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RE/MAX CEO Appears on CNBC 5/19/09

Take a look at Margaret Kelly, CEO of RE/MAX International appearing on CNBC yesterday evening:

http://www.truveo.com/health-of-the-homefront/id/1329790282

Outstanding Agents! Outstanding Results!

Chris Skrip of RE/MAX Sea Island Realty in Beaufort South Carolina is a CPDE, Certified Distressed Property Expert and is also, the Broker-in-Charge/Owner. For additional information on Short Sales and Foreclosures in Beaufort....give Chris a call!

RE/MAX International now has 99% TV Share of Voice

http://www.remax.com/inside_remax/news_and_events/making_news/press_releases/2009/documents/REMAX_Leads_Industry_in_National_TV_Advertising_51209.pdf

Click on the link above to access an article on www.remax.com about the new statistics for TV Share of Voice (advertising)! EXCITING NEWS for RE/MAX!!!!

Outstanding Agents! Outstanding Results!

If you are ready to buy or sell a home in Beaufort South Carolina, you owe it to yourself to contact THE REAL ESTATE LEADERS at RE/MAX Sea Island Realty!

RE/MAX Sea Island Realty, Beaufort SC 2009 Air Show

Here is a photo of the 2009 Beaufort SC Air Show - the 2009 Beaufort Air Show was held at MCAS Beaufort and RE/MAX Sea Island Realty was a sponsor. RE/MAX Sea Island Realty supports our military community!

remax.com in Top 10 visited US Real Estate Websites by Hitwise

Top 10 Visited U.S. Real Estate Websites, April 2009

Rank

Website

Market Share Of Visits

1

Realtor.com

9.66%

2

Yahoo! Real Estate

3.72%

3

Zillow

3.18%

4

ZipRealty

2.62%

5

RE/MAX Real Estate (www.remax.com)

2.22%

6

Rent.com

1.86%

7

ServiceMagic

1.76%

8

US Department of Housing and Urban Development

1.75%

9

Trulia.com

1.73%

10

Homegain

1.62%

Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on U.S. market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique websites on a daily basis, including sub-domains of larger websites. Hitwise categorizes websites into industries on the basis of subject matter and content, as well as market orientation and competitive context. The market share of visits percentage does not include traffic for all sub-domains of certain websites that could be reported on separately.

Source: Hitwise

Published on www.MarketingCharts.com

Beaufort South Carolina Real Estate, SOLDS DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR

The chart below reflects the number of closings by month from 2005-present. Sellers in Beaufort South Carolina should be aware that closed transactions are down 26% from 2008-2009 (based on January-April statistics). When comparing 2007 to 2009, they are down 48%.

Fact: Less homes are selling in Beaufort South Carolina.

Sellers: It is very important to understand these statistics because it is ultimately important to price your home aggressively to sell in this real estate market.

Buyers/Investors: There are only a couple of words that I have for you! BUYER'S MARKET! If you have ever thought of buying a home, there is no better time than RIGHT NOW! In addition to it being a buyer's market, the interest rates are extremely low.

When the real estate market is TOUGH, you need to hire the best agents in the business to market your home on the internet. With over 80% of home buyers starting their real estate search on the internet, internet exposure is your greatest asset in selection of a real estate agent.

Chris Skrip at RE/MAX Sea Island Realty is one of the Top 10 Realtors in Beaufort South Carolina (based on 2008 Year End Beaufort MLS Statistics). Give Chris a call to understand how to best market your home on the internet to get the greatest exposure.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Jan 146 154 109 60 52
Feb 144 142 108 82 52
Mar 181 225 119 82 75
Apr 197 167 133 107 67
May 239 213 132 118
Jun 290 211 115 88
Jul 323 158 106 80
Aug 277 146 116 93
Sept 235 142 83 63
Oct 181 111 77 71
Nov 148 96 73 35
Dec 184 96 81 74

Statistics for Jan/Feb 2006-Feb 2009 verified and pulled from Beaufort MLS 03/20/09. March 09 - April 09 pulled 5/7/09. Used Solds, Multi-Class to pull all statistics including single family homes, mobiles, townhomes, condos, land and commercial