Keller Williams Elm Grove: Attracts former Prudential agent Sonya Mays to lead REO division

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ELM GROVE, WI (September 2, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that former Prudential agent Sonya Mays has officially joined the new Keller Williams-Elm Grove office. Sonya Mays relocated from the Downtown Prudential office.

“We are very pleased to grow our company by adding a solid foreclosure division and bringing on an agent with many years of experience in the field. Sonya is a great agent and I would expect even more business in the REO market for our office.” said Christopher Slinker, Operating Principal of Keller Williams Elm Grove. Keller Williams national track record and size has helped the Elm Grove office obtain several major bank REO contracts.

Todd Butzer, North Central Regional Director of Keller Williams International office added, “Sonya’s years of foreclosure experience brings a solid leader at the helm of the division in our fastest growing office. We are extremely pleased Sonya selected us to continue her already successful career in real estate.”

Keller Williams-Elm Grove officially opened their door on May 3rd, and currently have over 52 agents who are active or have committed to the company. The office location at 12700 W.Bluemound Road is the first-ever approved office for Keller Williams in the Greater Milwaukee area.

A series of Milwaukee and outstate agents plan to join this office over the fall months and will be announced at those times. To date over 52 agents have switched or 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% 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 79,000 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 2nd largest real estate company in the U.S., surpassing Re/Max & Century 21, 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.