Real Estate Insights in the Carolinas

PruYSU Meadowmont Office Expansion

We have completed a major expansion of our sales office located at Meadowmont Village in Chapel Hill. With the merger of Prudential Carolinas Realty and York Simpson Underwood Realty late last year, our sales force doubled in size. Our sales associates currently the Franklin street office will move into the newly expanded Meadowmont space. 

A.C. Robbins, broker at Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty commented, “Our sales associates are looking forward to the new Meadowmont location and the opportunities it will bring to serve their clients.”

Fred Stevens, broker at Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty "We knew when we merged we would need more space and this opportunity to expand our space in Meadowmont was the opportunity we have been waiting for. The location is central to all the key areas our sales associates serve, with easy access to Orange, Durham, Chatham counties and surrounding areas.”

Smedes York, chairman of Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty, said, “Our Chapel Hill sales associates have consistently exceeded the expectations of buyers and sellers in the Chapel Hill community, and we’re confident the new expanded Meadowmont office space will help them serve clients real estate needs now and in the future.”

If you are in Chapel Hill we would love for you to stop by and see our new space in person. We are located at 404 Meadowmont Village Circle, Chapel Hill, NC or give us a call 919-929-7100.

16 PruYSU agents graduate RED training course

We are proud to welcome 16 agents to  Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty! As part of our comprehensive agent training program, all agents new to our company attend a Real Estate Dynamics training course taught by our company trainer to brush up on their skills and kick-start their career at PruYSU. Congrats!

Lindsay Alteri—North Hills
Bob McKeel—Cameron Village
Susie Shachtman—Chapel Hill Franklin St.
Susan Lane—Cameron Village
Jack Broeren—Meadowmont
Paul Peffly—North Raleigh
Corey Liles—Durham
Katherine Dixon—Durham
Gayle Claris– Meadowmont
Mitch Danforth—Cameron Village
Brooks Brittingham—Durham
Robert Church—Cary
Mike Shachtman—Chapel Hill Franklin St.
Daniel Yelverton—Meadowmont
John Floyd—North Hills
Elpida Arqvidis—Cary

Help us feed those in need

1 in 8 Americans struggles with hunger today. Prudential Carolinas and Prudential York Simpson Underwood offices throughout the state are hosting a food drive to benefit the food banks in each region who are in great need of food.

Even the smallest of donations can help feed those in need, every $1 = 3 meals. Please help us feed those in need in North Carolina.

Please consider making a donation today at one of our offices or directly to the food bank in your area:

Charlotte Area - Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina

Triad Area - Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina

Triangle Area - Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina

Cameron Village Broker-In-Charge earns award from Triangle MLS

Congratulations to Tom Gongaware, Raleigh/Cameron Village Broker-In-Charge, who recently received an award from the Triangle MLS in recognition of his six years of service as its Director.

Pictured below at the presentation ceremony are (l-r): Ray Larcher, Executive Vice-President, Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS®; Pam Kohl, Tom's wife; Gongaware; Rachel Wiest, UP Operations, Triangle MLS; and Christy New, Executive Assistant, Triangle MLS.

Voted the top real estate company

Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty is building on the tradition of York Simpson Underwood by adding an 8th Standing Ovation award from the readers of Metro Magazine to its shelves. The award honors the top real estate company from the Triangle to the Coast as chosen by Metro Magazine readers.

 

    * View Metro Magazine's full listing of this year’s winners

 

Thank you to everyone who voted for us!

Welcome Lisa Rhead, our new relocation director

Prudential Carolinas Realty and Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty are proud to announce Lisa Rhead as the new Director of Relocation and Business Development. Rhead has been in the relocation industry for 14 years, including more than six years in the Prudential Carolinas Realty relocation department, where she served as corporate accounts manager from 1998-2002. She’s since served as Director of Relocation for a Charlotte-area real estate firm, where she’s been an active member of the Employee Relocation Council and the Relocation Directors’ Council.

 

“Her knowledge and enthusiasm about relocation in the Carolinas makes her an exciting addition to our already award-winning relocation division,” Tommy Camp, President of Prudential Carolinas Realty and Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty, said.

 

Rhead will lead relocation efforts for Prudential Carolinas Realty in the Triad and Charlotte regions and in the Triangle for Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty. She may be contacted via email at Lisa.Rhead@PruCarolinas.com or Lisa.Rhead@PruYSU.com.

Durham office continues support of Durham Central Park

For at least the past six years, the Durham office has actively been involved in improving Durham Central Park and thereby the entire community. Their most recent project had them weeding, trimming and planting in the “Prudential Garden” section of the Durham Farmers Market Garden. They also planted 20 new rose bushes and spread more than 200 pounds of mulch while they were there.   “I’ve been so inspired by the energy and involvement of our agents in these work days,” Tracey Goetz, Durham Broker-in-Charge told the Durham Herald-Sun in a story published last month.

Wins Prudential network awards

We are pleased to announce that the following Prudential Carolinas Realty and Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty offices and sales associates are award-winners for the 2009 first quarter within the Prudential Real Estate affiliate nationwide network of over 64,000 sales associates and 2,100 offices.

OFFICE AWARDS:
North Hills office – 1st Place for Residential GCI in U.S. South Region (for offices with a minimum of 76 sales professionals)

North Raleigh office – 1st Place for Residential GCI in U.S. South Region (for offices with 21-40 sales professionals)

Winston-Salem/Oakwood office – 2nd Place for Residential GCI in U.S. South Region (for offices with 41-75 sales professionals)

SALES ASSOCIATE AWARDS:
Bonnie Downey, South Park office – 1st Place in North Carolina for Residential Units

Jamie Harrelson Team, Kernersville office – 2nd Place in North Carolina for Residential Units

Schambs Realty Group, Cary office – 3rd Place in North Carolina for Residential Units

Wes Minton, North Hills office – 1st Place in North Carolina for Residential GCI

Schambs Realty Group, Cary office – 2nd Place in North Carolina for Residential GCI

Nineteen graduate from latest RED course in the Triangle

To be better prepared to provide the exceptional service and quality in demand by today’s real estate consumer, 19 real estate sales professionals completed the rigorous, highly interactive, participant-centered, skill-based Real Estate Dynamics course (RED) in the Triangle. RED is an intensive six-day productivity course that combines business development strategies, presentation workshops and skill practices to help sales professionals interact successfully with traditional as well as Internet-based home buyers and sellers. 

Congratulations to the following sales professionals who completed the course at Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty’s Cary office earlier this month:

Jackie McKenzie, Cary; Heather Kinneberg, Cary; Linda Mason, Cary; Lee Ann Crowder, Cary; Theodore Bullock, Jr., Green Valley; Jon Peterson, Cary; Linda Morris, Cary; Julie Chung, Cary; John Krogstad, Cary

Lynn Cummins Dee, Cary; Nancy Briggs, Cary; Susan Ciccarelli, Cary; Jeri Pederson, Cary; Mick Bodino, Cary; Julie Poindexter, Green Valley; Katherine Fleming, Cary; and Jennifer Horn, Cary; Mike Leary, Cameron Village, and Mark Lawrence, Cary.

Robbins wins prestigious award from National Association of REALTORS®

PruYSU Franklin Street Broker-In-Charge A.C. Robbins was awarded REALTOR® Emeritus from the National Association of REALTORS®. The honor was presented at the Greater Chapel Hill Association of REALTORS® Annual Awards Gala on Thursday, Jan. 9.

The award, given only to someone with more than 40 years of experience as a REALTOR®, has only been awarded previously to two other REALTORS® in the Chapel Hill Association.

The award’s inscription read:
This status is awarded with deepest gratitude in recognition of forty cumulative years of membership in the National Association of REALTORS® and in recognition of valuable and lasting contributions to the real estate profession in the community.