William Raveis - Harrison Office

The real estate company, which recently expanded into Westchester County, is the largest family-owned real estate company in the Northeast, and the 10^th largest real estate company in the nation.* 

The Harrison location is the company’s 65^th sales office. “We are excited to open our second office in Westchester County”, stated Mr. Raveis. “Our purchase of the 7 Union Avenue property continues the long standing tradition of a local real estate office in this beautiful community. We are here to stay and are looking forward to growing our family business throughout Westchester County in the future.” 

According to Mr. Raveis, the company is committed to building premier offices that provide the ‘highest level of support and state-of-the-art technology’ that has made the real estate firm prominent in the adjacent Fairfield County community. “These capabilities, combined with our entrepreneurial spirit and proactive management, enable us to attract the best and brightest sales associates around,” he said. 

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. 

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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“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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Alain Pinel

Chris Raveis, executive vice president and managing partner of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, LLC, Massachusetts, is pleased to announce the promotion of Cohasset resident Alain Pinel to Senior Vice President and General Sales Manager of the 18 Massachusetts sales offices. 

“Since Alain’s arrival to the company one year ago,” commented Mr. Raveis, “he has demonstrated his value in supporting our Massachusetts team. He is a talented and accomplished individual who exhibits a level of experience and expertise that I respect.  His knowledge and integrity will play a major role in the continuation of our growth in the state in the years to come.  We are quite fortunate to have him in our family of companies,” he added. 

In his new position, Alain will be directly responsible for all sales offices in Massachusetts as well as for growing the William Raveis network of offices. A real estate veteran for 32 years, Mr. Pinel is eager to commence his new role at William Raveis. “I have a passion for this business,” he said, “and was fortunate to enjoy it at the highest level for more than 30 years in California, in Europe and now here. So I feel quite honored to be associated with a company whose vision, energy and overall leadership are so inspiring.  Working with such an amazing and forward-thinking team as those presently in the William Raveis Company is delightful and only encourages me to be more diligent in my vision to become the dominant force in Massachusetts.” 

“As a real estate entrepreneur,” Raveis continued, “Alain has founded a number of successful business ventures, including Alain Pinel Realtors of Silicon Valley, CA, one of the top 10 largest real estate firms nationally which operates in affluent markets of the California Penninsula and South Bay area.  Most recently, he has founded Imminence, one of Europe’s first regional MLS systems which has changed the real estate industry in France and is now the model utilized by French Realtors.” 

Prior to his five years at Imminence, Mr. Pinel held the position of Senior Vice President of Coldwell Banker where he was in charge of the “San Francisco, Peninsula, and Silicon Valley” Region comprised, on average, of 24 offices and over 1,500 sales associates. During his tenure as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fox and Carskadon, then the largest residential real estate organization in the California Bay area, the company tripled its volume of sales and emerged as one of the top residential real estate firms in the country. 

Mr. Pinel is the former Vice President of FIABCI in Northern California; former Vice President of The French-American Chamber of Commerce in Northern California and is currently serving a 3 year term as member of the Cohasset Economic Development Committee. 

Prior to his career in real estate, he was Domestic and Foreign Politics Editor for some of the largest newspapers in France as well as Editor-in-Chief of L’OUEST INDUSTRIEL, a monthly business magazine.  

Mr. Pinel has two children and lives in Cohasset with his wife. 

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 one of the largest independent real estate firms in Massachusetts. Plans for the balance of 2009 include the launching of more offices 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 firm in New England, the #2 family-owned real estate company in the United States and #12 out of 100,000 real estate firms nationwide. 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 2,100 highly trained sales professionals have been dedicated to strengthening their position as industry leaders in technology, marketing and REALTOR^® education. The company has 63 offices, including two affiliates, in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. Future plans entail expansion into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

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“We’ve been looking to become a part of the Westchester community for a while,” said Chris Raveis, executive vice president and managing partner of William Raveis Real Estate-NY, LLC., “and we are fortunate and proud to be associated with such talented and respected professionals as Joan and Donald Bomann, owners of Realty 3 Real Estate.”   

“This is a great opportunity for us to leverage our marketing and technology platform in the Westchester community,” added Mr. Raveis. “We are looking forward to supporting our new sales associates and making an impact in the Rye area. 

“We thought long and hard about the decision to sell our company,” stated Joan Bomann.  “We searched all options and really analyzed several companies that were courting us. My overriding desire was to find a company for our agents that have the same values as ours. I was especially impressed to learn that William Raveis is a company that cares for its agents and considers each as a customer.  They support their agents and provide them with the tools necessary to grow their business. William Raveis is an industry leader in technology, marketing and education and will offer our agents and our customers the highest standards of service. Once I met with the Raveis Company,” she added, “I knew they were the perfect fit for us. I am passionate about this decision. It’s the right one!” 

According to Raveis, the acquisition is just the beginning of their expansion into the state. “Our plan,” he continued, “is to parallel the success we achieved when we expanded into Massachusetts five years ago. Within this short span of time, we have become the largest independent real estate firm in Massachusetts with 18 offices throughout the Bay State and Cape Cod.”  

Realty 3 Real Estate, Inc. has 29 sales associates, and is recognized for its top producing sales associates who have won many Platinum, Gold and Silver Excellence Awards from the Westchester County Board of Realtors.  Many of the associates speak fluent Spanish, Japanese, German, French and Portuguese. The firm has consistently been in the top five firms in the area   

Joan had been a sales associate at Realty 3 Real Estate in the company since 1982 and purchased the firm with her husband, Donald, in 1995.  A real estate veteran for more than 27 years, she has been involved in Westchester County Board of Realtors (WCBR) in many capacities. She presently is director of the WCBR and currently serves on the Grievance Committee. She previously held the position as Chairman of Long Range Planning and has been a member of the Finance Committee, Leadership Committee, Awards Committee and the Legal Forms Task Force. 

Currently, Joan is Vice President of the Rye Harrison Multiple Listing Service. Additionally, she holds a CRS and CID designation and is licensed as a Broker in both New York and Connecticut. 

Donald Bomann, who has been licensed since 1986, is an Associate Broker and holds the SRES designation. He has 30 years experience with IBM in sales management positions throughout the United States. He held the position of Director of the Rye YMCA for nine years, was Vice Chairman of the $8 million expansion and is currently a trustee at the organization. He established the Realtor Food Bank Program, in operation since 2003, to assist the underprivileged through four agencies in Port Chester. 

“We are looking forward to a long and successful relationship with the residents of the Rye community,” added Raveis. 

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 firm in the Northeast and the #6 independent real estate company nationwide. 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 2,100 highly trained sales professionals have been dedicated to strengthening their position as industry leaders in technology, marketing and REALTOR^® education. The company has 63 offices, including two affiliates, in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Future plans entail expansion into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Seated: Bill Raveis, Standing: Chris Raveis

We are proud to announce the expansion of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, New England’s largest family-owned real estate brokerage, into the Rye community through the acquisition of Realty 3 Real Estate, Inc., a well-known and highly respected independent boutique firm in operation for 34 years. 

Although we are new to Westchester County, our 35 years experience and our #1 market share in the prominent Fairfield County communities gives us confidence in our future success in Rye and the surrounding areas. 

William Raveis Real Estate, the 6th largest independent brokerage in the nation, enjoys its reputation for innovation in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and throughout the entire real estate industry. Our phenomenal growth over three decades has occurred as a result of our commitment and dedication to our customers, sales associates and employees. Our technology tools and marketing systems are second to none and compete on the highest level. These essentials, along with our unparalleled standards of customer service, is the key to our sales associates’ and company’s success. 

Our recent expansion into Rye represents an exciting opportunity for us to serve the community. We are delighted to be here and are in the process of renovating our office on Purchase Street to reflect the technologically advanced work environment that has earned us the national status of an industry leader. 

We began expanding our business outside of Connecticut six years ago with our first office in Massachusetts. We are proud to announce that we are now the largest independent brokerage in that state with 18 offices and have earned the title of the “Best Residential Real Estate Company” by Banker & Tradesman’s readership. We look forward to continuing that growth trend in Westchester County and New York in the years to come. 

Our award-winning website, raveis.com, continues to be the “best website in real estate” with more than 200,000 MLS listings, local housing data/charts, lists of sold properties, all weekend open houses, mapping, reduced price features, advanced search capabilities, mortgage rates/applications, insurance and more. It is truly a one-stop website that offers extensive real estate services in one location so that the customer does not have to go from place to place. 

We invite you to learn more about William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance by visiting raveis.com.

John Grosso

“We’re extremely proud of John’s accomplishments”, said Ryan Raveis, Vice President of Sales. “Our goal is to provide world class service to our clients and business partners through ethical and responsible lending, delivered through efficient technology. This focus, coupled with our ability to lend directly to the consumer on behalf of over 30 national and local banks enables us to deliver low rates and a multitude of mortgage products to meet our clients’ personal and financial goals.”

John Grosso also outpaced the majority of his peers on the Mortgage Originators Top 200 List (April 2009) with the relative amount of business that he generates from purchase transactions, as opposed to refinances. “There is a premium on discipline and speed when dealing with purchase transactions,” said Raveis. “Especially within the volatile mortgage market of the past sixteen months, our clients and business partners depend on us to quickly arrange financing for their purchase closing. There are many more personal, financial, and emotional factors involved with a purchase transaction as compared to a refinance. While we continue to keep our clients abreast of savings opportunities after their closing through our relationship management systems, our focus on purchases has disciplined our speed and efficiency. However, be it a purchase or a refinance transaction, our overarching goal is simple: to continue to foster the culture that we’ve developed within our organization and deliver the best mortgage rates, product, and customer experience in the nation.”