RE/MAX of Boulder recognized for top sales volume in 2007

RE/MAX International has recognized RE/MAX of Boulder, Inc. for having the highest sales volume among its more than 4,200 offices throughout the nation in 2007.

Tom Kalinski, owner/broker of RE/MAX of Boulder, accepted the award on behalf of the office’s 86 agents and staff at the recent RE/MAX International Convention in Las Vegas, Nev.

The office reached $761 million in sales last year, garnering the top slot among RE/MAX offices nationwide. That amount also earned RE/MAX of Boulder the 177th spot on REAL Trends’ list of the top 500 brokers in the country for 2007. The office’s Realtors closed 1,712 real estate transaction sides last year, which placed it 294th for sides on the list. REAL Trends Inc., a publishing and communications company based in Denver, is a leading source of analysis and information on the residential brokerage industry.

Kalinski says his office’s biggest year was in 2005, when the office’s sales volume totaled $960 million.

“This is a market where you have to get out there and work hard for your customers,” he says of how agents at RE/MAX of Boulder managed to rise above the challenges in a slow real estate market.

He says building personal relationships with customers, who return again and again as well as refer their friends and family to RE/MAX of Boulder, has been key in his office’s success.

“We would like to take a moment to thank all of our buyers and sellers who trusted us to get the job done for them,” he says of the recognition by RE/MAX International. “While this may be a very special award, it is only an award. What we value even more is the relationships established during those transactions. That is a critical factor in real estate.”

He notes the fact that home values within Boulder city limits continue to increase and that Boulder is a wealth-based market somewhat cushions the Boulder Valley from the negative fluctuations in the real estate cycle.

“On a national level, you hear a lot of gloom and doom in real estate but, in 2007, RE/MAX of Boulder was flourishing, and it continues to flourish in the current market,” Kalinski says. “The market in this area has been and remains very strong; we are not suffering to the degree that other markets are suffering.

“Of course, we’re not the only market in the country that is wealth-based, by any means, but we’re not subject to the market whims that others are.”

Here’s a look at some of the facts about RE/MAX of Boulder’s performance in 2007:
• 1,712 buyers and sellers trusted RE/MAX of Boulder with their biggest asset: their property;
• The office averaged five closings per day, seven days a week;
• The prices of properties for which RE/MAX of Boulder represented the buyer or seller ranged from $87,000 to $3.4 million;
• 65% of the office’s business in 2007 was repeat customers or referrals;
• RE/MAX of Boulder’s agents average 19 years of experience in the real estate business;
• All of its agents are full-time professionals.

Over the years, RE/MAX of Boulder has assisted numerous companies with their relocation needs, including Google, IBM, Ball Aerospace, the University of Colorado; North Face, Patagonia, Red Bull, Sun Microsystems, Noodles, Wells Fargo and many more. RE/MAX of Boulder serves all of Boulder, Broomfield and Weld counties as well as parts of Gilpin and Larimer counties.