Press Release

Weichert Named Influential Real Estate Leader By Leading Trade Publication

1/21/2010

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.Jim Weichert, founder and president of Weichert, Realtors®, has been selected for the Inman News list of the ‘100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders’ for 2009. This marks the third consecutive year that Weichert was honored with this prestigious distinction.

 

Jim Weichert was recognized in the ‘Brokerage’ category, which is reserved for company leaders who command the attention of real estate professionals through their words and actions. During his more than 40 years of sales experience, Weichert has led the development of Weichert, Realtors from a single office in 1969 to one of the largest privately held real estate companies in the nation.

 

Inman News is one of the nation’s leading independent real estate news service.  The annual ‘100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders’ list reflects the industry’s best and brightest, as well as outside figures whose actions influence the home buying and selling business.  According to Inman News, “the people on this list embody leadership, innovation, ingenuity, power and persistence.”

 

Weichert has nearly 18,000 sales associates in more than 500 company-owned and franchised sales offices in key markets throughout the U.S.  A family of full-service real estate and financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of mortgages and home and title insurance.  For more information, Weichert's customer service center can be reached at 1-800-USA-SOLD or at Weichert's Web site, www.weichert.com.  Each Weichert franchised office is independently owned and operated.

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