Real estate agents looking to showcase home listings can sign up for HomeGain-branded single property websites, powered by AgencyLogic

Today we announced the launch of HomeGain Single Property Websites in partnership with AgencyLogic. Read full press release.

The HomeGain Single Property Websites enable real estate agents and brokers to showcase a single home listing to potential buyers and sellers.

Free to use in a listing presentation, each single property website includes:

• A custom domain name
• Ability to add videos and unlimited photos
• Syndication to the major search engines
• Sharing on social sites like Facebook and Twitter
• And more

“These single property websites are an excellent marketing tool for Realtors® to help sell their clients’ homes,” commented Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain.

“Single property websites are a perfect addition to the existing HomeGain product line and compliment the many other ways the company helps Realtors,” said Stephen Fells, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of AgencyLogic.

Get pricing and learn more about HomeGain Single Property Websites or call (866) 512-7913.

Real estate agents should value blogging if they want to develop a perpetual business model based on a specific type of client that is well informed, loyal and trusting.

While it has already been proven that a real estate company can be established solely around a successful Internet presence, most agents new to the web get caught up chasing social media shiny objects before they clarify their true purpose for getting online.

One of the first misconceptions agents make about blogging is that they approach their business blog like it’s an all-encompassing forum to journal their personal thoughts about life or evolution through social media technology.

However, the business-minded industry professionals that are able to keep their online content focused on providing valuable information for clients are actually quite successful at integrating an Internet presence into their daily office routine.

Quick Overview Of The Basics:

Simply put, a blog is just a type of website platform that is designed for the purpose of quickly publishing content to the Internet.

Categories, Tags, RSS Feeds, Page / Post structure, Widgets, Sidebar / Footer Areas and Custom Menus are some of the technical components of a blog that allow a publisher to easily organize their content in whatever manner best suites the needs of their target audience. Continue reading this post

Yesterday we held a live 30-minute call and webinar to discuss the results of the HomeGain 3rd Quarter 2010 Home Prices Survey. The call was attended by a few HomeGain folks, including myself, Ken Yee and General Manager Louis Cammarosano; real estate agents who completed the survey; and real estate reporters and bloggers.

Survey results have been referenced in multiple news sites including Reuters, Boston Globe, CNBC, Fox Business, AOL Real Estate, UPI, Baltimore Sun, Inman News, RIS Media, and more.

Highlights of the call:

The survey opens up by showing the disconnect between buyers and sellers (question 1). With homeowners continuing to think that their homes are worth more than their agents’ are recommending (more so than last quarter), it also reflects an unchanged disconnect between Realtors and sellers over the last year (question 2 and 3).

The results show that even though agents may be more realistic in current and future home prices (question 6), sellers are still reluctant to list their home according to the agent’s recommendation (question 4).

However, the end result of what the home sells for shows that sellers are having  to bend to a lower selling price in the end in order to get their homes  sold. (question 5) Real estate agent Concetta Pepenella commented:  “Sellers are in all types of situations that are affecting their  decisions. It depends on their motivation and time frame if they are willing to accept an offer for less than they had hoped for. Some sellers are getting out of a difficult mortgage payment because the household income has change due to job loss. Everyone has a different story. In the end they will be selling lower and buying lower.”

Continue reading this post

Today HomeGain emailed out its May/June 2010 newsletter for real estate agents, called “Agent Success Newsletter“.

The digital real estate newsletter included:

• Feature Story: We announced our new awards club called the “BuyerLink™ Winner Circle”, which recognizes real estate agents who are members of BuyerLink. Collectively, the six initial members to be inducted have experienced over 1,000% return on investment! Who are the 6 agents?
• Agent Question of the Month: “When I send out Buyer proposals through AgentEvaluator®, I want to include listings which might interest the home buyer. Can I do that?” Get answer
  
• Agent Quotes – Featured agent quote comes from Cheryl Talbot, Rose & Womble Realty in Virginia:
  “HomeGain has made a big difference in my business overall. I have found a great deal of satisfaction in the results. I just wish I had started sooner than I did. I believe you are the ‘Best in the Business’ as far as a lead generation program is concerned. Thank you for making a difference in my business and keep sending those great leads!“ 
  Email us your own quote. Or read more HomeGain reviews from real estate agents and brokers.
• Agent Blogging Network: In addition to the Top 5 Blog Posts (from the HomeGain Blog), this month we also started featuring Agent Blogs from AgentView agent members, who are part of the HomeGain Agent Blogging Network.
• HomeGain News: HomeGain celebrated its 11th anniversary on April 26.

AgentEvaluator® Agent Member Clubs: HomeGain added 13 real estate agent members of AgentEvaluator® across nine states into its commissions-based awards clubs.

• Agent Success Awards: We congratulated the newest AgentEvaluator Platinum Club, Gold Club and Silver Club members (11 real estate agents inducted).

Sign up here to receive HomeGain’s FREE Agent Success Newsletter

Read past real estate newsletters

HomeGain Advisors Group – April 2010 Conference Call Recap

The HomeGain Advisors met for their quarterly meeting last week on Thursday, April 22nd. The Advisors represent top real estate agents across the country who provide insight into HomeGain products and services, market trends and Realtor behavior.

We had several interesting discussions with our Advisors Group last week that are worth sharing with our Blog readers — about market conditions, overcoming issues created by appraisers, and whether there may be implications from either terminating or extending the first time buyer tax credit .

Market Conditions

Agent Advisors in Massachusetts and Maryland reported that the market (and business) is good. Maryland foreclosures and short sales are drying up. Colorado is seeing an uptick — although there are still a lot of foreclosures, there are less short sales.

Arizona and Florida real estate agents reported the market continues to decline, with lots of foreclosures and people still defaulting. In Florida, it was reported the real estate market has 40% short sales — and one agent commented that he had only 4,968 listings vs. over 8,000 at the same time in previous years.

Appraiser Issues Continue reading this post

Today HomeGain announced that it has inducted 13 real estate agent members in 9 states into its AgentEvaluator® clubs.

“As we celebrate our 11th year in business this week, and after a tough few years in real estate, it is extremely encouraging to see HomeGain agent members in several different states closing home sale transactions, and experiencing ongoing results from our online marketing programs,” noted Louis Cammarosano

The 13 real estate agent inductees are for March-April 2010 are:

1. Nancy Pearson, Pearson Realty, CA (Platinum Club)
2. John W. King, Keller Williams Realty, CA (Platinum Club)
3. Ruby Henderson, RE/MAX One Realty, NC (Platinum Club)
4. Bill and Terrie Hoyle, Sun Realty, FL (Platinum Club)
5. Diana McBride, Keller Williams Realty Cityside, GA (Gold Club)
6. Andi Lynne, Lynne & Associates, NV (Gold Club)
7. Lisa Hench, Coldwell Banker, CA (Gold Club)
8. Jeff Ambrugy, Real Estate One, MI (Silver Club)
9. Andy McKay, McKay & Associates Real Estate, UT (Silver Club)
10. Melanie Hurwitz, Prudential Real Estate Professionals, OR (Silver Club)
11. Grant House, Realty One Group, NV (Silver Club)
12. Debbie Sloan, Coldwell Banker United, Realtors, NC (Silver Club)
13. RE/MAX Property Center, NJ (Silver Club)

HomeGain’s AgentEvaluator clubs now include a total of 913 real estate agents, and have earned over $100 million dollars worth of  real estate commissions since 1999.

Set forth below is the complete list of HomeGain club members:

• Four new HomeGain Platinum Club members (totaling 358 members who have earned $125,000 or more)
• Three new HomeGain Gold Club members (totaling 286 members who have earned $75,000 or more)
• Six new HomeGain Silver Club members (totaling 245 members who have earned $50,000 or more)

There are currently 24 members in the Diamond Club for earning $500,000 or more in gross commissions from HomeGain, and two members in the HomeGain Million Dollar Club.