17. You are Cordially Invited to Attend the Weichert Edison 2009 Sales Awards Celebration Day. Date : February 11, 2010 Time : 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM Place : Pines Manor Please join us to recognize and celebrate the achievements in 2009 of our most successful Sales Associates.
Economists disagree about how the economy will fare in 2010, but they agree the recession will be firmly behind us. Improved stock market performance, the need for business to replenish inventories, and the continuing impact of the federal government’s stimulus efforts are all playing a role in boosting the economy. As home prices stabilize, households feel wealthy and start spending again, which drives retail and other business growth, in turn boosting confidence and the stock market, and creating a virtuous cycle of growth. NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun predicts home prices to grow 3.6 percent in 2010, a significant rebound from 2009’s 12.9 percent national price decline More than 16 million renter households at the end of 2009 had sufficient income to buy a median-priced home, up from just 11 million in 2000, before the boom, Yun says. Once they get off the fence, sales will start heading up to a level reflective of the population.
Existing-home sales in 2009 rose to an estimated 5 million units for the year, a 2 percent increase over the 4.9 million sales in 2008. For 2010, Yun is forecasting sales of 5.7 million units, a 13.6 percent increase
One can get anything in life that he or she wants if they are willing to help enough others get what they want. – Zig Ziglar I learned that you need to listen to your customers and pay attention to how they react when you are showing different homes. Real Estate agents need to remember what the client likes and dislikes. This transaction also gave me confidence that I knew what I was doing and would be good in the real estate business.
"If the buyers can get financing for 80 percent of the appraised value and are prepared with the required 20 percent down, ask sellers to take back a note for the rest," says Jeffrey Barker, ABR®, a sales associate with Max Broock, REALTORS®, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. "Sellers who are motivated and have the financial security to do so can be expected to give the idea serious consideration.“ They’ll walk if the air conditioning isn’t functioning at its proper efficiency or if, in a new home, something isn’t properly installed," says Lowman. "You can head off these surprises by recommending the sellers get a home inspection before the transaction gets started."
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Economists disagree about how the economy will fare in 2010, but they agree the recession will be firmly behind us. Improved stock market performance, the need for business to replenish inventories, and the continuing impact of the federal government’s stimulus efforts are all playing a role in boosting the economy. As home prices stabilize, households feel wealthy and start spending again, which drives retail and other business growth, in turn boosting confidence and the stock market, and creating a virtuous cycle of growth. NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun predicts home prices to grow 3.6 percent in 2010, a significant rebound from 2009’s 12.9 percent national price decline More than 16 million renter households at the end of 2009 had sufficient income to buy a median-priced home, up from just 11 million in 2000, before the boom, Yun says. Once they get off the fence, sales will start heading up to a level reflective of the population.
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We have over 100,000 visits to Weichert.com every day, which adds up to over three million visitors per month, and that number continues to grow. Once people are on Weichert.com, we keep them there. In fact, the average internet shopper spends 15 minutes on Weichert.com. This is about nine minutes more than some of our top competitors, who only keep people on their website for an average of six minutes. So when you put it all together, Weichert invests the time, effort and resources to find consumers on the internet. Once we find them, we take them directly to our website and to your listings. In fact, here's some proof of our success. Because of our internet marketing strategy, did you know that up to 30% of opportunity desk calls come in through the internet? Also, our internet marketing strategy drives people to office websites and agent profile pages.Office web sites can get up to 200,000 page views per month, while agent profile pages can get up to 300,000 views a month. Our strategy also makes Weichert.com one of the top 5 broker web sites, and Weichert.com is also one of the top 30 overall real estate websites.
“ We’re the industry leader in marketing your home online. We have the most comprehensive internet marketing plan available.” “ Mr and Mrs Seller, how long ago did you purchase your home? At that time, what was the best way for