2008 Award Criteria

There had been some miscommunication about award criteria for this year. Just to settle the record, here are the requirements. All numbers are based on closed transactions during the calendar year.

Chairman's Circle - Diamond - $750,000 Residential or Commercial GCI or 150 Residential Units

Chairman's Circle - Platinum - $535,000 Residential or Commercial GCI or 100 Residential Units

Chairman's Circle - Gold - $260,000 Residential or Commercial GCI or 70 Residential Units

President's Circle - $180,000 Residential or Commercial GCI or 50 Residential Units

Leading Edge Society - $130,000 Residential or Commercial GCI or 35 Residential Units

Honour Society - $85,000 Residential or Commercial GCI or 25 Residential Units

A Sunshine Kids Thank You

We plug along day to day contributing and raising money for the Canadian Sunshine Kids. This thank you letter came to me via email recently. It is written by Ashley Dauke from Port Coquitlam, BC, who attended a Sunshine Kids event in New York City in July. It makes our fundraising efforts all worthwhile. Our mini-golf tournament is coming up on November 7th at the Cambridge office. This year's goal is $ 10,000!

Thank you Sunshine Kids
I want to tell you how much I appreciate the experience of New York. I had been looking forward to July 20 for months and my expectations were not disappointed. It's true what they say, New York really never sleeps. I can see why, it's so big and bright with so many things to see. Who wants to sleep?
The New York trip marked the end of my intensive treatment and the beginnings of normal life. It's a trip I'll always remember for changing the way I see the world.
From the bottom of my heart, Thank You
Ashley Dauke

J. D. Power Associates Award

Wow! We should stand Proud! Prudential Real Estate now ranks as "Highest in Satisfaction for Home Sellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms" in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Home Buyer/Seller Study. This is great news!

Upcoming RECO Update Courses

As most of you know, the K-W Board runs the RECO Update course every month in the board's downstairs classroom. If you wish to attend, you need to register through OREA, either online or via telephone.
Here are the upcoming dates:
September 17 (Ken Topping)
October 8 Commercial (Norair Yeretsian)
November 5 (David O'Gorman)
December 3 (Marg Gourlay)
January 7, 2009
February 4, 2009

August 2008 MLS Statistics

Here are the August 2008 MLS monthly statistics from our two real estate boards:

	K-W This Month	K-W Last Year	Cambridge This Month	Cambridge Last Year
Avg. Sale Price	$ 265,952	$246,828	$267,925	$240,564
Percentage Change	+7.7%		+11.3%
Properties Sold	466	595	204	260
New Listings/Sales Ratio	60.1%	81.7%	49.0%	61.2%
Properties For Sale Now	2864	2751	N/A	N/A

We'll Miss You, Ernie

This week we lost one of long time sales people, who has been a pretty key person in our organization. Ernie Shomphe has been with Prudential since we opened the Kitchener office in November, 1998. Anyone who knew Ernie, knew he represented all the core values of the Prudential family.

He was a very honest and hard working agent. Any buyers or sellers he worked with knew that. He always went "beyond the call" to look after his client's best interest. And Ernie was a true family man. He spent a lot of time with his family and was very proud of them all. Also, his loyalty and pride in being part of the Prudential team was well noticed. He was always there to help others when he could.

Ernie lost his battle with cancer this week, almost a year after he found out the bad news. It certainly has been a roller coaster for he and Iola over the past year. Our thoughts and prayers are with Iola and the rest of the family as they go through these tough times.

We're going to miss you, Ernie