SP200 Names Elton Ash, Walter Schneider, and Pamela Alexander in the List of Real Estate's Most Powerful Leaders

SP200 Names Elton Ash, Walter Schneider, and Pamela Alexander in the List of Real Estate’s Most Powerful Leaders

The SP200 (Swanepoel Power 200) has named RE/MAX of Western Canada’s Regional Executive Vice President, Elton Ash, the 69^th most powerful person in real estate in it’s 2019 edition. Ash manages the regional operations for RE/MAX Western Canada, which has an approximate 35 per cent market share in the region, with 278 offices and 6,900 agents who do approximately $75 billion in annual sales. Ash joined RE/MAX in 1984 as an agent and assumed his current position in 2005.

The SP200 said “Despite a challenging business environment with competition from many well-funded new business models, RE/MAX grew revenues 11.4 percent in the first nine months of 2018 from the same period in 2017. In addition, it grew net income 32.2 percent to $20.8 million over the same period. Those expecting existing industry franchise giants such as RE/MAX to fade in the face of new competition are mistaken; RE/MAX is going strong marked by new energy and positive growth.”

In total, nine RE/MAX network leaders were recognized in the 2019 SP200 for their influence on residential real estate in North America:

Adam Contos, CEO, RE/MAX, LLC (#8)
Pamela Alexander, CEO, RE/MAX Integra, Canada, U.S., Europe (#37)
Walter Schneider, Co-Founder and President, RE/MAX Integra (#37)
Chad Ochsner, Broker/Owner, RE/MAX Alliance, Colorado and Oregon (#48)
Elton C. Ash, Regional Executive Vice President, RE/MAX of Western Canada (#69)
James O’Bryon, Co-Owner and CEO, RE/MAX Gold, California (#71)
Brenda Tushaus, CEO, RE/MAX Results, Minnesota and Wisconsin (#97)
Pierre Titley, Co-Founder and President, RE/MAX Quebec (#100)
Sandra A. Sanders, President, RE/MAX Estate Properties, California (#113)

The SP200 is the definitive ranking of residential real estate’s top leaders produced and published annually by the Swanepoel T3 Group. The full list can be found here. To produce the report each year, the company invests over 400 hours of research, debates, and deep analyses of numbers and charts, while candidly questioning what power really means. Leaders are evaluated on the position they hold, the decision-making power associated with that position, financial resources at their disposal, their organization’s significance and geographical reach, public announcements about upcoming changes, their tenure, and their personal influence on the industry.

By Lydia McNutt|2019-12-18T21:58:30-05:00February 14th, 2019|Press Releases|Comments Off

PR & Content Manager RE/MAX INTEGRA, Ontario-Atlantic Canada

Lydia McNutt is an award-winning writer and editor, who’s interest in real estate, creative flair and love of the written word have brought her to RE/MAX. As Manager of Public Relations and Content at RE/MAX, Lydia is responsible for the creation and curation of content that informs homebuyers and sellers, and empowers them on their journey. Lydia executes on RE/MAX's public relations, communications and social media strategies, which includes developing reports, featured content and the consumer-facing blog at remax.ca. Lydia has been published nationally, on topics ranging from real estate, decor and design, to finance, business, technology, entertainment and lifestyle. When she’s not head-down at her writing desk, Lydia is blissfully “momming it up” in Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with her husband, two kids and their chocolate lab, Betty. Email Lydia at lmcnutt@remaxintegra.com.