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Homes.com is Headed to Real Estate Connect!

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Inman News Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2012Homes.com is headed back to San Francisco for one of the industry’s biggest events, Real Estate Connect, San Francisco 2012!  This year the theme of the event is connecting the dots aiming at helping real estate professionals explore their business strategy, emerging technology, consumer insights, and much more.  Our very own Senior Vice President,Brock MacLean, will be a panelist on a panel titled “Tracking Consumer Trends: Who’s Renting? Who’s Buying?” on Thursday, August 2.  Brock will be joined by Mike Simonsen, Co-founder/CEO of Altos Research and Mollie Carmicheal, Principal, John Burns Real Estate Consulting and it will be moderated by Inman News’ CMO Tracy Weir.

If you’re attending the event make sure to visit Homes.com in the main exhibitor hall. We look forward to meeting you and sharing ways in which you can grow your business with all the new knowledge you’ve obtained from the event. If you can’t attend, follow our LIVE tweets on our @Homes_Connect Twitter handle and use the hashtag  #icsf‬ for up to the minute happenings at Real Estate Connect. Hope to see you there!

What is the Generosity Generation?

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On March 30th at 1pm EST/10am PST Michael Maher will be speaking to real estate professionals on how to win in the generosity generation. But what is the generosity generation? The generosity generation refers to a group of individuals who practice the habit of giving freely without expecting anything in return. People who fall into the generosity generation can offer thoughts, talk, talent, treasure, or time to aid someone in need. In fact, generosity is considered among the top 11 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2011 according to TrendWatching.com. Not only is it a widely accepted desirable trait in society, but it’s quickly becoming a crucial trend in business too.
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TrendWatching.com shared that 86% of global consumers believe that businesses need to place at least equal weight (if not more weight) on society’s interests as they do on business interests. And, according to Young & Rubicam, 71% of people make it a point to buy brands from companies whose values are similar to their own.
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