Young realtor closes 7m sale

A 23 YEAR-OLD Bahamian realtor has made the biggest sale of his career to date - a seven-unit, beachfront condo complex in the Love Beach area valued at $7 million.

Ryan Knowles, who has gone full-time after a three-year apprenticeship under Mario Carey, said his sale of the block of three-bedroom, two-bath units at Columbus Cove, a gated community on the beach at the western end of New Provide...

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Young realtor makes waves in local real estate market

Rising star Ryan Knowles is by all accounts a rookie in an industry dominated by seasoned veterans. The 23-year-old who recently made the transition to full-time sales after a three-year apprenticeship under real estate golden boy Mario Carey made the biggest sale of his career, a substantial sale by any measure -- a seven-unit, beachfront condo complex in the Love Beach area valued at $7 million....

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Realtor charged with stealing 39k from clients

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BREA stresses use of registered realtors after arrest

After the arrest of a man last month for fraud by false pretenses, Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) President Christine Wallace-Whitfield issued a strong warning to real estate buyers in a press statement yesterday, warning them to use only a BREA-licensed broker or salesperson to purchase, rent or sell property. Wallace-Whitfield urged real estate clients ...
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BREA-Royal Palm Coast Realtor Assn Virtual Trade Mission ‘Historic Success’

DPM, Tourism Minister & Director-General, NAR Global Chief Among Speakers...

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Realtors elated, thankful industry allowed to operate

After weeks of petitioning, real estate companies are now allowed to operate based on the newest amendments to the emergency powers regulations. Last month, Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) President Christine Wallace-Whitfield said many critical transactions were left hanging in the balance since the industry [...]
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Realtors vary on Baha Mar's impact

Real estate practitioners vary on how much and how quickly the $2.6 billion Baha Mar project will impact real estate prices in western New Providence, but estimates are as high as a 30% increase by this time next year.
Garnett Ellis, president of Landmark Realty Investments & Appraisal Services told Guardian Business in an interview that such an increase for properties in the immediate vicinity of...

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Realtors optimistic about 2011

Bahamian real estate may have seen a significant drop off in value in 2010, but leading real estate practitioners think markets have stabilized and are expressing cautious optimism about next year.
Several realtors said that the results this year were better than they had anticipated and attribute a lot of this year’s volume to sellers who were willing to come down on price from previous exp...

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Realtor calls on govt to incentivize real estate sector for continued economic growth

A leading realtor yesterday called on the government to further incentivize the real estate sector to see continued economic growth, this in light of a Department of Statistics report that showed a 0.9 percent increase in the real estate industry significantly contributed to the marginal [...]
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Realtor prison sentence reduced by two years

THE Court of Appeal has shaved two years off of a former realtor's prison sentence for swindling 21 people out of over $144,000 between 2007 and 2008 as part of a property scam.

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