Lisa Dempsey, senior team leader at Keller Williams Realty Northeast, recently announced the Market Center’s top agents for the month of August 2010. The August award winners for the most listings are: Agent of the Month, Anne Vickery; Team of the Month, Fahrmeier Team: Karen Fahrmeier and Leslie Free; Group of the Month, The Doug Erdy Team: Doug Erdy, Nelda Cedeno, Dwynette Meadows and Sabi Gutierrez.
Category: Keller Williams Realty
Keller Williams Gets Social
Keller Williams Realty Northeast has embraced Social Networking. Since the first of this year, KWNE has made their presence known on more than 30 social networking sites.
KWNE also publishes this bi-weekly blog on top blogging sites including: Active Rain and Word Press and has established a Fan Page on FaceBook www.facebook.com/kwnortheast The page promotes Keller Williams’ events and other local activities of interest to the community. In addition, Keller Williams Northeast agents recently attended the Swanepoel Social Media Report 2010 Seminar to stay on top of the Social Networking trends in the real estate business.
Keller Williams Realty Ranks Second in HBJ Report
The Houston Business Journal reported in its June 25 issue that Keller Williams Realty is the second largest Houston-area residential real estate brokerage firm for 2009 based on both closed transactions and volume of closed sales. The results take into account the combined figures for six Keller Williams offices: Northeast, The Woodlands, Professionals, Magnolia, Sterling Ridge and Livingston.
First Summer Nights at the Harbor Concert Features ‘50s Music
The music at the first of four Keller Williams Summer Nights at the Harbor concerts was a flashback to the ‘50s. Wayne King entertained the crowd last Thursday at Kings Harbor with songs by Roy Orbison, Frank Sinatra and assorted ’50s “Doo-Wop” artists.
Fed Expected to Stop Mortgage Subsidy: Real Estate Experts Urge Consumers to Buy Now
Next Wednesday (3/31) is a monumental day for the mortgage industry. It is the day that the Federal Reserve has said it will stop buying mortgage-backed securities in an effort to keep mortgage rates low and bolster the housing market. The expected outcome of this move is an increase in interest rates which have been hovering around 5 percent this week for a 30 year fixed rate loan.
Keller Williams Concert Highlights Spring Break
It was evident by last Friday night’s Keller Williams Concert at Kings Harbor that not everyone leaves town for Spring Break. In fact, there were several hundred people who thought that an evening with friends and neighbors down by the water in Kingwood was the perfect way to spend their break.
The featured entertainers, the 5th Avenue Band Trio, ended up being a quartet with the last minute addition of Steve Pickels from Katy on vocals. He was accompanied by Kingwood residents Terrell Tipton on bass guitar and Bill Phillips on acoustic guitar along with Chris Benton on keyboards. The group sat on bar stools and performed in the center of the Harbor Plaza close to the crowd, giving the concert a more intimate, coffee shop vibe.
Keller Williams Family Reunion Highlights
Keller Williams Realty Northeast (KWNE) management and agents returned to the office last week after attending the Family Reunion in New Orleans from Feb. 20-24. The annual Keller Williams national convention is a chance for the company’s associates to renew, energize and celebrate accomplishments from the past year.
Senior Team Leader Lisa Dempsey had the chance to meet the renowned real estate visionary Stefan Swanepoel, who was a featured presenter at Family Reunion. Since 1987, Swanepoel has been an independent researcher for National Real Estate Data. He is best known in the industry for the annual Swanepoel Trends Report. He has written several books, including his newest: Social Media Report 2010.
Keller Williams Realty Ranked #1
There is a team out of Austin that has achieved a number one ranking. Keller Williams Realty has been named the No. 1 real estate franchise on the 31st Annual Franchise list by Entrepreneur magazine. (You didn’t think we were talking about football. Did you?)