Advantages Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands, Inc. offers

Those exclusive to Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands, Inc. is highlighted in green.

The Coldwell Banker System 

1. Recognizable Name. 98% of people who are looking to buy real estate in the USA are familiar with the Coldwell Banker name. Coldwell Banker symbolizes the highest level of trust and professionalism in the real estate industry nationwide. This helps our customers because people usually choose the company they are most familiar with and in whom they hold the most confidence. Coldwell Banker is the largest nationwide real estate organization in the Pacific Northwest and along the West Coast, where most of our customers come from. Coldwell Banker also has a dominant presence across the rest of the nation and other parts of the world, where a growing number of customers are coming from. Coldwell Banker sells over 1&Mac218;2 of all $1,000,000+ homes in the United States and more than any other real estate brokerage in the world.
   
   
2. Size. There are now 3,332 Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates in North America with 118,000 sales associates. We are also located in 32 other countries.
   
   
3. Standards.  In 1984 we chose to affiliate with Coldwell Banker primarily because of its long-standing reputation of being the first in the nation for the highest standard of professionalism and productivity per agent. They chose us for the same reason on a local basis.
   
   
4. The Coldwell Banker Referral System. Coldwell Banker sales associates refer customers to each other because we all work by, and are held to, the highest standards of professionalism in the real estate industry. Therefore, we know that our customers will receive top level service.
   
   
5. Advertising. Coldwell Banker has one of the largest nationwide real estate advertising programs and each brokerage has their own advertising program, producing a huge combined promotion of the Coldwell Banker name. Coldwell Banker incorporates into all its advertising, the award winning Coldwell Banker web page, COLDWELLBANKER.COM, to connect buyers and sellers everywhere.
   
   
6. Award Winner. Coldwell Banker won the JD Powers Award for the Best Real Estate Franchise.
   
   
7. Customers. All of this creates customers for all Coldwell Banker Real Estate Brokerages, helping us all serve more buyers and sellers. Therefore, it is clear that Coldwell Banker is the best real estate organization in the world to be affiliated with as a brokerage, an agent, a buyer or a seller.
    
   

Our Reputation Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands long standing and widely known reputation is that we make sure our customers are well taken care of, consistently providing the best, most trustworthy customer service.
 
Experience Our sales associates and managing broker have been with us for over 12 years on average, extremely unusual in the real estate industry and indicative of our solid working relationships.
 
Knowledge Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands sales associates and management combined have the largest bank of knowledge about the local real estate market and related matters, providing our buyers and sellers with additional security and a competitive edge.
 
Follow Up We not only make sure our customers are well taken care of during the selling process, we follow up after the sale, looking out for their interests until the last detail is completed.
 
Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Management And Accountability Our experienced management thoroughly oversees all transactions and operations so our customers and sales associates enjoy the confidence that everything is being done right.
 
Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Sales Associates The fact is that 95% of homes are sold by Realtors and the vast majority of those are sold by the most productive Realtors. Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands has by far the most productive team of sales associates in San Juan County, being the listing agents, selling agents or both consistently in over 50% of the transactions on San Juan Island and many of the outer islands. We are also one of the most productive Coldwell Banker Brokerages per agent, nationwide. In 2006, we  represented buyers and sellers in over $107,000,000 worth of transactions.
 
Location, Location, Location Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands has the most attractive and historic building at the best, most visible location in Friday Harbor, the business and shopping core for all of San Juan County. It is also the first nationally known and most prominent real estate brokerage people see when coming off the ferry.
 
Longevity Of Success Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands, Inc. is a family owned business, originally started as San Juan Properties in 1960. We are celebrating our 47th year as the Largest, Most Productive Real Estate Brokerage in the San Juan Islands.
 
Referrals From Customers Much of our business is generated through current and past customers. Since we have been in business over four decades, have the largest, most productive real estate brokerage and have a proven reputation for providing the highest level of service, our customers and many others often refer their friends to us.
 
Referals From Other Real Estate Brokerages Because we’re the Largest, Most Productive Real Estate Brokerage and have the best reputation, other real estate brokerages across the northwest, the nation and Canada seek us out to refer their customers to.
 
Customer Base. We have the largest customer base of both purchasers and sellers generated through 47 years of providing the best customer service. Those customers often contact us when contemplating buying or selling, providing us with the largest source of new information that we in turn share with new purchasers or sellers. This gives us all a distinct information and timing advantage.
 
Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Tools And Support We continually provide our sales associates with the best tools, support and environment possible, so that they have everything they need to achieve the highest levels of success for their customers and themselves.
 
Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands Assistants Our staff and assistants provide support wherever it is needed so that our sales associates can concentrate on making the most productive, effective and efficient use of their time.
 
Leadership Regardless of economic conditions, Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands has always maintained the lead in marketing and service in San Juan County.
 
Full Time Professionals Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands only retains full time real estate professionals that meet our ethical, educational and work standards.
 
Coverage At Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands we serve our customers seven days a week all but four days out of the year.
 
Technology We have leading edge office technologies comparable to any other advanced real estate brokerage anywhere and more advanced than many. These technologies allow us to communicate and put transactions together in the most timely, efficient, effective and enjoyable ways.
 
Market Share Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands is consistently the listing agent, selling agent or both in over 50% of the sales of listed properties on San Juan Island and many of the outer islands. In addition, we generally sell over 60% of our own listings. This portrays our long-standing track record of matching the majority of buyers with sellers, especially with our own listings.
 
Award Winner In 2007, Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands won Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporations “PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF HONOR” for the 13th year in a row. This is one of the highest awards a Coldwell Banker Affiliate Company can achieve. Out of over 3,332 Coldwell Banker offices throughout the United States, Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands was one of less than 200 selected to receive this award. It is based upon exceptional productivity per agent and overall performance. We are one of the most productive Coldwell Banker Brokerages in the USA in our size category.
 
In summary, we serve our customers with the best sales associates, staff, management, history, reputation, marketing tools and advertising programs in the San Juan Islands. This allows us to put more buyers and sellers together than all of our competitors and more importantly, it enables us to provide the highest possible level of customer service. That is why buyers and sellers should choose Coldwell Banker San Juan Islands to handle their real estate needs.