Keyes Partners with CARE School in Miami

The Keyes Company and KeyesCares delivered school supplies from our Miami office drive to CARE School students.

The first day of school brings excitement and enthusiasm for opportunities ahead, but for some, those emotions are tempered by the uncertainty of not having the materials needed to take full advantage. Many students at CARE School know this feeling. 

KeyesCares' mission is "to support the communities in which we work and live by strengthening the essential components of the infrastructure that contribute to quality of life - Education, Children, Healthcare, and Community." While each are important in their own right, being able to partner with organizations that promote the welfare of more than one of those pillars allows us to better make a lasting impact on our communities.

CARE School provides a nurturing learning environment to children primarily from the Overtown community in Miami. Several Keyes Associates and corporate employees are actively involved in ongoing support of the school and this summer championed a drive throughout Keyes' Miami-Dade offices to gather much needed supplies for the students at CARE School.

At the completion of the drive, Keyes Owner & Vice President Tim Pappas, along with his son Jason from the Sunset office, Frank DeValdivielso from Coral Gables, Rene Beal from Commercial Miami, and Linda Chin from Palmetto Bay (all pictured above), delivered the supplies to CARE on the first day of the new school year.

President of the CARE Board, Marty Steinberger commented, "The generosity of Keyes Realtors in providing school supplies again this year means so much to families at CARE. For each student in the school to be able to start the year with necessary items is deeply appreciated by the parents, students, and teachers...The smiling faces of the children as they received [their] bags spoke volumes."

Thank you to each of the Keyes family who donated their time & supplies to help make this drive such an incredible success!

Keyes Luxury Report Gives Insights into High End Markets in South Florida

From the Sun Sentinel 

The luxury market in South Florida is unique in many ways. The defining characteristics of this rarified set of properties have led to "what luxury real estate agents are happily calling one of South Florida's best price and sales surges in recent memory."

Leading the way in bringing this information to the public eye, The Keyes Company's Luxury Market Report demonstrated a few of the reasons for this boom - when other cities might not be undergoing the same increase in sales of their own high-end listings.

Check out insights into the mind of Keyes' Vice President of Luxury, Kevin Leonard, and why this trend might continue here.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-south-florida-luxury-home-market-spikes-20180718-story.html#

January 2018 NAR Power Broker Roundtable with Christina Pappas.

In this month's Power Broker Roundtable, Christina Pappas features:

• Rick Haase (President of Latter & Blume, Inc)
• Marnie Goldschlag (Co-Owner of NextHome Wine Country Premier)
• Rei Mesa (CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Homeseervices Florida Realty)
• Michael Saunders (CEO of Michael Saunders & Company).

Read the discussion here!

NAR Power Broker Roundtable: A Look at the Year Ahead.

Christina Pappas joins in this month's National Association of REALTORS® Power Broker Roundtable as she prepares to enter her new position of NAR Liaison for the 2018 year.

This month's National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Power Broker Roundtable introduces Christina Pappas, district sales manager for The Keyes Company and incoming moderator of the Roundtable for 2018.

In the discussion, NAR Moderator, Robert Bailey, talks with Christina Pappas over several topics including Pappas's incoming role of becoming the 2018 Liaison for NAR, a brief history of The Keyes Company, Pappas's plans and goals in the new position, and the new generation in the industry.

Read the full interview here!

Keyes NextGen Q3 number are here, and they're looking good!

Q3 KNG update! The numbers are looking good, keep it up! 

This past quarter we've beat last year's numbers by 15% even with a hurricane in the middle of it. Jason Pappas provides his thoughts on this achievement:

"We are excited to once again see the growth of our Keyes Next Gen associates! Not even a hurricane could stop this group from beating last year’s quarter by over 15% not to mention already surpassing 2016’s total yearly volume.  Our next gen is our future and the Keyes Company believes that helping these under 40 associates succeed is not only necessary for our company, but also our community."

          - Jason Pappas

We are proud and appreciative of everyone's hard work this quarter to make this happen. Quality work lies within the people that make a company, and a company is only a strong as its employees. We are happy to have everyone that works for Keyes part of our family!

Keyes Honored with Prestigious Customer Service Award

The Keyes Company Earns Prestigious National Recognition for Excellent Real Estate Service

The Keyes Company honored among top large companies with Q_E Award from Quality Service Certification! 

The Keyes Company has been honored for its unparalleled customer satisfaction and service quality with a national recognition – the Q_E Award – from Quality Service Certification, Inc. Keyes was one of the winners in the Top 5 Large Companies category, which was based on a minimum of 3,000 closed transactions in 2016.

The 2017 Q_E Award recognizes the Top 5 Large Companies, the Top 10 Midsize Companies and the Top 20 Small Companies, spanning 22 states, from Florida to California and Minnesota to Texas, and includes some of the most respected independent and well-known national and regional brand names. Winners are determined by an independent survey of buyers and sellers of real estate that actually closed with a real estate company participating in the assessment survey administered by QSC and Leading Research Corporation. 

Service satisfaction performance of brokerages is measured during a single calendar year from January 1 through December 31. Keyes earned an average rating of 4.83 (out of five stars) in the survey. 

“There is no greater honor than earning the highest ratings from our customers for the hard work of our agents touching all the bases and bringing home a fantastic service experience for every one of our clients,” said Mike Pappas, Keyes President and CEO. “That's why winning a Q_E Award from Quality Service Certification is the best award any brokerage in real estate can receive.”

Quality Service Certification, Inc. created the Q_E Award to foster, encourage and recognize the highest levels of service quality and customer satisfaction. QSC with its sister company Leading Research Corporation assures the careful measurement and independent validation of service and satisfaction results.  

Eligibility for the 2017 Q_E Award requires a minimum number of surveys sent and returned, which may be adjusted from year to year based upon market conditions and the number of participants. More than 30,000 real estate agents and 750 companies elected to participate in the customer satisfaction assessment survey process in 2016 for the 2017 Q_E Award.