DENVER, Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The RE/MAX
Collection® is hosting its fourth annual Luxury Forum
today at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in
Phoenix, Ariz. More than 250
luxury home specialists and agents have gathered to discuss the
luxury real estate market and learn how to leverage luxury in their
business plans.
"The RE/MAX Collection Luxury Forum is a great opportunity
for our brokers and agents to network and share ideas on how to
become a leading luxury agent in their market," said
Anne Miller, Director of The RE/MAX
Collection. "The annual event is designed for agents of all
experience levels who want to learn best practices and take their
businesses to the next level."
Vern Yip, Founder & Interior
Designer of Vern Yip Designs is a featured speaker and will share
insights on popular design trends of affluent buyers and sellers.
Starla West, President and Founder
of Starla West International, will share key strategies and tools
to enhance visibility and status in local markets. And,
Peter Mueller, Founder & CEO of
The Profit Centre, will discuss a new app that will help agents set
new goals, surpass benchmarks and see what they are worth per hour.
He will also highlight some of the benefits of specializing in
luxury homes.
"Remember, time is money. Agents who focus on luxury homes
are more productive and can significantly increase their worth per
hour. Specializing in luxury can help you be more efficient with
your time, which is important when building your business,"
Mueller said.
In addition to the annual Luxury Forum, The RE/MAX Collection,
part of the most productive real estate network*, continually
provides agents with the some of the best resources to succeed.
Those tools include:
- Access to theremaxcollection.com, a standalone website that
features luxury home listings that are at two times the local sales
price in cities throughout the U.S.
- Premier advertising where properties are featured in The Wall
Street Journal, Unique Homes, The DuPont Registry and The RE/MAX
Collection Magazine.
- Personalized and customizable marketing pieces in print, video
and online.
- Access to educational materials through RE/MAX University.
According to the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing (ILHM), the
median price of the 24,532 luxury homes on the market in the U.S.
is around $1.5 million. Markets with
the highest median price include: New
York ($5.3 million),
Los Angeles ($3.5 million) and San
Francisco ($3.2 million).
The continued success of The RE/MAX Collection has encouraged
more agents to sell luxury homes and become Certified Luxury Home
Marketing Specialists (CLHMS). Since 2014, the number of RE/MAX
agents who have received the esteemed CLHMS designation has
increased over 47 percent, and the number of RE/MAX agents with
luxury in their profile has grown eight percent.**
*As measured by residential transaction sides
**Based on reported numbers in Q3 2016
About the RE/MAX Network:
RE/MAX was founded in 1973
by Dave and Gail Liniger, with an
innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and
franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great
independence. Over 110,000 agents provide RE/MAX a global reach of
over 100 countries and territories. Nobody sells more real estate
than RE/MAX when measured by residential transaction
sides. RE/MAX, LLC, one of the world's leading franchisors of
real estate brokerage services, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
RMCO, LLC, which is controlled and managed by RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE:RMAX). With a passion for the communities in which its agents
live and work, RE/MAX is proud to have raised more than
$150 million for Children's Miracle
Network Hospitals® and other charities. For more
information about RE/MAX, to search home listings or find an agent
in your community, please visit www.remax.com. For the latest news
about RE/MAX, please visit www.remax.com/newsroom.
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