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20 12, 2017

RESO Has a REALLY BRIGHT Future with its New Board of Directors!

By |2017-12-20T10:57:30-08:00December 20th, 2017|Main category|Comments Off on RESO Has a REALLY BRIGHT Future with its New Board of Directors!

Heading to the holidays it warms my heart to think of the amazing progress that RESO has made in 2017.  In just two years, membership has increased 500% from 125 to more than 750 members!   Every conference sells out and enjoy great satisfaction ratings from members!  And finally, 95% of MLSs have now adopted the RESO Data Dictionary and well over half of the industry has been certified on the RESO Web API! Broker membership has increased significantly – RESO Broker members now represent over 900,000 agents. Just about every large brand is a member now – Realogy and all [...]

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18 10, 2017

Pacific Union International Acquires Empire Realty Associates

By |2018-05-03T21:22:39-07:00October 18th, 2017|Main category|Comments Off on Pacific Union International Acquires Empire Realty Associates

Pacific Union has acquired Empire Realty Associates, read the release below: Dear Pacific Union Colleagues: I’m excited to share the news that Pacific Union International has acquired Danville-based Empire Realty Associates, an independent luxury brokerage with 54 top-performing East Bay real estate professionals. The acquisition will continue to grow our Contra Costa region, increasing our market share in the Tri-Valley area. This alliance is a homecoming of sorts for the leadership teams of Empire Realty Associates and Pacific Union. The East Bay brokerage’s CEO and Chairperson Judi Keenholtz established Empire Realty Associations in 2002. Prior to founding that brokerage, Keenholtz was tapped [...]

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23 08, 2017

WAV Group’s Kevin Hawkins Joins Forbes Real Estate Council

By |2018-05-03T21:22:41-07:00August 23rd, 2017|Main category, Our Company, Press Releases|Comments Off on WAV Group’s Kevin Hawkins Joins Forbes Real Estate Council

It’s hard to believe that just three years ago next month Kevin Hawkins joined WAV Group to head up our newly established Communications Division, becoming President of WAV Group Communication. He’s helped assemble a list of blue chip clients that include RESO, America’s #1 real estate agent (Ben Caballero of HomesUSA.com), the #1 tech support firm for real estate agents (Florida Realtors® Tech Helpline), #1 real estate marketing technology firm (Imprev), the #1 luxury real estate tech firm (Gabriels Technology Solutions), FinTech’s most innovative mortgage banking and wealth management firm Opes Advisors (now a Division of Flagstar Bank), and many more. Now [...]

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27 09, 2016

Drones: A Game-Changer for Real Estate Marketing

By |2018-05-03T21:23:04-07:00September 27th, 2016|Marketing|1 Comment

For most real estate agents, marketing with aerial photography or video has been considered an extravagance reserved only for high-dollar properties and luxury homes. However, a new federal policy now permits Realtors to market properties at all price-points in ways that were cost-prohibitive in the past. The “Small Unmanned Aircraft Rule,” expands the possibility for commercial drone usage for the real estate industry—without the previous restrictions and complicated application process. With this new accessibility, aerial photography and video are shaping up to be the next evolution of transformative real estate marketing solutions. While video has already proven its value for [...]

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18 12, 2015

Luxury Portfolio’s Stephanie Pfeffer Anton Named to Inman Top 101

By |2018-05-03T21:23:27-07:00December 18th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Luxury Portfolio’s Stephanie Pfeffer Anton Named to Inman Top 101

WAV Group would like to congratulate Stephanie Pfeffer Anton on being named to the Inman Top 101. This is a very well-deserved honor. Great work, Stephanie! CHICAGO – 12/17/15 – Luxury Portfolio International™ Executive Vice President Stephanie Pfeffer Anton has been named to the Inman Top 101, a list of industry leaders who are recognized for driving industry change through ingenuity, outspokenness, strength, conviction, power and persistence. A frequent industry speaker and an authority on marketing to the affluent, Pfeffer Anton has been with Luxury Portfolio since its founding in 2005. She is responsible for the program’s day-to-day operations, including [...]

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30 09, 2014

News Corp buys MOVE operators of Realtor.com

By |2018-05-03T21:23:58-07:00September 30th, 2014|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on News Corp buys MOVE operators of Realtor.com

And so it goes. Move, the operators of the National Associaton of REALTORS portal called Realtor.com have agreed to sell the company to News Corp in an all-cash deal valued at $950 million. MOVE's board of directors were swift to approve the offer, representing a 36% bump in the value of the company. News Corp owns other real estate assets including The Wall Street Journal ( a popular spot for luxury property advertising) and Australian real estate portal - realestate.com.au (part of the REA Group). REA Group will apparently pay for 20% of MOVE, and News Corp will pay the [...]

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13 06, 2014

Technology Self Audit For Real Estate Companies

By |2018-05-03T21:24:09-07:00June 13th, 2014|Main category, MLS Insights, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on Technology Self Audit For Real Estate Companies

If you are a mega broker, with thousands of agents, you will have an IT department that watches over your software and technology infrastructure.  If you are a small or medium size broker, that chore usually falls to you, much like it does for us, in our consulting company.  We watch real estate technology on a daily basis and advise some of the best technology companies in the business on how to improve their product’s user interface, how to put together marketing and communication plans and many other services, and even for us, this is a daunting task.  Every time [...]

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5 08, 2013

Immobel Seeking Seasoned Real Estate Technology Sales Professional

By |2018-05-03T21:24:30-07:00August 5th, 2013|Clients, Main category, Our Company, Our Services|Comments Off on Immobel Seeking Seasoned Real Estate Technology Sales Professional

POSITION TITLE:  Director of Broker Sales REPORTS TO:  Chief Executive Officer Opportunity Immobel is seeking to hire a seasoned real estate technology sales professional for the position of Director of Broker Sales to generate new broker customers for the company.  The successful candidate will have proven success selling web and technology solutions to large brokers.  They will also bring a robust database of engaged brokers they can tap into. Since Immobel helps brokers expand their presence Internationally, the ideal candidate will have experience selling to luxury brokers that already understand the importance of the International market. They will also be [...]

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3 08, 2011

William Raveis Wins Inman Most Innovative Real Estate Brokerage Award

By |2018-05-03T21:25:33-07:00August 3rd, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|Comments Off on William Raveis Wins Inman Most Innovative Real Estate Brokerage Award

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 what they see in the [...]

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2 11, 2009

Green is the new Luxury

By |2018-05-03T21:26:20-07:00November 2nd, 2009|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|Comments Off on Green is the new Luxury

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 [...]

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20 07, 2009

Morgan Lane Marin to acquire Pacific Union Real Estate

By |2018-05-03T21:26:23-07:00July 20th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|Comments Off on Morgan Lane Marin to acquire Pacific Union Real Estate

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 [...]

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21 06, 2009

Inflation Deflation and Real Estate

By |2018-05-03T21:26:25-07:00June 21st, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|Comments Off on Inflation Deflation and Real Estate

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 [...]

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