Press Release

Prominent Trade Publication Names Jim Weichert Among Most Influential Real Estate Leaders in 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 2010.  This year’s selection is the fourth consecutive year that Weichert was honored with this celebrated 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 services.  The Inman 100, an annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate, recognizes those power brokers, thought leaders, experts, insiders, and visionaries who influence the real estate industry with their words, actions, insight and innovations.

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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