“We are quite proud of this tribute,” said Mr. Raveis. “Being chosen as the ‘Best of 2009’ in real estate by the Commercial Record readers adds testimony to our commitment to provide the highest caliber service to the residents of Connecticut.”

The Commercial Record is a leading publication in Connecticut with a broad readership of the most influential people in the real estate, banking and mortgage industries. The statewide weekly newspaper provides detailed information vital to Connecticut’s real estate and lending institutions.

Thousands of readers responded to the annual BEST OF The Commercial Record Readership Poll 2009, which has quickly become popular and quite prestigious in the business community in Connecticut. The subjective survey measures the loyalty and satisfaction the publication’s readers have with service providers. It is an opportunity for the Nutmeg State’s financial and real estate communities to speak up for those providers they believe are the best.

All winners will be published in a special section of the October 23rd issue of The Commercial Record.

William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance is one of the top companies in the nation. It was recently ranked by sales volume in REALTOR Magazine as the #1 family-owned real estate company in the Northeast, the #3 family-owned real estate company nationwide and the 10th largest real estate company in the USA. The innovative firm is nationally recognized as an industry leader in technology, marketing and REALTOR® education. Its award-winning website, raveis.com, will draw an estimated 10 million visitors in 2009.

The company entered the Massachusetts marketplace in 2003 and, according to the 2008 closed sales volume in the Multiple Listing Service Pin, the company is now the largest independent brokerage in that state with 20 offices. William Raveis began its New York expansion with the recent opening of the Rye office in Westchester County. Future plans entail expansion into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Presently, the firm has 2,100 highly trained sales professionals and 65 offices / two affiliates in Connecticut; Massachusetts; Westchester County, New York; and Rhode Island.
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A hush permeated the crowd of more than 250 people gathered at the William Raveis Shelton Headquarters on September 16, 2009. Bill Raveis, blindfolded and smiling, reached into the large glass bowl and pulled out the names of four very happy real estate agents who are now $10,000 richer.

The occasion was the third and fourth drawing in the company’s statewide marketing campaign called Target-20K, a program Raveis conceived to stimulate cooperation among agents, and to increase property showings. In the program, agents who have listed and sold Target-20K houses become eligible to win $10,000. Drawings are held when 50 houses are sold.

Sales agents from 47 different participating real estate companies attended the champagne event.

In his remarks, Mr. Raveis confirmed that, to date, the company has closed properties totaling more than $79 million in 82 cities with the most expensive property at $1,150,000. Based on statistics accumulated since the start of the program, Target 20K homes sell faster than regular listings. Mr. Raveis stated that Target 20K houses have an average market time of 87 days compared to 101 days for regular listings.

The happy winners of the first drawing are listing agent, Ann Mirrione, of the William Real Estate Trumbull Office, and Ken Caserta of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, who sold a Raveis Target 20K listing in Stratford to earn his place in the drawing.

The 2nd drawing produced both winners from William Raveis Real Estate with the listing associate being Adelaide Waring of the Norwalk Office and the selling associate, Carolene Mahnken of the Milford Office.

William Raveis, Chairman and CEO of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance, is most pleased to announce that the company website, raveis.com, has recently received a silver innovation award from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc. (CQIA)

“We are proud to receive this honor from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership,” said Mr. Raveis.  “This prize substantiates our efforts to make raveis.com the best website in real estate.  Each year, raveis.com becomes more robust and more popular as a result of our initiative to deliver leading-edge technology to our customers.”

Presently, raveis.com draws more than 10 million visitors annually.

The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc., America’s first state-level quality award, was founded in 1987 using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence criteria in an effort to advance innovative programs that improve quality, performance excellence, and marketplace competitiveness.

The Baldrige Award is given by the President of the United States to businesses and to education and healthcare organizations that apply and are judged to be outstanding in seven areas: leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resource focus, process management, and business results.

William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance is one of the top companies in the nation.  It is rated as the #1 family-owned real estate company in the Northeast, the #6 independent real estate company nationwide and most recently, rated by Realtor Magazine, as the 10^th largest real estate company in the USA based on sales volume.  The innovative firm is nationally recognized as an industry leader in technology, marketing and REALTOR^® education. Its award-winning website, raveis.com, is recognized as “the best website in real estate” and draws more than 10 million visitors annually.

The company’s Massachusetts offices were recently voted “the best residential real estate company” in Massachusetts by the readers of Banker & Tradesman in the Banker & Tradesman Best of 2009 Readers Poll. This is the second year in a row that the company received the First Place Gold Award.

William Raveis began its New York expansion with the recent opening of the Rye office in Westchester County.  Future plans entail expansion into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Presently, the firm has 2,100 highly trained sales professionals and 63 offices / two affiliates in Connecticut; Massachusetts; Westchester County, New York; and Rhode Island.

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William Raveis Real Estate Voted The Best Real Estate Company In Massachusetts!!

MASSACHUSETTS — Chris Raveis, executive vice president and managing partner of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, LLC, Massachusetts, recently announced that the company has again been voted one of “Banker & Tradesman’s Best” with the recent First Place Gold Award in the residential real estate category of Banker & Tradesman Best of 2009 Readers Poll.

“We are quite proud of this tribute,” said Mr. Raveis.  “Being chosen as the ‘Best of 2009’ by the Banker & Tradesman readers adds testimony to our commitment to provide the highest caliber service to the residents of Massachusetts.”

“Banker & Tradesman is a leading publication in New England with a broad readership of the most influential people in the real estate, financial, and construction industries,” he added.

More than 6000 readers, (three times the number of voters than last year), responded to the annual Banker & Tradesman readers’ opinion poll, which has grown to be quite prestigious in the business community in Massachusetts. The subjective survey measures the loyalty and satisfaction the publication’s readers have with service providers. It is an opportunity for the Bay State’s financial and real estate community to speak up for those providers they believe are the best.

All winners will be published in a special section of the July 27^th issue of Banker & Tradesman.

Since first entering the Massachusetts marketplace in 2003, William Raveis has experienced phenomenal growth. In 2007, the company opened three new offices in Marblehead, Orleans and Osterville, with statewide sales volume jumping 48% from the previous year. In 2008, the company launched four additional offices in Falmouth, Scituate, Marblehead and Hingham. In 2009, the company has already added 3 new offices in Chatham, Eastham and Orleans making William Raveis Real Estate the largest independent real estate firms in Massachusetts.

“We’ve significantly outpaced the market every year we’ve been in Massachusetts,” Raveis said, “and we’re right on track to continue our strong growth trend in Massachusetts as well as the Northeast.”  Currently, the company has 19 offices and 500 sales associates in Massachusetts.

William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance is one of the top companies in the nation.  It is rated as the #1 family-owned real estate company in the Northeast and the #6 independent real estate company nationwide.  The innovative firm is nationally recognized as an industry leader in technology, marketing and REALTOR^® education. Its award-winning website, raveis.com, is recognized as “the best website in real estate” and draws more than 10 million visitors annually.

The company began its New York expansion with the recent opening of the Rye office in Westchester County.  Future plans entail expansion into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Presently, the firm has 2,100 highly trained sales professionals and 63 offices / two affiliates in Massachusetts; Westchester County, New York; Connecticut and Rhode Island.

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Bankers & Tradesman Best of 2008

MASSACHUSETTS – Chris Raveis, executive vice president and managing partner of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, MA, recently announced that the company has received top residential real estate honors in the Banker & Tradesman Best of 2008 readers’ poll.

“We are quite proud of this tribute,” said Mr. Raveis. “Being chosen as the ‘Best of 2008′ by our customers adds testimony to our commitment to provide the highest caliber service to the residents of Massachusetts.”

“Banker & Tradesman is a leading publication in New England with a broad readership of key people in the banking and real estate industry,” he added.

More than 2000 readers responded to this first annual Banker & Tradesman readers’ opinion poll. The subjective survey measures the loyalty and satisfaction the publication’s readers have with service providers. It is an opportunity for the Bay State’s financial and real estate community to speak up for those providers they believe are the best.

Banker & Tradesman, established in 1902, is published by The Warren Group which covers the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine. The informational publication, geared to business professionals, offers a combination of industry news, weekly real estate transaction listings and up-to-date coverage of the latest trends and strategies.

Since first entering the Massachusetts marketplace in 2003, William Raveis has experienced phenomenal growth, becoming the 3rd largest real estate company in the state. In 2007, the company opened three new offices- in Marblehead, Orleans and Osterville, with statewide sales volume jumping 48% from the previous year. “We’ve significantly outpaced the market every year we’ve been in Massachusetts,” Raveis said, “and we’re right on track to continue our strong growth trend in Massachusetts as well as the rest of New England.” Currently, the company has 15 offices and over 400 sales associates in Massachusetts. As 2008 progresses, plans are to launch four new offices.

The William Raveis Family of Companies attributes its success to a consistent emphasis on integrity, service and experience. Offering one-stop shopping for its clients, William Raveis provides mortgage and insurance with the additional ability to earn points, services and cash back via the company’s own Visa�/Bank of America credit card, a part of the William Raveis Rewards program. The firm’s website, raveis.com, offers homebuyers local housing charts and statistics, property comparisons, price per square foot calculations, online appointment scheduling, online home value capabilities, interactive neighborhood mapping of all active and sold listings, relocation information and the ability to conveniently search more than 100,000 properties listed through various multiple listing services. With the recent launch of a new interactive widget and RSS technology, the site is now capable of delivering the latest customized listing and mortgage rate notifications directly to customers’ computer desktops and favorite RSS readers. Annually, raveis.com attracts more than 6 million visitors worldwide.

William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance is New England’s largest privately held, family-owned real estate firm. With a 2007 sales volume of $5.5 billion, the innovative company is nationally recognized as an industry leader and is dedicated to providing an unparalleled real estate experience to its customers. Since 1974, the firm’s 2,000 highly trained sales professionals have been dedicated to strengthening their position as industry leaders in technology, marketing and REALTOR� education. The company has 60 offices, including two affiliates, in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Future plans entail expansion into New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
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