Milford, Pa., February 2, 2012—Anne Marie Bartlett started 2012 the same way she ended 2011, as WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate’s “Realtor of the Month.”
Bartlett earned the January title by meeting the open house requirement as well as adding two new listings, locating rentals for two customers and moving one of her personal listings into pending status.
According to Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino, “Anne Marie is not resting on her laurels, as they say.”She is also working on several other transactions and apparently has her eye on earning “Realtor of the Month” again and again.At the end of 2011, Bartlettreceived two awards from the company—for Top Sales and Top Producer of the Year.
Milford, Pa., February 2, 2012—Donna Ruffino, Realtor and
owner ofWEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate in Milford reports that
rentals move quickly for her company.Ruffino herself listed a Paddlers
Point Townhouse for rent, and one day later, the agency’s Anne Marie Bartlett
had rented it.“The rental never made it onto the MLS,” Ruffino said. Currently, “renters are plentiful and rentals are at a premium,” she added. “We need more listings.”
Property owners are encouraged to contact the Weichert® agency, located at 406 W. Harford Street, telephone 570-296-7570
Milford, Pa., January 6, 2012— WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate’s title of “Realtor of the Month” for December has been awarded to Anne Marie Bartlett.Credited with the most activities in the month—sales, listings, listings sold, new exclusive buyer relationships, rental, Bartlett also held an open house.
The grand total showed a great effort on the part of the entire office,” said Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino, “but Anne Marie had the highest number of
notable activities.”
Milford, Pa., December 30, 2011—Donna Ruffino, owner of WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, hosted a holiday celebration for staff and sales team members at the River Rock Inn in Milford.The December 16 event doubled as an awards presentation ceremony, during which six of the agency’s Realtors were called forward to be honored.
Anne Marie Bartlett received two awards—for Top Sales and Top
Producer, the highest award of the year, representing the highest gross commission income.“This is a product of both closed sales and listings,”
Ruffino explained, “specifically, 15 sales and nine sold listings in 2011.”The
Top Sales honor was presented as a separate award for Bartlett’s 15 sales. “I am very proud of Anne Marie, who earned these two titles despite a very
busy schedule of work for the Board of REALTORS and while meeting the
many requirements to get her Broker’s license,” Ruffino said.“I can’t help
but wonder how many sales she’ll make once the Broker training is
completed.”
Marcia Distasi took a bow as the company’s Top Listing Agent, with 10 of
her listings closed and one in contract going into the new year.“Marcia
has been working here since this Weichert office started in May of 2005 and continues to be a Top Producer and an expert listing agent,” Ruffino said. “I am proud to present her with this award for her superior production.”
Nancy Leavitt was cited as not only the Top Rookie for 2011, but also for
her outstanding achievements as champion of the Most Open Houses
category. Leavitt held 13 open houses in 2011.“It is an expectation of mine
that each agent hold one or more open houses each month,” Ruffino said. “Thank you, Nancy, for showing the public that Weichert works and for
helping to keep the unique Weichert open house policy alive here in this
office.”
On the Top Rookie award, Ruffino said that “although Nancy started with us only last
February, it feels like she’s always been here…jumped out of the gate…and by summer had educated herself to a level above many Realtors who have been listing and selling for years.”Leavitt was
also raised to a mentoring Realtor and is credited for selling the highest priced listing of the
year.
Milford, Pa., December 20, 2011— Realtor® Anne Marie Bartlett “is at it again,” said Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino of WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate.For the second time this year, Bartlett listed and closed a property in record time, 41 days from start to finish, “and flawlessly,” Ruffino said of the company’s 2010 Top Producer.
Specifically, a $415,000 home in the heart of historic Milford Boro listed by the Weichert ® agent on September 24, was put into pending status in only 35 days and closed 41 days later. “This is amazing,” Ruffino said, “but not for Anne Marie,” who works to prove that a home in the hands of a knowledgeable and hard-working professional is not going to sit on the market for an unreasonable length of time.In February, Bartlett was acknowledged for a 35-day beginning-to-end home sales feat.
Milford, Pa., December 5, 2011—Nancy Leavitt has earned the November “Realtor of the Month” award at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, the first time for the Milford agent to receive the honor.According to Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino, Leavitt rose to the top spot by signing three new listings and making two new sales in November.
Leavitt was a brand new Realtor as of February, “and she is off to a fabulous and lucrative real estate career,” Ruffino said.“I have great expectations for Nancy in 2012, when she goes from top rookie to one of PikeCounty’s top producing Realtors.”
distasi/GUNDERMAN TIE FOR OCTOBER ‘realtor of the month’ AT weichert, realtors® - ruffino real estate
Milford, Pa., November 4, 2011—Marcia Distasi and Dorie Gunderman have tied as October “Realtor of the Month” honorees at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate.Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino reported that each agent sold one of the office’s listings and met the monthly open house requirements for the top spot, and each has put a few clients into new rentals in October.
“I am extremely proud to have Marcia and Dorie on my Weichert team; both of them have proven to be top-in-the-area Realtors,” Ruffino said.“They go above and beyond working for their buyers and sellers, and they service rentals as well.”
Milford, Pa., October 10, 2011—Marcia Distasi has earned the September “Realtor of the Month” award at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, the fourth time in 2011 that she has earned the title at the Milford agency.According to Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino, Distasi met the monthly requirements for the top spot by signing four new listings and holding the requisite open house.
“Four new listings is quite an accomplishment,” Ruffino said, “but no surprise for an accelerated and polished professional like Marcia.”
Realtor® Anne Marie Bartlett of WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate has broken her own record for listing and selling a home.In February, the often-honored agent listed a Milford Landing townhouse unit and sold it herself in only 20 days, closing 35 days after listing.“This month,” said Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino, “Anne Marie has outdone herself.”
Bartlett listed a house in Dingman’s Ferry on July 15, personally sold and pended the property on July 28 (13 days) and closed on the sale August 23.Altogether less than a month went by since Bartlett “went into action,” Ruffino said.
“This is a reminder to buyers and sellers that a home in the hands of a knowledgeable and hard-working professional is not going to sit on the market for an unreasonable length of time,” she added.
Bartlett was the company’s top producing agent in 2010.She can be reached at the Milford agency located at 406 W. Harford Street, telephone (570) 296-7570
Milford, Pa., July 13, 2011—Realtor Nancy Leavitt, a relative “newbie” at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, is pictured (right) with fellow Weichert Realtor Dorie Gunderman and a sign that reads “Sold in less than 30 days.”
“Truth be told,” said Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffno, “this was a two-day sale phenomenon.”On May 20, Leavitt listed a new construction home-- after the listing with another local agency had expired.On May 21, Gunderman showed the PoconoMountainWoodlandLakes, Milfordproperty to buyers, who said “sold!”The contract was fully executed on May 29 and the closing was held July 7.
“Closings have many components and buyer/seller considerations to be met before a date is set,” Ruffino said.“But the fact is, this deal was good in only two days and legally in place in less than 30, thanks to two extraordinary Realtors who know their business.”
Leavitt joined the Weichert agency in February 2011 following a long run asco-owner of Leavitt Plumbing & Heating.Gunderman joined the firm in November 2010 as a six-year experienced agent.
Milford, Pa., August 5, 2011—Marcia Distasi has earned the July “Realtor of the Month” award at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, the third time in 2011 that she has earned the title at the Milford agency.According to Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino, Distasi met the monthly requirements for the top spot by holding a successful open house and signing two new buyers to 30-day or longer exclusive buyer agreements.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - RUFFINO REAL ESTATE IS SECOND-TIME WINNER OF‘SILVER SCOOP’ AWARD
Milford, Pa., July 15, 2011--WEICHERT, REALTORS® – Ruffino Real Estate has been honored with the “2011 WREA Public Relations Silver Scoop Award” in recognition of the agency’s awareness of the value of communication to the public through the media. Only 10 franchises from the Weichert Real Estate Affiliates (WREA) network earn this honor each year.
The announcement was made at the recent Weichert Homecoming, putting the Milford agency’s Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino in the PR spotlight—for the second time.Ruffino was a 2007 honoree.In a departure from tradition, said WREA Public Relations Director Marty Morgan, the company presented the awards to four affiliates who have earned the PR honor in the past.”Morgan referred to Ruffino and three others as “Consistency Champs” because “they never stop thinking about promoting the company and the brand, and seize every opportunity to keep the name in front of the public.”
A silver flour scoop from the Charleston Historical Society’s antique reproduction collection was presented to the office, along with a certificate that reads: “The WREA Public Relations Silver Scoop Award is presented to WEICHERT, REALTORS® – Ruffino Real Estate— for embracing the fact that communication is the key and that ‘the scoop’ defines what’s newsworthy.”
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate is located at 406 W. Harford Street in Milford, telephone (570) 296-7570
Milford, Pa., July 13, 2011—Realtor Nancy Leavitt, a relative “newbie” at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, is pictured (right) with fellow Weichert Realtor Dorie Gunderman and a sign that reads “Sold in less than 30 days.”
“Truth be told,” said Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffno, “this was a two-day sale phenomenon.”On May 20, Leavitt listed a new construction home-- after the listing with another local agency had expired.On May 21, Gunderman showed the PoconoMountainWoodlandLakes, Milfordproperty to buyers, who said “sold!”The contract was fully executed on May 29 and the closing was held July 7.
“Closings have many components and buyer/seller considerations to be met before a date is set,” Ruffino said.“But the fact is, this deal was good in only two days and legally in place in less than 30, thanks to two extraordinary Realtors who know their business.”
Leavitt joined the Weichert agency in February 2011 following a long run asco-owner of Leavitt Plumbing & Heating.Gunderman joined the firm in November 2010 as a six-year experienced agent.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate is located at 406 W. Harford Street, telephone (570) 296-7570.
ANNE MARIE BARTLETT IS JUNE ‘REALTOR OF THE MONTH’
AT weichert, realtors® - ruffino real estate
Milford, Pa., July 7, 2011— WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate’s title of “Realtor of the Month” for June has been awarded to Anne Marie Bartlett.Three new sales and a listing that entered pending status entitled Bartlett to the honor, according to Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino.In addition, she held a well attended open house for one of her Milford Boro sellers, representing “a great month’s work,” Ruffino said.
“Anne Marie is devoted and dedicated to her business and to Weichert. The results of her hard work and professionalism are apparent month after month, year after year. It is a pleasure having Anne Marie on my Weichert Team.”
Bartlett can be reached at the Milford agency, telephone 570-296-7570
Milford, Pa., June 3, 2011—Dorie Gunderman has earned the title of “Realtor of the Month” for May at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate.Gunderman rose to the top honor by signing on three new 30-day or longer Exclusive Buyer Business Relationship Agreements, and she put a listing into contract for the company.
According to the agency Owner/Realtor Donna Ruffino, Gunderman also held “a well attended, very successful” open house in Milford in the month of May.
Milford, Pa., May 5, 2011—Kathrin DeSmedt has earned the April “Realtor of the Month” award at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate.DeSmedt qualified for the agency’s top nod by putting two new sales into pending status and holding an open house, “where she hosted a slew of interested open house guests/potential buyers,” said Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino.
DeSmedt joined the company at the end of 2007 as an experienced Realtor and former small business owner.She can be reached at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate, 406 West Harford Street, telephone 570-296-7570.
distasi IS top realtor for march at weichert, realtors® - ruffino real estate
Milford, Pa., April 8, 2011—Marcia Distasi has earned the March “Realtor of the Month” award at WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate.According to Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino,Distasi held the required number of open houses to be in the running for Top Realtor in a given month, “AND, she got six new listings!”
Overall, Ruffino said, it was a month of “severals” for Distasi, who made several new sales, had several of her listings go into pending status, and developed several new buyer relationships—“all in addition to holding an open house and getting the six new listings!”
MEASURABLE RESULTS OF WEICHERT, REALTORS® MARKETING ACTIVITIES INDICATE CONTINUING REAL ESTATE RECOVERY
Milford, Pa.., March 25, 2011—WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Ruffino Real Estate Realtor/Owner Donna Ruffino reports that according to the Weichert, Realtors® weekly “Activity Barometer,” the slow real estate recovery appears to be continuing. The report is a collection of customer data from nearly 500 real estate offices nationwide, including customer inquiries to the company’s Internet center, and the number of actual visitors to thousands of “enhanced” Open Houses held most every weekend by Weichert’s real estate agents across the country.
“We’re the only organization I know of that gathers and assesses such information,” noted Martin Rueter, president of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, the company’s franchise arm, “It’s our way of reliably predicting the actual number of home sales over the next several months. Our management systems allow us to compile such data, and respond to either positive or negative trends. So far, consumers have clearly resurfaced. Web traffic is way up, our phones are ringing, and our Open Houses are having an increasing flow of visitors.”
As of February, customer inquiries to the Weichert Lead Network (WLN) were up 85% over all of 2010.Totals for all of 2010 were up 56% over 2009.All in all, WLN has sent out over 1,000,000 qualified leads to its sales associates since its formation in 2002.The WLN sends leads directly to its agents from consumers who call or email Weichert’s one-of-a-kind CustomerCareCenter after viewing listings online. The system enables customers and agents to be connected “live” within minutes from anywhere in the country. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, nearly 90 percent of buyers use the Web during home search.
Hitwise®, which monitors the activity of major Web sites, showed that www.Weichert.com had more than 3.1 million visits in January, ranking the site 19th out of 2,000 real estate sites for the month, and third among real estate brokerage sites.This latest ranking places Weichert.com above many larger national real estate companies.
In addition to Internet traffic, Weichert also gathers visitor data at its thousands of weekend Open Houses. Customer visits have increased consistently. The February 12-13 tallies showed that attendance overall during that weekend was up 24% compared to same time last year, and the average per open house attendance up 44%.
Website Design and hosting by AgentAdvantage, official agent and broker website provider of Homes.com
