Shorewest, Realtors: Shorewest.com visitors are up!

Contact:

Wendy Norem

Marketing Director

Shorewest, Realtors(r)

(262) 827-4111, ext. 232

wnorem@shorewest.com

Brookfield, Wisconsin. Are you thinking about buying or selling a home? NOW is the time to move forward. Recently, we have received a 31% increase in visitors to Shorewest.com <http://www.shorewest.com/> compared with our monthly daily average in February 2010, according to our business analytics. This is a significant increase, as last February there were buyers in the market looking to take advantage of the Home Buyers Tax Credit. What does this mean – buyers are looking.

People use Shorewest.com because of the innovative tools and features we offer. The website provides: a detailed property search, easy-to-use mortgage calculator, mapping search, open houses search, variety of photos and listing details. The site also provides home buying and selling information and so much more. Shorewest.com is a one-stop shop for anyone interested in looking for a home.

New options have been added to “myShorewest” that helps make the process easier. Now you can track and map new listings, sold properties and open houses with “myNeighborhoods,” receive alerts when you “Save Searches,” use a “Price Tracker,” which allows you to set a target price on a home and receive an alert when that price is met.

When a Shorewest Sales associate sets you up for “myShorewest,” you can easily interact with them. You are able to post/share comments about homes, and receive recommended listings from your Shorewest consultant. Documents uploaded to MLS by a Shorewest Sales associate such as listing documents and co-broker listings can now be accessed when a person is signed in to “myShorewest.”

“Overall, we want to make the home buying experience easy and time efficient for anyone looking to buy or sell their home in today’s market, says John P. Horning, executive vice president at Shorewest, Realtors®.”

With an excellent selection of affordable homes on the market and low interest rates, people are eager to search for their perfect house.

“We are excited about what 2011 will offer the real estate industry,” says Horning. “There is a wide variety of affordable homes on the market and interest rates are still at record low numbers.”

Find out why more people use Shorewest.com <http://www.shorewest.com/> for their home search.

Through 65 years and three generations of leadership, Shorewest has served the housing needs of southern Wisconsin. From the vision of one man to the power of 1,400, Shorewest has grown to include 23 sales offices and a family of in-house relocation, mortgage, title and insurance services.

Shorewest, Realtors(r) is Wisconsin’s largest home seller, a position it’s held since 1951. Shorewest currently controls more than 27% of the metro-Milwaukee real estate market, according to Metro Milwaukee MLS.

With innovative services such as its 24-hour Shorewest TV channel (available on over-the-air channel 58.4, Time Warner Cable digital channel 984, as well as Charter digital channel 966 an OnDemand™ channels 1 and 999 in Rock County only), Home Services coordinators, user-friendly bilingual hotline and comprehensive internet site, Shorewest leads in using technology to ensure customer satisfaction. Shorewest, Realtors(r) also specializes in marketing fine homes. As a member of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World(tm), it is a part of Luxury Portfolio, which features the most comprehensive view of luxury-tier properties on the Internet.