Jack Conway, Realtor recently won top honors from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (Leading RE).

The Conway website – jackconway.com – has received the group’s website quality certification (WQC), which recognizes the best practices in Internet communications among its more than 500 member companies in the U.S. and abroad.

“The sites were evaluated on a wide range of criteria, including usability, content, and search engine optimization,” said Leading RE President and CEO Pam O’Connor. “We introduced the WQC credential in 2009 to honor member websites that combine high standards for design, technology and customer service. The Jack Conway Co. should be very proud of its achievement.”

Conway VP of Marketing Al Becker said the website is a top priority for the brokerage.

“We work hard on a daily basis to ensure that our website keeps up with current online trends and customer needs,” said Becker. “It’s great to be recognized with this honor from Leading RE, but jackconway.com is and will always be a work in progress.”

Known for cutting-edge technology and innovation, Conway has more than 600 agents in 33 offices. For information on a Conway Career, please call 781-871-0080.

“I am so proud of Kristen for getting her certification,” said Dawn Stevens, director of Conway Relocation. “The RCC designation signifies that she has the knowledge and ability to provide exceptional service to our relocating buyers and sellers.”

The RELO Certified Coordinator exam is offered through the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE), an international relocation network of 140,000 sales associates in the U.S. and abroad. The curriculum is available to all professional relocation specialists who are dealing with incoming or outgoing referrals.

“I’m very glad I took the course, not just for the credential, but for the knowledge I gained,” said Morse. “I learned a lot about how to better service our customers and work cooperatively with companies all around the world.”

If a relocation is in your future, contact Kristen Morse at 781-871-0080, ex. 330 or email kmorse@jackconway.com.

The paper also identifies changes brought about by the recession and how consumers have become more fiscally responsible, but expectations have risen. For Conway, this means consumers are seeking fair-priced homes that still provide superb quality of amenities and features that fit the needs and lifestyle for a family setting.  They are more focused than ever on “bargains.”

“The study validates what Luxury Portfolio International offers to companies like Conway and that it is consistent with how luxury consumers purchase real estate and approach the buying and selling process in today’s economic environment,” said President of Luxury Portfolio International Paul Boomsma.

“Our Conway Classic customers are telling us that Luxury Portfolio is exactly what they want when selling their homes,” said Conway CEO Carol Bulman. “And through the education in the program our agents are doing a superior job of meeting their needs.”

The paper also underscores how the real estate market is a driver of economic growth and a catalyst for consumer trends. Luxury Portfolio International conducts research such as this to identify and stay in touch with the changing desires and demands of today’s high-end consumer.

Ultimately, the study finds that experience remains paramount with 84 percent of luxury consumers surveyed requiring an agent to demonstrate competence and understanding of the high-end luxury real estate space. Luxury Portfolio International continues to tap into the minds of the luxury real estate consumer and market trends through studies and reporting on the luxury market.

Now when consumers search for homes with matching criteria on Trulia, Conway listings appear as “Premium Listings.” Also, individual Conway sales professionals can elect to work with Trulia to participate in the Trulia Voices community. This gives Trulia users one-click access to the specific sales professionals who represent the properties that interest them most.

“We’re excited to announce our alliance with Trulia, one of the fastest-growing real estate search sites on the Internet,” said Conway CEO Carol Bulman. “Much like our re-launch of jackconway.com, this move to partner with Trulia shows our commitment to being at the forefront of real estate technology. Trulia attracts millions of unique visitors each month to its site and it’s a great place to showcase our listings.”

Trulia, Inc. is a residential real estate search engine and the fastest-growing U.S. real estate website. This website has revolutionized online home search by offering a rich, intuitive user experience that points consumers directly to listings on agent and broker websites. By partnering with of agents and companies in the real estate industry, Trulia helps more than 3.6 million unique visitors per month find information on homes for sale using custom search criteria. The site also provides market trends and neighborhood data at the hyper-local level, as well as Trulia Voices, a real estate Q&A community, which enables consumers and professionals to exchange information about their local markets.

This partnership exemplifies Conway’s commitment to customer service as well as maintaining and enhancing its presence in the real estate industry. To learn more information about other services Jack Conway, Realtors provides, contact an agent today!

Website Qualification Certificate

Jack Conway, Realtor has earned the Website Quality Certification (WQC), presented by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® to member companies that have demonstrated excellence in website design, functionality and execution.

Every aspect of the site, jackconway.com, was reviewed to ensure exacting standards were met in six key areas, ranging from design and content to human interactivity to search engine optimization.

Conway’s “Next Generation” website was launched less than a year ago, and has already helped thousands of buyers and sellers find the information they need.

We are so proud that LRE chose our site for this prestigious honor,” said Conway CEO Carol Bulman. “Jackconway.com is really cutting edge, and we feel like it’s the only real estate website our customers will ever need.

The WQC was introduced in 2009 to recognize and encourage superior websites among Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s 600 member firms.  Conway was one of 111 applicants to earn the 2010 WQC designation.

“With more than 90-percent of people using the Internet in their home search, it is essential for any successful real estate firm to have an engaging, informative and easy-to-use website,” said Pam O’Connor, president/CEO of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®.  “By earning the Website Quality Certification, Conway has demonstrated that it provides vital online resources to home buyers and sellers.”

For more information about Jack Conway, Realtor, go to jackconway.com.

Agents and managers at Jack Conway & Co. were among the first in the country to launch Our World, a communication platform developed by the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World network.

Our World is a brand-new interface available only to LRE members across the country (and across the globe) that gives Conway agents access to webinars, discussion forums, and opportunities for peer-to-peer collaboration.

The Our World community includes the Institute 2.0 online learning system, a rich catalog of courses, articles, how-to resources, and multimedia presentations designed to help sales agents improve their business.

In recognition of the company’s leadership in rolling out this new platform, Jack Conway & Co. CEO Carol Bulman was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Leading RE annual convention in Las Vegas in early March.  Bulman and representatives of other companies from across the country, as well as the consultants who developed many of the features of Our World and the Institute, discussed the ways in which sales agents are maximizing these social media resources to better serve buyers and sellers.

Agents have 24/7 access to the interactive online courses directly from the Conway Virtual Office, a feature the company launched for its agents nearly a year ago.  As a complement to the intranet, online forms, and resources in the Virtual Office, the Our World discussion forums keep agents informed in a way no other social media platform is capable of doing.

The community allows for networking within the Conway system – which consists of 42 offices from the North Shore, Boston, South Shore, South Coast, and Cape Cod – and within a community of non-competitive peers at independent real estate companies across the country.

Agents also can link to Inside LeadingRE, another exclusive area that contains documents, articles, and tools that Leading Real Estate Companies of the World provides its members, organized by category and ranging from business development and international services to LRE’s preferred vendors and marketing tools.

If you’re interested in starting a new career in real estate, or want to become a successful member of one of the leading real estate companies in Massachusetts- contact us today!

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Quincy, MA the City of Presidents

HISTORY

Quincy is named for Colonel John Quincy, maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams, who was married to John Adams (the second President of the United States) and after whom John Quincy Adams (the sixth President of the United States) was also named.

NEIGHBORHOODS

The city is made up of 13 unique neighborhoods, from the waterfront of Marina Bay, which has some beautiful condos, to the Merrymount neighborhood which is considered the site of Quincy’s original settlement.  Each neighborhood shares its own characteristics and stories.

SCHOOLS

Quincy houses two public high schools, five public middle schools, 12 public elementary schools, several private institutions, The Eastern Nazarene College and Quincy College.  Visit http://profiles.doe.mass.edu for more school information.

Quincy Neighborhoods

COMMUTING

Commuting to Boston is a snap from Quincy as there are several options from which to choose.  You can travel by car via Route 93, otherwise known as the Expressway, take the subway service that’s available in any of the five stops in Quincy, use the commuter rail service to South Station, or the commuter boat which crosses Boston Harbor to Long Wharf and Logan Airport.  Depending upon your ride, 20-30 minutes should get you to downtown Boston.

REAL ESTATE MARKET

As for the real estate market, Quincy had 504 real estate transactions in 2010 consisting of single family, multi-family, and condos.  There were 235 single family homes sold averaging out at a sales price of $328,021, with 82 days on market.  Multifamily homes were significantly less with 61 selling in the past year with an average sales price of $414,645, with 99 days on market.  A total of 204 condos sold in 2010 with the average selling price being $270,912 with days on market totaling 118.  In all three categories the selling price was 4% less than the list price across the board.

FUN THINGS TO DO IN QUINCY

Read our blog on Places to Go & Things to Do in Quincy here!

There are many things I am grateful for this year – my family, my friends, good health, and all of you, our Conway agents in the field.  When I make my way from one holiday gathering to the next, I’m reminded over and over of all the wonderful people who dedicate themselves to this company every day.

These good folks cannot count on a weekly paycheck, but they work diligently to serve their customers to the best of their ability.  They are not only Realtors, but counselors, problem-solvers and friends.  They are counted on to be there at night, during snowstorms, on Christmas Eve; whenever a potential buyer wishes to visit a home or a seller asks for a face-to-face discussion.  If a property is vacant and a window breaks, they arrange to get it fixed.  If an ad isn’t working, they rewrite it.  If a property isn’t selling they examine the reasons why and suggest a remedy.

You serve your clients and customers by making yourself available when it might not be convenient to do so.  You leave family dinners early, miss out on parties, and eat on the run.  I guess I appreciate those kind of sacrifices even more during the holidays than at any other time.  What you do on a daily basis to benefit your customers, your sales team, and your company does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.  We thank you for it and wish you a new year filled with great rewards for jobs well done.

In Bulman’s session about Retaining Top Talent, she addressed a topic of vital interest in the real estate community. As a respected expert in this area, Bulman shared insights to help educate fellow LeadingRE members.

Bulman’s session was part of the larger meeting program, which addressed a variety of real estate topics relating to ways to best meet the needs of home buyers and sellers in today’s market.

“Although the core principles relating to effective real estate services have not changed, other factors – such as market conditions, technology and communication preferences – are continuously evolving,” Pam O’Connor, president/CEO of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World^® said.  “Our Fall Workshop series gives members the opportunity to share with other top real estate professionals the best strategies to create exceptional customer experiences and remain market leaders.”

Attending the event with Bulman, were Conway President of Corporate Services Maureen McCaffrey and Conway’s Relocation Coordinator Dawn Stevens. The agenda also featured a preview of new LeadingRE programs that further support the professional development of member firms:  the network’s online learning platform, Institute 2.0, and OUR WORLD^™ – an industry-first program that leverages social media for business results.

Jack Conway, Realtor is the local representative of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World^®, the largest network of 600 premier locally-branded firms producing $250 billion in annual home sales.  LeadingRE provides a broad range of brokerage services to its affiliates, including lead generation, branding support, luxury marketing, Web exposure and technology systems, and state of the art learning and credentialing.

Jack Conway Co. is celebrating its 54th Anniversary with 42 sales offices from the North Shore to Boston, Cape Cod and the South Coast. The company also operates Conway Home Mortgage as a joint venture with Wells Fargo.

There were leaders from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World as well as a number of other companies from Florida to Arizona to Texas and San Francisco. We discussed best ways for us to service our customers through both our real estate companies as well as our mortgage companies.

We discussed the new consumer protection laws in place that will further help our consumers and we learned a lot about each of our markets. We learned from speaker and social media trainor, Mike Lyons, about how important social media such as Facebook is for communicating with our customers.

Above all we learned from each other that we are all working and doing what we can to update our web sites, offer more tools to our customers and agents and because of the “opportunity” a good recession will allow, we are leaner and stronger and more efficient companies.

We are fortunate as a company to have a partner such as Wells Fargo. who today arranges 25 percent of all mortgages in the United States with the best rates and mortgage programs around. Today, I’m proud to announce that our own Conway Home Mortgage is closing 40 percent of the loans for the buyers who come in our door.