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United Country Brings Industry Experts
to
Kansas City Convention to Address Real
Estate Trends
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (February 5, 2008)—You
hear it almost daily: The real estate
market is slumping, and things aren’t
looking bright in the future.
That might be the message for some in
the real estate market, but it’s not the
case for those served by Kansas
City-based United Country Real Estate,
which just concluded its best year since
the company’s founding in 1925. United
Country is the only national real estate
franchise system specializing in
residential, second home, vacation home,
retirement, recreational, farm, ranch,
and commercial properties in and around
small cities and towns across America.
United Country Real Estate will kick off
its 2008 National Convention in Kansas
City February 21-24 with an upbeat
message for its more than 4,000 agents
and 700 offices located across the
United States. About 1,000 of United
Country’s top office owners, brokers and
agents are expected for the event at the
Westin Crown Center.
Various market factors have positively
impacted United Country’s business,
according to Dan Duffy, chief executive
officer.
“Many things have kept our business
moving upward: more affluent urban
buyers can finance their own property
purchases; less new development; unique,
one-of-a-kind properties; more stable
local economies; and increased demand
from a well-documented urban to rural
migration are just a few of these,”
Duffy said. “Our unique, proprietary and
proven marketing program that brings
affluent urban buyers to hard-to-find
rural agents has driven significant new
office growth.”
Keynote speakers at the convention
include Steve Murray, 30-year industry
expert and editor of “REAL Trends,” a
trade publication recognized as one of
the leading sources for real estate
research, analysis and insight in the
industry. Murray will provide his unique
perspective into where the real estate
market is headed and what can be done to
take advantage of it. Also scheduled to
speak is Tom Lundstedt, leading real
estate expert and consultant, who will
explore investment and tax strategies
for the real estate industry, buyers,
sellers and agents.
Key issues to be covered during the
conference include the growing
importance of technology in real estate
today, marketing, financing options,
search engine optimization, sales
strategies, auction services and trends
in commercial real estate. Saturday’s
session will conclude with an evening
awards ceremony recognizing some of the
fastest growing offices and most
successful agents in rural American real
estate.
“This year’s convention will provide
attendees with market insights and
valuable tools they can use to continue
growing their businesses,” Duffy said.
“We’re also excited to be able to show
visitors from around the country the
dynamic and progressive nature of Kansas
City, home of our corporate headquarters
for more than 83 years.”
Also attending the convention as major
sponsors and speakers will be a select
group of leading industry service and
strategic companies. These sponsors will
provide cutting-edge information for
addressing key real estate issues.
Sponsors include United Country Home
Mortgage, United Country Land Finance,
United Country Health Plans, United
Country Home Protection Plans, Proxibid
On-line Auction Services, Advance
Graphics & Printing, Lowen Sign Co.,
Starker 1031 Services, Xpressdocs Direct
Mail Systems, Ducks Unlimited, Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation, Farm & Ranch,
Progressive Farmer, National Auctioneers
Association, the National FFA
organization, Quality Service
Certification and Auction Flex.
United Country Real Estate
United Country Real Estate is the only
national real estate franchise system
specializing in properties in and around
the small cities and towns of America.
Based in Kansas City, Mo., the company
has been an innovator in rural real
estate marketing since 1925. United
Country supports more than 700 offices
nationwide with a unique, comprehensive
marketing program that includes the
leading web site in the rural real
estate market (www.unitedcountry.com),
proprietary real estate catalogs, an
extensive buyer database and national
advertising of properties to over 90
million homes a week. United Country
has been named as a Top 25 Franchise by
the Wall Street Journal and among
Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500®.
In January 2007, the company introduced
United Country Auction Services,
becoming the nation's largest integrated
network of traditional real estate
agents and real estate auctioneers.
NATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS
2820 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, MO
64154
816-420-6200 www.unitedcountry.com |
