Our 2007 Award Winners

Congratulations to all our Award Winners, who excelled in production over the past year. All were recognized at our annual Awards Breakfast held on Thursday, March 27th at the Charcoal Steak House.

Chairman's Circle Platinum Award
Jose Bairos

Chairman's Circle, Gold Award
Scott and Lisa Hube
Mike Milovick
Li Li



President's Circle Award
Eric Klimstra
Mary McMurran
Dorinda Orser Team

Leading Edge Society
Jade Ho
David Kivell
Marie Miller & Jerry Jarman

Honour Society
Dana Bednis-Schnittke
Paul Dawson
Rena Miller
Janet Good
Tamara Martin
Ernie & Iola Shomphe
Lucy Schito

Rookie of the Year
Lois Aguas, Cambridge
Eric Klimstra, Kitchener

Award of Excellence
Lucy Schito, Cambridge
Nelly Kilianski, Kitchener

Ten Year Legend Award
Scott & Lisa Hube

PREA 100 Award
Jose Bairos

The Value of a Coach

In the past few years, coaching of real estate agents has become very common and popular. For those involved in the progams, they can give testament to the value of coaching. Here is a video that was sent to me by Marshall Northcott that shows the value of a coach. Take the time to watch righ through to the end. It has an interesting finish.

February 2008 Monthly MLS Statistics

Here are the February 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	$ 260,121	$234,310	$249,888	$225,346
Percentage Change	+11.0%		+10.8%
Properties Sold	493	511	218	210
New Listings/Sales Ratio	61.8%	69.9%	69.9%	56.5%
Properties For Sale Now	1709	1961	684	804

Food for Thought

I was browsing through our REM magazine the other day and came across an article by Heino Molls that caught my eye. (Heino is the publisher of REM and occassionally runs editorial columns.)
This one deals with a unique form of marketing and it's called "Donut Shop Marketing" If you haven't read it already, take a minute. It's worth the read.
What do you do set yourself apart from the crowd?

Here's the link:Donut Shop Marketing