RE/MAX is again teaming up with Westwood One radio for broadcasts of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. RE/MAX radio commercials – in addition to RE/MAX features and teasers – will air during each of the tournament games including the Final Four. The number of RE/MAX ad spots increases as the tournament progresses into the [...]
Archive for March, 2009
One Tournament: 242,000,000 Impressions
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, tagged Final Four, March Madness, NCAA Basketball, RE MAX, RE MAX Advertising, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX Brand, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Advertising, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Brand on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Notable Quotable: Debbie Wicker
Posted in Real Estate News, Winners, tagged Debbie Wicker, Debbie Wicker Real Estate, Loudoun County Real Estate, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, The Washington Post on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to Debbie Wicker, an Associate Broker form the Ashburn office, who was quoted for Loudoun County in The Washngton Post’s Housing Review 2009. Debbie’s comment was based on the unsustainable growth of Loudoun County, VA over the last several years and the impossibility of quickly slamming on the brakes of that growth: “It’s really [...]
First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Flyer
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Buyer Tax Credit, First Time Home Buyer, First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, First Time Homebuyer, First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The good people at VAR have published a nifty flyer on the tax credit to mail or give to your clients. There’s even room to print or attach your business card. Seems like a good mailer into apartment complexes to me… Download the pdf here: first-time_home_buyer_credit_09
Real Estate Markets Gaining Interest
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Housing Market, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Trulia Searxh Ranks on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the cities that made Trulia’s greatest one year rise in searches. City Search Rank in February 2008 Search Rank in February 2009 Change Fort Myers, Fla. 39 13 +26 Cape Coral, Fla. 33 12 +21 Miami, Fla. 20 6 +14 Sarasota, Fla. 42 29 +13 Naples, Fla. 34 21 +13 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. [...]
McLean Manager Brian Block Featured on Maxim.com
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Winners, tagged Brian Block, Maxim Magazine, Maxim.com, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Virginia Associate Prices Video Game Castles for Maxim By Deborah Ball, RE/MAX Times Associate Editor WHAT IT’S WORTH: Fairfax Castle (above) in “Fable 2″ will cost you 1 million gold coins. Any takers? He usually does price comparisons on upscale Washington, D.C., condos and brownstones. Now Brian Block is offering up his real estate expertise [...]
Brian Block Appointed McLean Branch Vice President
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Winners, tagged Blog Brawl, Brian Block, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am pleased to announce that Brian Block has been appointed the McLean, VA Branch Vice President. Brian Block joined RE/MAX Allegiance in June 2003. A licensed attorney practicing law full-time for three years before starting his real estate career, Brian concentrated in the areas of banking litigation, securities & small business finance and general [...]
Largest Canadian Keller Williams Franchise Converts to RE/MAX
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Bjorn Soolsma, Deborah Stevens, Keller Williams vs RE MAX, Keller Williams vs RE/MAX, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX Results Realty, RE MAX vs Keller Williams, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Results Realty, RE/MAX vs Keller Williams on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The top Keller Williams franchise in Canada – a two-office Vancouver-area brokerage with more than 180 Associates – converted to RE/MAX on Feb. 26. Bjorn Soolsma and Deborah Stevens – Co-Broker/Owners of the newly renamed RE/MAX Results Realty – determined that RE/MAX training, technology and brand awareness will help their agents reach new heights. The [...]
Short Sale Commission Update
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Lem Marshall, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Short Sale Commisions, Short Sales on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From VAR Legal Counsel Lem Marshall: One of the most pernicious and destructive practices of short-sale lenders has been to condition contract approval or closing on the willingness of the listing firm to lower its commission, sometimes by as much as 3 points. Since September of 2007, I have been urging Realtors in this situation [...]
