Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

PARSIPPANY, N.J. and DAYTON, Ohio - (July 27, 2010) - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC today announced the addition of Dayton, Ohio-based real estate firm Big Hill to its franchise brand network.  Founded in 1968, the brokerage will now operate as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Big Hill under the direction of its president, Jeff Owens. The firm will continue to serve Greater Dayton, Richmond, Ind., and their surrounding counties.  With this affiliation, the Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate network adds eight offices in the states of Ohio and Indiana and 185 sales associates to its fast-growing national franchise network.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 16, 2010 – Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC announced yesterday that its president and CEO, Sherry Chris, has been named 2010 Inman Innovator of the Year. The award, which honors individuals going above and beyond the traditional tools used by the real estate industry to enhance the transaction process and improve the overall experience for consumers and real estate professionals, was presented yesterday during the 2010 Inman News Real Estate Connect Conference in San Francisco, Calif.

The First Four Chapters of a Multi-Media Digital Book Chronicling the Birth and Brand History of a Leading National Real Estate Firm, As Told By CEO Sherry Chris, Now Available

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (July 14, 2010) – Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC, in an effort to expand its leverage of emerging content media, has become the first real estate franchise to publish a multimedia Vook. Titled Rule Breakers: The History of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, the digital book incorporates video, Internet links and text into a single application. The Vook is available for free via Vook.com and the Apple iTunes store as a Web-based application for computers or as a download application for the iPhone or iPad.

Real Estate Firm is the Diamond Sponsor and Nominated for Inman Innovator Award

Parsippany, N.J., (July 13, 2010) — Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC, will report its findings on the traits of “The Beta Brokerage” as a Diamond Sponsor and Inman Innovator Award finalist at the Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2010 conference. The conference, which runs today through Thursday, July 15, is being held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.

Parsippany, N.J., and Rumson, N.J., (June 16, 2010) — Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC today announced the addition of Preferred Properties based in Rumson, New Jersey, to its brand network. George Coffenberg, who has been a local real estate professional since 1987, will operate Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Preferred Properties as its founder and Broker of Record. With this affiliation, the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network adds an office and 20 agents to its national franchise network.