by Michele Newbern Gillis
Staff Writer
Jan Shields of the Atlantic Beach office,was recognized as Watson Realty’s top salesperson at the company’s annual awards event last month at the University Center at University of North Florida.
Shields had closed volume of nearly $46 million. Second was Debbie Shagnea of the Mandarin South with closed volume of over $40 million.
The Rookie of the Year was Al Kekec of Hidden Hills with over $5 million his first year. From Relocation Services, Debbie Shagnea of the Mandarin South office was the associate with highest number of outgoing referral closings. The Intracoastal office was awarded the Medallion of Excellence from Relocation Services.
Did You Know?
• Seller households are slightly more likely than buyer households to have no children under 18 living in their home. They are also more likely to be a married-couple household. The typical seller household has owned its home for six years, and that figure has changed little over the past several years. Recent home sellers have owned a median of three homes, another number that has varied little during the past several years. Most recent sellers were not selling their first home. Similar to results from the 2005 profile, just 13 percent were first-time sellers. (2006 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers)
Shagnea also had the highest number of listings sold and the No. 1 office was the Ponte Vedra office with $249 million in closed volume during 2006.
Ed Foreman, president of Watson Realty Corp, Inc. reported a $4.3 billion total closed volume from the entire company for 2006 and Wendie Mayfield, vice president and Jacksonville regional manager, reported over $2 billion in total closed volume for the Jacksonville region for 2006.
Over 600 attended the Jacksonville event and Watson also held two other award ceremonies for the North Central and Central Florida offices to honor the 800 agents in those areas.
Watson has 42 offices from St. Mary’s, Ga. all the way down to Orlando.