices would naturally lead to a real estate buying party. Sadly there has not been such fanfare, and [...]
By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:26:35-07:00February 2nd, 2009|Main category|
Over the past 2 years I have been very involved professionally with a brokerage/franchise model that originated in Europe and recently came to selected areas of the U.S. The name of the company is Engel & Volkers. I have been helping this company understand the US real estate industry, our technology and how they needed to modify their system to successfully enter our market. They did just that in late 2006 in Florida, where they have about 30 licenses. Next they opened in NY and New England in 2007 where they now have about 12 licenses and most recently they launched [...]
By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:26:53-07:00October 15th, 2007|Main category|
There is a great deal of elegance in real estate when property values are increasing and there are more buyers than sellers. Ritzy Realtors listing homes, and dancing among the luxury cars, are courted and pampered by title reps and mortgage reps in what seems like eternal bliss. Every home is re-landscaped and staged for the upcoming bonanza which will result in no open houses, and immediate offers as soon as the listing hits the MLS. Sold in 4 days! […]
By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:26:53-07:00October 15th, 2007|Main category|
HomesMagazine.com launched a blog a few months ago. Yesterday there were 150 click throughs from google alone. Here are the keywords that worked and the traffic associated with it. Incidentially, 89% of all search engine traffic to the blog came from Google. […]
By Victor Lund|2024-12-02T14:11:01-08:00December 2nd, 2024|Acquisitions|
This collaboration signifies a transformative step in the luxury real estate market, merging technology, global reach, and best-in-class services.
By Korey Hawkins|2026-07-15T16:55:01-07:00July 8th, 2026|
Check out our new The REAL AI Podcast for this week – Episode 34 7/6/26 – AI generated with hosts Miles and Grace REAL AI: Stop typing and start talking to AI, Thank you GLAR, AI stats and facts, headlines, and AI quote of the week By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | July 6, 2026 – Vol. 4 Issue 27 REAL AI is the industry’s first and most popular weekly newsletter helping real estate professionals stay on top of the most important AI developments so they can save time, stay safe and improve their business every day. Get [...]
By Marilyn Wilson|2018-06-25T15:00:44-07:00June 25th, 2018|Main category|
Wow, this is a really fun one! How would you like to run a real estate association and MLS in one of the prettiest ski towns in America, Park City, Utah?
By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:23:00-07:00December 14th, 2016|Press Releases|
John Aaroe Group of Los Angeles has entered into a merger agreement with Pacific Union. The combination of the two firms will bring them in line with both Alain Pinel Realtors and RealtyONEGroup, two other California based firms in the National top 10 with sales in the $12 Billion range. John Aaroe Group will retain all of its branding and management. John Aaroe Group is one of the leading independent firms on the west side of Los Angeles with more then 400 agents across 9 offices in the communities of Pasadena, Downtown LA, Toluca Lake, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Baldwin [...]
By Kevin Hawkins|2018-05-03T21:23:21-07:00March 16th, 2016|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Marketing|
The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach recently hosted LeadingRE. It’s always happens during what I like to think of as the real estate brokerage convention season. Keller Williams, with its Family Reunion, preceded it in New Orleans and RE/MAX R4 followed it in Las Vegas. If you really want to get a feel for the real estate market in America, these conferences are a great place to gauge what is really happening on the ground because the preponderance of attendees are broker-owners. Conferences that target industry leaders or tech companies or the intelligentsia of real estate are great for forward thinking, [...]
