Keller Williams continues on its international expansion path and this time announced that 4 more countries will join its area of global influence, reaching a total of 31 countries and 88 Market Centers (outside the United States and Canada). The 4 countries are: KW France and Monaco, KW Israel, KW Nicaragua and KW Israel.
Keller Williams continues on its international expansion path and this time announced that 4 more countries will join its area of global influence, reaching a total of 31 countries and 88 Market Centers (outside the United States and Canada). The 4 countries are: KW France and Monaco, KW Israel, KW Nicaragua and KW Israel.
Bill Soteroff, president of Keller Williams Worldwide, (the international division of Keller Williams) stated that:
"In 2016, we continued to grow at a historic growth rate, having opened another 27 real estate offices (Market Centers). At a time when we have added new countries and regions to our KW family, we are extremely proud of the current course and moment in around our franchisees around the world. "
KW France and KW Monaco
Keller Williams signed a "Master-Franchising" contract to open offices in France and Monaco. Jérôme Fabre will be the chief operating officer for Keller Williams France and Keller Williams Monaco. Together with a strong team of business and investment directors, Fabre will oversee the implementation and expansion of his already proven systems and his strong agent-centric business culture in yet another new region.
Fabre said: Keller Williams' systems, models and training will promote major changes in France and Monaco, increasing the level of professionalism of real estate agents.Nowadays, with high transactions, stable prices and very low credit rates, it is the ideal time to launch Keller Williams, which will meet people who are waiting for something new.
KW Israel
In the new Keller Williams franchise in Israel, Managing Director Amos Naim recruited a strong team of directors to implement and manage ongoing operations, as well as the opening of new offices in the country. A veteran of the real estate industry, Naim is the founder and CEO of NMH Group, a real estate management holding company.
Naim said: The profession of real estate consultant in Israel is not well regarded. Currently, in Israel, only 4,000 people a year take an exam to enter the career of real estate agent, however, only only 10% remain in the business. There is a strong need for training in this area to train new professionals in this sector in order to foster the growth of long-term careers. And, we will help to mature the market with Keller Williams models and systems.
KW Nicaragua
Led by General Director Roberto Serrano, the Keller Williams franchise in Nicaragua is in 2016 in the start-up phase. Together with his team of directors, Serrano is organizing the launch of the first Market Center and supervising the recruitment of consultants who will assume leadership roles.
Serrano said: Nicaragua is an emerging market that continues to produce increasingly strong opportunities for real estate investors across the US and the world, "said The Nicaraguan economy has grown 4-5 percent consistently over the past seven years and tourism is also growing at more than six percent a year. "
"We chose Keller Williams as the vision of the franchise and mission just clicked with the way our family has already chosen to conduct business for decades in the interior of the country."
KW Poland
Keller Williams signed a Master Franchising contract to open initial offices in Poland. Led by General Director Krzysztof Kraicziczek accompanied by a strong team of directors, KW Poland has already scheduled the launch of its first real estate office and is recruiting agents to assume corporate leadership roles.
Kraicziczek said: Currently, the quality of the experience acquired in the profession of real estate consultant in Poland has been decreasing. With Keller Williams, we will provide a high quality business environment and real estate training to raise the bar on quality and ethics in our industry.
We also intend to provide each new real estate office with a commercial division that will allow us to keep up with the current trend of business relocations to Poland. We expect to close real estate deals that cover around 10 percent of the profits of local offices.