If you live, work, hang out, or just visit The Beach Cities (Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and El Segundo) you've certainly seen Shorewood Realtors blue "Sign of Success" hanging in front of houses for sale. A lot of houses if truth be told. Here's some more information about Shorewood Realtors you might find useful if you want to buy or sell Manhattan Beach Real Estate, Hermosa Beach Real Estate, Redondo Beach Real Estate or El Segundo Real Estate.
Shorewood Realtors is one of the most dominant residential Real Estate brokerages in the South Bay with over 350 active Real Estate agents. Shorewood Realtors has come a long way since founder and co-owner Arnold Goldstein opened the first office in 1969 in Hermosa Beach not far from where his office is located today.
Shorewood Realtors has 7 offices in total plus an affiliated escrow company, Brighton Escrow in Hermosa Beach. In addition to the Redondo Beach Shorewood office, there are two Hermosa Beach Shorewood Realtors offices, 2 Shorewood Realtors offices in Manhattan Beach, and one each in El Segundo and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The corporate headquarters as well as property management and the agent training facility are located in Manhattan Beach. The management team is rounded out by Larry Wolf the other co-owner and Mike Collins, Shorewood's General Manager both of whom are located at the Manhattan Beach corporate office.
Shorewood Realtors typically ranks in the top 50 national real estate firms based on sales volume (although for 2010, Shorewood was #69). Individual agent production is very high with Shorewood Realtors ranking number 36 in the country for individual real estate agent production and number 8 for average real estate agent sales.
Shorewood maintains a unique dominant market position in the Beach Cities and throughout the greater South Bay in all market segments including price and property type (condo, townhouse, single family home).
For example, over the last 12 months, Shorewood Realtors sold 629 properties in the four Beach Cities. Of these, 344 were Shorewood Realtors listings and Shorewood Realtors represented buyers in 285 other transactions. In terms of total sales, this is a 21% market share. As for dollar volume, ($778M), that's a 24.2% share. With 148 current listings, Shorewood is representing 22.2% of the sellers on the market and attaining a sale price of 95.5% of list price in the MLS. Any business in any industry would be very proud of those numbers. Shorewood Realtors has a larger market share in The Beach Cities than the next 3 brokerages combined in many categories.
So, what does that mean for you if you choose a Shorewood real estate agent? Well, that depends on whether you are buying or selling Redondo Beach Real Estate. As a buyer, you will get the "inside track" on Shorewood Realtors listings and often get a heads up days before a property hits the MLS or before there is a price reduction. This can be the crucial difference between successfully securing a home or missing out. As a seller, your listing gets high visibility among the Shorewood Realtors agent community through the daily "NTS" email that goes out to 350 Shorewood agents, Shorewood Caravan and myriad other ways this networked group of professional Realtors work with each other. (Realistically, your buyer will not be represented by your listing agent which is why agent cooperation is paramount.) Additionally, because of Shorewood Realtors high visibility in the local real estate community, there are various other resources at your disposal to assist in the transaction such as home and pest inspectors, title companies, lenders, contractors and escrow officers. Call 310 975 5139 to buy or sell Beach Cities Real Estate with a Real Estate Agent from Shorewood Realtors.
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