Keller Williams: Welcomes Linda Loften & Robert White

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ELM GROVE, WI (May 3, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that Linda Loften (formerly of First Weber Group-Meno.Falls) & Robert White (formerly of Realty Executives) officially joined the new Keller Williams-Elm Grove office. Linda Loften had retired from First Weber Group after being with them for over 10 years. Linda Loften has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors over her term as a Real Estate Salesperson with sales reaching $8 million annually.

“I had the pleasure of working with Linda at First Weber, she was a vital part of my personal real estate team….I am excited she has decided to rejoin the team over here at Keller Williams. She is a great agent and a loyal friend.” said Chris Slinker, Operating Principal of the Keller Williams Elm Grove Office.

“Bob White will be a great agent, his background in building and trades will make him an excellent addition to our office. We feel he will be one of our top agents” said Slinker. Robert White currently lives in the Greenfield area and will be working out of the Keller Williams Elm Grove Office.

“When agents like Linda and Bob join us just several weeks from our original launch it proves our strength and the growth potential, we are looking forward to it continuing at the fast pace we are seeing.” said Todd Butzer, North Central Regional Director of Keller Williams Intl.

Keller Williams-Elm Grove officially opened the doors on May 3rd at its location on 12700 W.Bluemound Rd. A series of Milwaukee and outstate agents plan to join this office over the summer months and will be announced at those times. To date over 35 agents have switched or have agreed to switch from other companies in the Milwaukee Metro area. Keller Williams has the most lucrative agent starting pay split program available (70, 80 or 90%, with 100% after approx $2.5 million in production) for agents in the Metro area. KW has superior technology/online resources for the their agents, in most cases agents experience 35% – 50% increases in commission splits compared to the major companies in competition with KW. Keller Williams prides itself on sharing up to 50% of all office profits with the agents who work in the office, offering no desk fees, no transaction fees and class ‘A’ business space for its agents to work in. Keller Williams also charges 0% on all relocation and referrals that it provides for its agents.

This announcement comes on the heels of a year of positive growth for Keller Williams Realty throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company outpaced the downward trend in the real estate market and grew in every category – opening 30 new franchises, ending the year with a 16 percent year-over-year increase in the number of contracts closed per agent and more than 76,879 associates across North America (up three percent). In addition, the company gave back more than $32.2 million in profit share to its agents.

In addition to recently becoming the 3rd largest real estate company in the U.S., surpassing Re/Max, according to Steve Murray at REAL Trends, Keller Williams Realty received the highest overall satisfaction ratings from home buyers among the largest full-service real estate firms from J.D. Power and Associates for the second year in a row, and was ranked as the No. 1 real estate franchise on the 31st Annual Franchise 500 list by Entrepreneur magazine.