OUR COMPANY
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
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 company that is over 55 years old 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 worldwide websites.
Luxury property listings and sales
Coldwell Banker Schmitt -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, which 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 website 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, the 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 a 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.