Brookfield's Real Living Opens Another Colorado Office

Brookfield Asset Management’s residential real estate brokerage division, Real Living, opened another office in metro Denver, bringing the total number of state offices to three.

Real Living took over the Colorado Real Estate Associates office, 12001 N. Tejon St., Westminster (www.reallivingCOrealestate.com). That adds to the office at 480 Holly St., Denver, and one in Colorado Springs.

Jackie Nordstrom owns the new franchise. “We have some opportunities with the Real Living brand we didn’t have before,” Nordstrom said. “Brookfield’s parent company is the second-largest relocation company in the nation. There are just so many positives to the brand and what it has to offer.”

Brookfield Office Properties Inc., part of Brookfield Asset Management, recently bought the former Qwest building and owns Republic Plaza.

Brookfield Asset Management, which is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, bought three U.S. real estate companies recently: GMAC Real Estate, Prudential Residential Real Estate and Real Living Real Estate.

Real Living works closely with Brookfield’s relocation service.

Network Development Director Chip Bruss said Brookfield has helped relocate about 150 energy executives to Denver in the past year.

Nordstrom said in an interview that Real Living has an exclusive relationship with Bank of America (BOA), which can help streamline short sales. It also allows Real Living’s brokers to list properties on the BOA website.

“That gives our sellers an advantage because it’s additional exposure for their properties,” Nordstrom said.

There are about 40-50 brokers in each office, she said.

Though the Real Living name doesn’t have as much recognition as other real estate brokerages, Nordstrom in a news release that its “tools and systems are unmatched,” especially the website. It allows homebuyers to do side-by-side comparisons of not only homes for sale, but the areas where they’re located.

“It’s very robust and consumer-oriented,” she said.

Real Living has about 400 offices and more than 10,000 brokers nationwide.

This article is reprinted from the Denver Post. Dennis Huspeni covers real estate and retail for the Denver Business Journal and writes for the "Real Deals" blog. Email: dhuspeni@bizjournals.com. Phone: 303-803-9232.

New Real Living Office in Westminster, CO

COLORADO REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES JOINS WITH REAL LIVING’S FAST-GROWING NETWORK OF REAL ESTATE OFFICES

Westminster, CO, February 2, 2012 - Colorado Real Estate Associates, one of North Metro Denver’s up and coming real estate firms, today announced that it is joining Real Living, one of the nation’s most innovative national real estate franchises.

“Real Living is a powerful, innovative real estate company, and we are thrilled to join its fast-growing national network of offices,” said Jackie Nordstrom, owner of the new franchise. “Our team will be able to tap into the extensive resources, including cutting-edge technology and marketing tools, and Premier Service®, one of the nation’s leading customer service programs in the real estate industry.”

“One of the things that attracted us to Real Living is the strong emphasis on consumer services,” said Nordstrom, a 15 year veteran of Denver real estate. “And this can be seen within a variety of products and services they provide.”
Real Living’s commitment to consumer service is their 96% customer satisfaction rating by an independent rating agency. “We’re the only national brand to allow a third party company to rate the quality of the service we provide,” said Chip Bruss, Network Development Director for Real Living. “In other words, we ask our customers to tell us how we’re doing, and so far, they’re giving us the highest rating in the industry.”

Further, Real Living launched a new national website last year with consumer-friendly search functions. “We wanted to build a consumer website that emulated Realtor.com, which is the #1 publicly visited real estate site in the U.S.,” said Bruss.

“Home buyers and sellers are really smart now”, said Nordstrom, “they know what they want and if you don’t give them all the information in one easy to find place, they’ll just get it somewhere else.” The local site, www.reallivingCOrealestate.com, will have all the search capabilities of the national website and will launch February 1, 2012.

“We’re excited to be on the ground floor of such a big movement as the real estate business is changing fast and Real Living is on the leading edge of these new changes,” said Nordstrom about the continuously growing real estate franchise company. “Many real estate companies are moving to lower fees with lower services, but we believe consumers want to work with brokers they can trust, who have their best interests in mind, and know how to provide better service.”

“Real Living CO Real Estate is highly regarded by home buyers and sellers in North Metro Denver, and we are excited and proud to welcome the company and its outstanding team of professionals to the Real Living family,” said Harley E. Rouda Jr., president of Real Living.

About Real Living
Real Living is a full-service real estate franchise company with 400 offices and more than 10,000 sales professionals coast to coast. In 2010, Real Living maintained an industry-leading customer satisfaction rating of 96 percent based upon research by an independent research firm. For more information, visit http://www.realliving.com.

About Real Living CO Real Estate
Real Living CO Real Estate is a full-service real estate company with on-site mortgage, title, and contract services, as well as 33 professional brokers, who are accredited with the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), servicing Westminster, Thornton, Broomfield, Arvada and all North Metro Denver areas. Real Living CO Real Estate is located at 12001 N. Tejon Street, Suite 110, Westminster, CO 80234, 720-880-2288. For more information on homes for sale or local real estate information, visit www.reallivingCOrealestate.com.