Last week HomeGain rolled out the September/October issue of its Agent Success Newsletter.

The digital real estate newsletter included:

Feature Story:

“New Survey Results: Where Do REALTORS® Think Home Prices Are Heading?”

The results of the 3rd quarter HomeGain Realtor Survey on Home Prices show that since the first quarter, HomeGain members are of the opinion that home prices are stabilizing and will continue to do so. 69% of HomeGain members believe that home prices will remain the same in the next six months.

We also asked our members whether they approved or disapproved of President Obama’s performance. What did they say? Read complete survey findings

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Agent Insight - Question of the Month:

Q: How does the new video feature on AgentEvaluator® work (for adding videos to my proposals)?

HomeGain News:

AgentEvaluator® “Refer an Agent” Sweepstakes – Chance to Win $300!

New Toll-Free Number For AgentView Members

HomeGain Nation Session Videos Now Available

October: 4th Annual Agent Appreciation Campaign Is Launched

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HomeGain rolled out the July/August issue of its Agent Success Newsletter.

The digital real estate newsletter included:

Feature Story:

“AgentEvaluator® Consumer Survey Results — How to Get Consumers to Select You as Their Agent”

We surveyed over 14,000 online home buyers and sellers who  came through AgentEvaluator® in the last year -– some who closed with a HomeGain agent and some who did not choose a HomeGain agent.

We’ve identified 5 ways from the results to help agents increase their success with converting prospects into clients! Read complete survey findings.

Question of the Month:

” I noticed the new Max Points in my HomeGain account recently. Is there something extra I need to do to get points? Do you keep track of them for me? Also, what can I redeem my points for?”

Special HomeGain Radio Interview with REALTOR Virginia Cheezum:

As an AgentEvaluator Diamond Club member with over nine years of experience with the program, Virginia shares some of the valuable information that has helped put her into the top .1% of all HomeGain agents.

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HomeGain rolled out its May/June issue of its “Agent Success Newsletter“.

The digital real estate newsletter included:

• Feature Story: Announcing results from HomeGain’s recent home prices survey. Special thanks to the Realtors who attended our May Press Call – Quotes from Realtors Calvin Holt and Greta Salinger appeared in two news stories in the Baltimore Sun! 
• Question of the Month: What are some recommended “Best Practices” for creating templates in AgentEvaluator?
• News: Announcing HomeGain’s Green Real Estate campaign; Adding Street View to AgentView maps; and Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating HomeGain an A+.
• Awards: We congratulated the newest AgentEvaluator Platinum Club, Gold Club and Silver Club members. 
• Customer Advocates: For March, Roy Abila in Client Services; and for April, Dennis Kang in the Project Management Team. 
  

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HomeGain recently rolled out its March/April issue of the Agent Success Newsletter.

The newsletter included:

• Feature Story, which announced results from HomeGain’s recent home values survey.
• Question of the Month — “I recently met with a seller I found through your AgentEvaluator program who told me they received 12 proposals from agents in my area but decided to go with mine. I’ve just listed their home, but am a bit concerned about my effectiveness going forward. Should I be worried?”
• News about HomeGain’s Instant Home Values and Home Sale Maximizer™ widgets that are now available for FREE download.
• An Awards section, where we congratulated the newest AgentEvaluator Platinum Club, Gold Club and Silver Club members. 
• Agent Quote of the Month from Ron Petzel — “I have been in close contact with Nick Di Tomasso and Ryan Monsanto. Your company is one of the BEST. I have offered to talk to anyone you put in front of me or by phone to tell them what HomeGain has done for me and my Team.”
• Announcement of February’s Customer Advocate of the Month, Da’Mali Ross in the Product Team. “Da’Mali is the sole point of contact for all AIMS agents, and for each of them she takes care of all operations, setup, customer service, billing and tracking issues. She sets an example for what it means to put the customer first,” commented Salvatore Giammaressi, VP of Product at HomeGain.
  

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HomeGain emailed out the February Agent Success Newsletter today, which included a feature story, a helpful Q&A section for customers, HomeGain news, new HomeGain AgentEvaluator Platinum, Gold and Silver Club members, Agent Quote and Customer Advocate of the Month.

The Featured Real Estate Agent this month is HomeGain’s 2008 “Rookie Agent of the Year” award winner, Shannon Atkins with RE/MAX Highlander in Apex, NC.  Listen to our exclusive call with Shannon to hear her success tips.

The Question of the Month came from Mark Orem, El Paso, TX, who asked, “Ever since you introduced the new AgentEvaluator templates, I’ve been having a hard time getting my proposals to show properly. I used to copy and paste from Word but that doesn’t work anymore. Any ideas on what I should do?” Read what HomeGain suggests Mark and other agents in this situation should do. 

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We are pleased to announce the HomeGain AgentEvaluator Top Performers™ of 2008.

Many HomeGain real estate agents and brokers had successful years, despite the downturned in home prices market nationwide. We are proud to recognize these agents for their high level of accomplishment in association with HomeGain’s AgentEvaluator marketing program.

In addition to highlighting the 2008 Top Performers by Region, 2008 Top Performers by State, and Rookie Agent of the Year, HomeGain recognizes agents in each region of the country that had impressive sales and are deserving of honorable mention.

HomeGain is proud that we can quantify the many successes of our AgentEvaluator agents in 2008.

Congratulations to all of our 2008 top performers! We look forward to continued success for all of our member agents during 2009.

Before announcing the Top AgentEvaluator Performers below, here are some 2008 AgentEvaluator and market highlights:

2008 AgentEvaluator Highlights:

• HomeGain recognizes 51 of its member real estate agents who have received Top Performer awards based on nationwide, regional and state achievements,
• Overall, in 2008 HomeGain’s top five Realtors earned an average of $236,918 in gross closed commissions from their HomeGain AgentEvaluator business and an average of 20 closed transactions.
• We now have a  total of 846 member agents in the AgentEvaluator Silver, Gold and Platinum Clubs based on the following criteria:
  - 229 agents are Silver Club honorees with an excess of $50,000 in gross commissions earned from their HomeGain leads.
  - 271 agents are Gold Club honorees with an excess of $75,000 in gross commissions.
  - 346 agents are Platinum Club honorees with an excess of $125,000 in gross commissions.
• The average AgentEvaluator Platinum, Gold or Silver agent earned over $31,348 in gross closed commissions in 2008 and closed an average of 5.5 transactions.
• HomeGain’s average home sale price nationwide was $236,602 in 2008.
• HomeGain’s average home price nationwide fell only 3% in 2008 over 2007. ($236,602 in 2008 vs. $244,006 in 2007)

And the 2008 Top AgentEvaluator Performers are…

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