Get to Know Windermere Real Estate
When John Jacobi founded Windermere Real Estate in 1972, he had a vision for the way real estate should be handled: Anticipate and respond to the real estate needs of buyers and sellers, and support the communities you serve. What he didn’t know is that he would also significantly change the way real estate is practiced.Windermere pioneered an aggressive commission structure, offers unique agent benefits and was the first to have a searchable database of homes on its Web site. Because of these innovations and paradigm shifts,
Windermere has grown to become the leading real estate company in the West, building on its commitments to professionalism, integrity and service to the communities of which it is a part. The Windermere network now has more than 290 offices serving communities in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
There are currently 37 Windermere offices open in Southern California with more than 1000 agents. While the offices are independently owned, they are frequently in communication and promote each others business. Windermere Exclusive Properties began modestly in 2001 with one branch and 12 agents. Since then, the company has grown to include four branches, close to 200 agents, a Premier Properties program for high-end real estate and a highly successful New Homes Division.
Mission Statement:
We are committed to:Leadership in the real estate industry
Windermere is committed to being a leader among our peer firms. We build and support close-knit teams. Our wish is to foster teamwork while preserving the freedom each of us needs to satisfy buyers and sellers and find personal satisfaction.
The highest ethical standards. Uncompromising honesty and integrity
We will continue to grow while exercising practices that meet the highest ethical and business standards.
The best from and for Windermere people
Our greatest assets are Windermere people-the sales associates, managers, supporting staff and owners with whom we hope to sustain mutually satisfying, productive and lasting relationships. We place high priority on their growth, development and job satisfaction, and provide all the opportunity for reward commensurate with contributions.
The improvement of life in the neighborhoods we serve
We will be personally involved in civic and community affairs that improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods, and will contribute both financial and human resources to achieve these ends.
West Coast Leaders
The real estate industry’s trusted information source, REAL Trends, has designated Windermere as the largest regional real estate brand in the Western United States, as well as the third largest regional brand in the country. REAL Trends 500 is a benchmark industry report that independently ranks the nation’s leading 500 real estate firms.
The 2008 REAL Trends 500 designates Windermere as the third largest regional brand in the U.S. based on a combined 2007 sales volume of over 34 billion dollars.Thirty-six years ago Windermere Real Estate was one office serving a Seattle neighborhood. Thanks to the dedication and unwavering enthusiasm of our associates, Windermere Real Estate is today represented by over 390 offices across the West. Our 9,000 associates proudly deliver celebrated Windermere customer service throughout neighborhoods in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, California, Arizona and Hawaii.
For the second consecutive year, Windermere Real Estate was ranked the second largest regional real estate firm in the country by The Realty Alliance, a national real estate trade organization. Windermere was ranked second in residential sales volume ($8.5 billion) and closed residential transactions (34,941).
Windermere was the only Northwest firm to rank in the top five of all the Alliance’s rating categories. The company ranked third in number of agents (2,278*) and number of offices (68*), well ahead of its Northwest competitors.
* These numbers do not include Windermere’s 116 franchise offices, with their 2,722 agents.
Get Your Tickets to the Santaluz Summer Music Festival 2009 - special rates for Windermere!
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The Santaluz Summer Music Festival is one of the most exciting events of the summer.
The evening includes a host of wonderful performances, including: Eli Mattson (finalist from America’s Got Talent), Starship (”We Built this City”) and Skip Martin (the lead singer of Kool & The Gang).
Guests will also enjoy a tapas-style food promenade during the reception and a FIREWORKS display!
As the Title Sponsor of the Santaluz Music Festival for 2009, Windermere Exclusive Properties has special group rates available. We would love to fill the event with Windermere agents, clients, friends and family.
Contact Dixie Courtney at (858) 436-3260 for more information about how you can get involved in this special day!
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Southern California Sellers get “Realistic” and Home Sales INCREASE
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Looking for a home in Southern California? Wondering if the time is right? Well it might be time to start acting because Home Sales are INCREASING. A recent article taken from the Wall Street Journal gives an indicator through statistical information taken from MDA DataQuick, a local San Diego company as to where last months numbers have directed the flow of real estate traffic.
“The research firm reported 20,775 sales of new and resale houses and condos in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in May. That was up 1.3% from the prior month and up 23% from May 2008. “May’s sales were the highest for that month since May 2006, when 30,303 homes sold, but were 21% below the average May sales total since 1988, when DataQuick’s statistics begin,” the firm said.
Sales of foreclosed homes accounted for 50% of all sales in these counties, down from 54% in April and a peak of 57% in February.
Sales of homes at $500,000 or higher accounted for 17% of the May transactions, up from 15% in April. DataQuick said that may partly reflect sellers’ willingness to cut prices on higher-end homes to meet demand.
The median price for new and resale houses and condos sold in May was $249,000. That was a slight increase of 0.8% from April but was still down 33% from a year earlier. DataQuick said the median price hadn’t shown an increase from the prior month since July 2007. Median prices can be skewed by a shift in the types of homes being sold.
“We appear to be in the early stages of the market gradually tilting back toward a more normal balance of sales across the home price spectrum,” DataQuick said. “As more sellers get realistic, more buyers get off the fence and more lenders offer reasonable terms for high-end purchase financing, we’ll see a more normal share of sales in the more established, higher-cost areas that have been nearly comatose.”
The whole article can be seen at: http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2009/06/17/sellers-get-realistic-in-southern-california-and-home-sales-increase/
Now ladies and gentleman, with America’s finest city, having homes sold at incredible discounts already, this brings me to no other conclusion that stability is apart of our future… Contact Sean Zanganeh today if purchasing a BEAUTIFUL San Diego Home is in yours.
(858) 229-6063
sean.zanganeh@gmail.com www.seanzanganeh.com
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Temecula On The Move Presents: Chardonnay Hills - One Of Temecula’s Great Neighborhoods
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Welcome home to Chardonnay Hills, one of Temecula’s premier neighborhoods. This wonderful community sits just west of the best wineries Temecula has to offer. Located along the Rancho California corridor, just minutes to the newly updated Promenade mall.
Comprised of a mixture of single story and two story homes, ranging in size from 1500 to just over 3500 square feet. Over the last year the average sale price has dropped to $319,000.
Charonnay Hills offers residents, two heated community pools, tennis court, basket ball court, baseball field, and 3 parks for their enjoyment.
Children can walk to either of the two local elementary schools, Rancho Elementary and Vintage Hills Elementary. For more information regarding these schools, visit their websites at www.res.tvusd.k12.ca.us or www.vhes.tvusd.k12.ca.us.
Susi Vickery is a Temecula resident and part of a team of 5 full time, award winning agents. Susi has assisted numerous families with their moves to Temecula and is available to answer any of your questions or give you a tour of the area. To find out more visit Susi at www.TemeculaOnTheMove.com or email her at Susi@SusiVickery.com.
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Southern California Drought…Water That Is
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I was fixing a broken sprinkler this morning that I had recently run over, as I frequently do (it’s on the edge of the driveway) when a meter reader from the Olivenhain Municipal Water District (OMWD) pulled up. It was about 8:05am and I had the sprinklers running to make sure that I had truly fixed the problem.
He said that a Level 1 Drought Watch had been declared and asked if I would refrain from irrigating the lawn between the hours of 8am and 6 pm. He was very polite and understood that the full details of the drought declaration are slightly unclear. He thanked me for my cooperation and I of course immediately shut off the sprinklers.
He further explained that right now, the OMWD employees are merely reminding everyone of the issue and offering suggestions, or voluntary restrictions, to help. However, the OMWD governing board is having a meeting in July to determine what permanent steps will need to be taken, including stepping up their level of enforcement (that means fines).
Sometimes I read the literature that comes with my water bill, most of the time I do not. Did you know that the OMWD passed the Drought Response Conservation Ordinance last July? I didn’t.
This ordinance establishes four levels of response to the state of California’s current drought conditions and also lists the restrictions, voluntary and mandatory, associated with each drought level. Per the OMWD website, the voluntary restrictions for the Level 1 Drought are as follows:
- Stop washing down paved surfaces, including but not limited to sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts, or patios, except when it is necessary to alleviate safety or sanitation hazards.
- Stop water waste resulting from inefficient landscape irrigation, such as runoff, low head drainage, or overspray, etc. Similarly, stop water flows onto non-targeted areas, such as adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, hardscapes, roadways, or structures.
- Irrigate residential and commercial landscape before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. only.
- Use a hand-held hose equipped with a positive shut-off nozzle or bucket to water landscaped areas, including trees and shrubs located on residential and commercial properties that are not irrigated by a landscape irrigation system.
- Irrigate nursery and commercial grower’s products before 10 a.m. and after 6 p.m. only. Watering is permitted at any time with a hand-held hose equipped with a positive shut-off nozzle, a bucket, or when a drip/micro-irrigation system/equipment is used. Irrigation of nursery propagation beds is permitted at any time. Watering of livestock is permitted at any time.
- Repair all water leaks within five (5) days of notification by the Olivenhain Municipal Water District unless other arrangements are made with the General Manager.
Level 2 Drought includes limiting lawn irrigation to three days per week in the summer, and only one day in the winter; Level 3 is two days in the summer; and Level 4 is no lawn/garden irrigation at all! Sounds like it is time for more southern Californians, real estate owners and renters alike, to adopt Colorado’s xeriscaping idea. I know that i will consider it.
Any questions? Please feel free to email me: Kevin@MyCWMtg.com
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Video Montage: Why Real Estate Agents LOVE Windermere
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Despite the challenges of today’s real estate market, Windermere is opening offices, hiring agents, leading the way in marketing technology and improving the real estate for the people we work with.
How is it that Windermere is thriving when so many other brokerages are falling apart?
We like to think it has to do with the Windermere Philosophy.
Hire the best people. Give them the best tools. Get out of their way.
But don’t take our word for it — instead, listen to what our agents are saying.
In this Video Montage (by Picture Perfect Productions) you’ll hear what our agents love about working with Windermere.
We’ve hired more than 100 agents in the past six weeks, so expect to see another video montage featuring our new agents soon!
If you are a Windermere agent and would like to share your story, please leave a comment! We love to hear what our agents enjoy about being part of our team.
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