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March/April 2011

Home Sellers Fare 50% Better in Getting Their Homes Sold Using a REALTOR® Than Selling On Their Own

HomeGain surveyed over 1,000 homeowners asking whether they used a REALTOR® to sell their home or whether they attempted to sell it themselves.

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Eighty-three percent said they used a REALTOR® to sell their home and 17 percent said they tried to sell their home on their own.

Fifty-nine percent of home owners that used a REALTOR® to sell their home were successful vs. 39 percent of FSBO’s, reflecting a 50 percent higher closing rate for those home sellers using a REALTOR®.

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HomeGain Inducts 15 New Members Into Commissions Based Awards Clubs

HomeGain recently inducted 15 new real estate agent members into its elite commissions based award clubs for closing home sales;.

"We are excited to add an additional15 HomeGain members to our commissions based award clubs," stated Louis Cammarosano, General Manager at HomeGain. "HomeGain is proud to help home buyers and sellers consistently find quality real estate agents to assist them with their real estate needs."

In addition to these 15 new members who were inducted in first quarter of 2011, we are also announcing nine new members (below) in this edition of the Agent Success Newsletter.

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HomeGain Releases First Quarter 2011 Home Values Survey Results

Thirty-nine percent of surveyed real estate professionals nationwide expect home values to decrease over the next six months; Sixty-four percent disapprove of Obama’s performance as President.

Most real estate professionals and homeowners continue to expect home values to decrease or stay the same through the middle of the year. Thirty-nine percent of agents and brokers and thirty percent of homeowners think that home values will decrease over the next six months.

In the fourth quarter 2010 HomeGain National Home Values Survey, forty-six percent of agents and brokers and 30 percent of homeowners thought that home values would decrease over the next six months.

Forty-four percent of real estate agents and brokers and 46 percent of homeowners think that home values will remain the same in the coming six months.

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Awards and Recognition

HomeGain Clubs

Congratulations to HomeGain's newest AgentEvaluator^® Club members!

These members represent our top performing real estate professionals nationwide and receive a reduced referral fee rate.

HomeGain inducted 9 HomeGain member agents into its elite clubs:

2 new HomeGain Diamond Club members (now totaling 28 members who have earned $500,000 or more in gross home sale commissions from AgentEvaluator)
1 new HomeGain Platinum Club members (now totaling 383 members who have earned $125,000 or more in gross home sale commissions from AgentEvaluator)
4 new HomeGain Gold Club members (now totaling 311 members who have earned $75,000 or more in gross home sale commissions from AgentEvaluator)
2 new HomeGain Silver Club members (totaling 275 members who have earned $50,000 or more)

The HomeGain Million Club has two members who have earned in excess of one million dollars.

To find out if you qualify for Silver, Gold, Platinum or Diamond status, please contact your Regional Manager.

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