Report: RE/MAX is the #1 Real Estate Franchise

Entrepreneur’s Annual Franchise 500 Survey Ranks RE/MAX #15 Overall

Denver, CO – Jan. 10, 2019 (PRNewswire) RE/MAX, LLC, one of the world’s leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, once again ranks as the leading real estate franchise in the 2019 Franchise 500®. RE/MAX has been the top real estate franchise in the annual survey, produced by Entrepreneur magazine, for seven consecutive years.

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More than 1,000 franchisors applied to be included in this year’s Franchise 500. RE/MAX was selected as the top estate franchisor because of its unit growth, financial strength, stability and brand power in 2018. This year’s Franchise 500 marks the 16th time in 20 years that RE/MAX is number one in the real estate category. RE/MAX ranked 15th overall among all franchisors on the list.

“RE/MAX leads its competitors year after year in the Franchise 500,” said Adam Contos, CEO of RE/MAX. “We truly are the number one name in real estate, and industry professionals want to experience the competitive advantages of our brand power, progressive on-demand training, technology and unmatched global footprint.”

The Franchise 500 is considered the oldest and most comprehensive franchise ranking in the world. Companies are judged by the same criteria including costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength and financial strength and stability. To be eligible, franchisors must be seeking new franchises in the United States or Canada and have a minimum of 10 units open and operating as of July 31, 2018, with at least one franchise located in North America.

From a single office that opened in 1973 in Denver, Colo., RE/MAX has grown into a global real estate network with more than 120,000 sales associates in more than 100 countries and territories. RE/MAX was recently named a top 10 franchise brand for the third consecutive year and the leading real estate franchise for the 10th year in a row in the 2018 Franchise Times Top 200+® survey.

About the RE/MAX Network
As one of the leading global real estate franchisors, RE/MAX, LLC is a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX) with over 120,000 agents in more than 100 countries and territories. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX, as measured by residential transaction sides. Dedicated to innovation and change in the real estate industry, RE/MAX launched Motto Mortgage, a ground-breaking mortgage franchisor, in 2016 and acquired booj, a real estate technology company, in 2018. RE/MAX agents have lived, worked and served in their local communities for decades, raising millions of dollars every year for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® and other charities. To learn more 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.

Redfin Ranks the Top 10 Neighborhoods for Green Homes in 2018

Green Homes Sold for $46,532 More on Average Than Homes Without Green Features in 2017

Sustainability Efforts Pay Off in Cleveland, Where Three Shaker Heights Neighborhoods Made the List

Seattle, WA – April 20, 2018 (PRNewswire) (NASDAQ: RDFN)– Green homes sold for $46,532 more than homes without green features in 2017, according to Redfin (www.redfin.com), the next-generation real estate brokerage. To determine that figure, Redfin data scientists analyzed real estate listings for all the homes sold between January 1, 2017 and April 2018 in more than 80 major metropolitan areas. Redfin identified the homes with one or more green features and compared the median price of those homes ($569,378) with the median price of all homes sold in the time period ($522,845).

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The study also looked at which U.S. neighborhoods have the greatest number of eco-friendly homes, based on the percentage of homes that mentioned one or more “green” features in real estate listings. Cleveland, OH and Orange County, CA dominated the list, both having three neighborhoods in the top 10.

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Malvern, Fenway and Mercer are all in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland that works hard to promote sustainable living. To encourage residents to reduce their carbon footprint, the city offers a recycling program, home energy assessments, energy incentive programs, access to financing for solar panels and more. Redfin real estate agents say that work is evident.

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“As our homes age, it’s important to not only preserve the classic architectural charm of Shaker Heights but update them to meet today’s modern lifestyle,” said Redfin Cleveland agent Danielle Parent. “Homebuyers are drawn to the historic, classic-style tudors that adorn the tree-lined streets of Shaker Heights, but many homes, because of their age, are in need of significant updates. The city has done a tremendous job of communicating the resources that are available to homeowners to help them implement eco-friendly features like solar panels and energy-efficient windows. The city was ahead of the curve and has been an ardent supporter of reducing its carbon footprint since 2002.”

To read the full report, complete with quotes and graphics, click here.

About Redfin
Redfin (www.redfin.com) is the next-generation real estate brokerage, combining its own full-service agents with modern technology to redefine real estate in the consumer’s favor. Founded by software engineers, Redfin has the country’s #1 brokerage website and offers a host of online tools to consumers, including the Redfin Estimate, the automated home-value estimate with the industry’s lowest published error rate for listed homes. Homebuyers and sellers enjoy a full-service, technology-powered experience from Redfin real estate agents, while saving thousands in commissions. Redfin serves more than 80 major metro areas across the U.S. The company has closed more than $60 billion in home sales.

Facebook Explains How Their News Feed Ranking Works

With News Feed ranking, Facebook’s algorithms leverage available signals and make a set of predictions that help us to estimate how meaningful we think every story will be to each person on Facebook. At leas that’s how they explain things.

The question however is, does it work? For many the answer is no and this is made worse by Facebook forcing us to see what they think are ‘Top Stories’. If you want to control what you see there is an option (see: ‘Control What You See on Facebook‘) but note; your Facebook settings will default back to ‘Top Stories’ as soon as you click away.

In the interim at least this video sheds some light on things.