William Raveis New York City, the City’s newest residential real estate firm and the 100th office of the largest family-owned real estate company in the Northeast, today announced that it will offer 100 percent of StreetEasy’s listings.
NEW YORK, July 22, 2014 — William Raveis New York City (www.raveis.com), the City’s newest residential real estate firm and the 100th office of the largest family-owned real estate company in the Northeast, today announced that it will offer 100 percent of StreetEasy’s listings. The consumer can now readily access them through a framed-out search portal on William Raveis’ website, providing visitors with unfettered access to virtually every single listing in New York City.
“When I decided to launch William Raveis in the New York market, I was surprised to find that no brokerage made all of the city’s listings easily available to consumers or, if they provided listings to the public, the consumer was required to register and share their personal information,” explains Bill Raveis, chairman and chief executive officer of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, whose firm also offers a concierge center to help customers navigate their homebuying and selling efforts. “This isn’t the way the consumer wants to shop. Having a fresh perspective, coming into the market as an ‘outsider,’ I knew that it was time to give them what they deserve: transparency and a one-stop shopping experience.”
It’s a move Kathy Braddock, managing director of William Raveis New York City, feels is not only logical, but also long overdue, particularly since New York City lacks a multiple listing service (MLS). “New York real estate brokerages have been entrenched in the way they do business, which historically means guarding listings and limiting information that enable consumers to make the best possible real estate decisions,” Braddock says.
“Providing an entrée into New York City to the millions of visitors worldwide who use the raveis.com website is a smart decision and of great benefit to buyers, renters, investors and even members of the brokerage community,” adds Paul Purcell, managing director at William Raveis New York City. “We’re proud to be an advocate for change.”
William Raveis New York City is located at Tower 56, East 56th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues. To learn more about the firm, visit www. raveis.com.
About William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance
William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance is the No. 1 family-owned real estate company in the Northeast and the No. 8 real estate company in the country, according to REAL Trends. For five consecutive years, William Raveis’ Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance divisions have been awarded the Gold Medal distinction by the Commercial Record and have been similarly recognized by Banker & Tradesman. The firm was named the Most Innovative Brokerage by Inman News, and has consistently been ranked the best place to work by Fox CT, Hearst Connecticut and the Boston Business Journal. William Raveis has 3,000 highly trained sales professionals in 100 company-owned and affiliate offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Maine. For more information, visit the best website in real estate, raveis.com, or blog.raveis.com.
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