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#C21News: April 2017

May 15, 2017 By

Spring has proved to be an exciting season for Century 21 Real Estate so far! Here’s a look at some company highlights from the month of April.

 

New Franchise Spotlight

In April, we welcomed CENTURY 21 Gulf Coast Realty, in Fort Myers, Florida to our family of franchises.

 

Dunagan Associates, an independent real estate brokerage company in Carlsbad, New Mexico,  affiliated with Century 21 Real Estate LLC, and is now operating as CENTURY 21 Dunagan Associates. “We couldn’t be more excited about joining CENTURY 21, the most recognized real estate brand in the world,” said Kerri Dunagan-Harvey, managing broker. Read more here.

 

Cornerstone, REALTORS®, an independent real estate brokerage company in Dublin, California, joined the CENTURY 21 Franchise System and will now do business as CENTURY 21 Cornerstone, REALTORS®. The company will continue to serve the Tri-Valley area with the added benefit of world-class marketing, agent training, technology resources and productivity tools provided through its affiliation with our iconic brand. Read more here.

 

Franchise Growth

Century 21 Burke Realty of North Brunswick, New Jersey revealed that the staff has more than doubled since opening its doors in 2014. The firm’s owner, John H. Burke, cited Century 21’s performance in the J.D. Power Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study and historically-low interest rates as two important factors in the success. He also urged potential buyers and sellers to spring into action now. Read more here.

 

PhillyMag featured the impressive expansion of CENTURY 21 Advantage Gold in a recent article. CEO Bill Lublin shared details about the company’s newly acquired property: “We completely redid the office and made it an open workspace—an open space that’s comfortable for people in today’s world and is attractive to younger buyers, sellers, and agents, as well as our existing client base.” Read the full article here.

 

In the News

Terry Brown of CENTURY 21 Scheetz shared his experience with the increasing demand for pet-friendly places to live in Parade Magazine. “We are seeing the demand for pet-friendly amenities, such as designated green space for pets,” Terry noted. Read the full article here.

 

CENTURY 21 Cityside’s Collin Bray offered his advice for finding a home in Boston’s most sought-after neighborhoods to U.S. News & World Report. According to Collin, “Developers are intelligent and calculated. Talk to them, find out where they are building. If you hear about new construction—if you see cranes—research, explore and then invest.” Read the full article here.

 

The Christian Science Monitor detailed the challenges facing millennial homebuyers. “With fewer homes on the market and a lack of inventory continuing to offer buyers fewer choices, it is expected that the millennial or first-time home buyer share of the market will hover around 33 percent of all existing home sales in 2017,” CENTURY 21 CMO Cara Whitley said in an email to the Monitor. The article also cited Century 21 Real Estate’s efforts to aid this growing market with the launch of Adulting 101. Read the full article here.

 

Check back next month for the latest Century 21 news briefing.

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#C21News: March 2017

April 25, 2017 By

Century 21 Real Estate was making news in March. Read on to learn about our recent features and other company highlights from the past month.

 

Franchise Growth

CENTURY 21 Advantage Gold of Philadelphia acquired RE/MAX Advantage, a full service real estate company based in Yardley, PA. This effectively expands their footprint throughout Bucks County and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Farther west, Westchester, IL based CENTURY 21 Affiliated acquired Gobber Realty on March 1st.

Outside of the U.S., New Zealand’s Scoop News discussed CENTURY 21 New Zealand’s move into Central Auckland. Already established in the north, south, and east of Auckland, CENTURY 21’s recent approach has seen a tremendous response and continues to grow.

 

New Franchise Spotlight

In March, we welcomed two new offices in North America: CENTURY 21 Sewanhaka in Floral Park, NY and CENTURY 21 Paramount in Brampton, Ontario.

 

In the News

Century 21 Real Estate CMO Cara Whitley was in the news not once, but twice in March. The first was an Adweek article in which she was named to an exclusive list of “tech-savvy CMOs.” Cara was also interviewed in this CMO Outlook article about millennial home buyers.

In other millennial news, our Adulting 101 campaign was highlighted in this Housingwire article that stresses the importance of education for these first-time home buyers.

The Washington Post highlighted the prevalence of the real estate industry and its human connection despite the rise of the Internet and predictions of its demise from past decades. The article praised CENTURY 21’s recent “Robots” TV spot which truly embodied this sentiment.

 

Achievements

Two CENTURY 21 sales associates were named to the NAR 30 Under 30 Class of 2017 which honors young professionals who have given their all to this career path. Our honorees were Sarah Lyons of CENTURY 21 Judge Fite and Farris Tarazi of CENTURY 21 Yarrow & Associates.

Sarah credits the flexibility of the industry with allowing her to pursue her dreams and change her family’s life with the gift of financial freedom. Farris contributes his success to seeing things differently and providing that experience to clients by investing in technology and photography.

Several CENTURY 21 affiliated companies were named in the 2017 REAL Trends 500 rankings.

 

March was another strong month for Century 21 Real Estate leaving us excited for more success to come! Check back next month for the latest Century 21 news briefing.

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