About Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Company.
Our Mission:
To build on our heritage as the areas oldest and largest, full-service
Real Estate Company providing unparalleled service, with resulting
profits to our company, associates, customers and clients, while
steadfastly maintaining the highest ethical standards necessary to
remain-
The Most Trusted Name in Real Estate in the Florida Keys
Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate (CBSREC) brings a market-leading
combination of resources to each partnership that is both unique and
invaluable, providing sales leadership, marketing structure, depth
of knowledge, better than 53 years of experience, and the ability to
make things happen.
Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate is the number one real estate company
across the Florida Keys in:
Longevity
We are a 53-year old company with a strong heritage, and long-term
view and commitment to the real estate business. No other real estate
company has been around for nearly as long.
Market Share
Our market share for sales sides exceeds the number-two company by
64 percent and the number-three company by 170 percent.*
Sales
$328 million sales volume is 86 percent greater than the second-ranking
company.
Listings
57 percent more listings than the second-ranking company.*
Listings Sold
We have sold 82 percent more of our listed properties than the #2 firm
and 196 percent more than number-three which validates the effectiveness
of our Every Day Until Its Sold marketing plan and investment to achieve
top ranking on world-wide websites.
Luxury property listings and sales
Coldwell Banker Schmitts -Previews Properties program continues to
dominate the high end of the Florida Keys real estate market, selling
68% more properties valued over $1.3M and 55% valued over $2M than
the #2 company. Additionally, we sold 77% more of our listed properties
valued over $1.3M than the #2 Company*
Office Productivity
CBSRECs offices rank #1, #2, #3, #6 & #17 for sales among the 181
offices Keys-wide; are #1 in 4 of the 5 market areas of The Keys, and
three sales short of #1 in the 5th.*
Agent Productivity
We have fewer than 10 percent of all agents, yet they do 20 percent
of all business Keys-wide.*
We have more agents in the Top 50, 75 and 100 of 1,129 agents Keys
wide than the next 4 companies combined.*
Giving Back To Our Community
Our Charitable Foundation has raised $550,000 since its inception in
April 2002 to support needy people and worthy programs exclusively
in the Florida Keys.
Coldwell Banker is the number-one name in real estate globally, and
participates in one out of every nine sales in the United States. CBSREC
is a highly productive organization even by worldwide Coldwell Banker
standards. As for 2007:
We were the #3 Coldwell Banker Company in Florida.
#1 & #2 each have 20+ sales offices.
Internationally we are ranked number 37, out of 1,268 Coldwell Banker
offices for sales.
It is the 6th consecutive year, we achieved the exclusive Coldwell
Banker Chairmans Circle Company designation, that places CBSREC in
the Top 3% of 1700 Coldwell Banker companies worldwide for sales production.
Other key elements contributing to our success:
Our presence from Key Largo to Key West enables us to focus our resources,
wherever and whenever necessary.
Five modern, state-of-the-art offices strategically located in the
five major markets of the Keys.
We provide seven-day-a-week access to buyers and clients.
Our offices offer extended hours.
Our web site provides visitors with real-time chat capability via live
Site Greeters from 6 a.m. to midnight.
Our automated lead distribution system instantly routes buyer & seller
contacts to the appropriate sales associate.
The Coldwell Banker Previews International program is specifically
tailored for residences qualifying among the market's top 10 percent.
Each qualifying CBSREC agent completes an elite course with continuing
training. They must also have specific experience in listing and selling
the finest residences, along with a superlative record for customer
service prior to designation as a Previews International agent.
With our luxury home expertise and our sales success, CBSREC Previews
agents can bring your listing to the direct attention of a substantial
database of Keys luxury property buyers and prospects.
Our Every Day Until Its Sold, program integrates Internet (including
the most visited real estate company site in The Keys, virtual tours,
showcase listings on Realtor.com and more, along with email, newspaper,
magazine, direct mail and network marketing to spheres of influence,
past customers, clients and a global audience to effectively expose
your property to the market.
We believe our long-ago adoption of Single Agency, as the preferred
manner for working with sellers and buyers has been a significant factor
in the market-leading success of our agents and is a clear differentiator
for choosing a Coldwell Banker Schmitt Agent to represent your interest
when selling or buying real estate.
These points of difference pay off in measurable results and provide
the foundation and guiding principles on which management, staff and
agents rely in order to achieve ever-increasing levels of success for
themselves, our buyers, our sellers, and you.