Aug 12th 2010 3:16PM
Homeowners aren't the only ones getting hit by the real estate recession. RE/MAX Partners, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. franchise of real estate company RE/MAX L.L.C., is closing its doors after five years of deteriorating home sales. The largest RE/MAX brokerage in Florida, it experienced a 29 percent drop in business after... Continue Reading »
Jul 16th 2010 3:10PM
Wilma Horner said no to blue. And it paid off. Horner, a broker for RE/MAX in Bridge City, Texas, had a client with a blue-colored facade. "I said we need to make a change because that's not going to attract people," Horner recalls of her exterior painting suggestion. Her clients agreed to go with a more neutral color.... Continue Reading »
Jan 29th 2010 10:45AM
Buying a house has gotten a lot cheaper in recent months, but cheap enough to buy at the local supermarket? The folks at RE/MAX of New England apparently think so. The real estate brokerage franchiser just rolled out a five-year deal with Stop & Shop, one of the region's largest supermarket chains, to open mini... Continue Reading »
Jan 11th 2010 12:00PM
Dumb move by a YouTube-addicted Gen Y-er, or cool marketing by a tech-savvy realtor? Jeff Thibodeau, a Re/Max realtor in Brantford, Ontario, video-blogs as he drives between his countryside home and appointments in the nearby suburbs. He believes talking to a digital camera suction-cupped to his windshield is effective... Continue Reading »
