Its network of offices and sales associates, along with its unique programs, are designed to serve you -- home buyers and sellers.
Windermere is a Federation of Hundreds of Offices, All Locally Owned and Independently Operated.
* 5,000+ knowledgeable sales associates serve communities in
California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho.
* We can be a big company when it comes to buying power, such as advertising.
* We can be a small, one-office company, to serve a specific community.
* Knowledgable sales associates in throughout the Western market means
you can count on the same quality service wherever you live.
* We participate in more transactions than any other Western firm. For more
information, please ask your Windermere sales associate.
We are a community of professionals passionate about providing an environment of honesty, integrity, and wise counsel for our agents, clients, and real estate colleagues.
Windermere is a federation of real estate businesses and a community of people who seek trust and mutual respect in each of our relationships.
We serve neighborhoods throughout the West and, through our affiliations with related firms, we can link to neighborhoods and services around the world. We are committed to:
Leadership In The Real Estate Industry.
Windermere is committed to pre-eminence among our peer firms. We build and support close-knit teams. Our wish is to foster the strength that comes from unity, while preserving the freedom each of us needs to satisfy buyers and sellers and find personal satisfaction.
The Highest Ethical Standards. Uncompromising Honesty and Integrity.
We will continue to grow while exercising practices that meet the highest ethical and business standards.
The Best From And For Windermere People.
Our greatest assets are Windermere people - the sales associates, managers, supporting staff and owners with whom we hope to sustain mutually satisfying, productive and lasting relationships. We place high priority on their growth, development and job satisfaction, and provide all the opportunity for reward commensurate with contributions.
Fair Return For Our Investment, Risk And Efforts.
The services we provide will meet our clients' needs to their complete satisfaction, while providing an above-average return to all Windermere associates.
The Improvement Of Life In The Neighborhoods We Serve.
We will be personally involved in civic and community affairs that improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods, and will contribute both financial and human resources to achieve these ends.
We are guided by our strong commitment to a set of values that exemplify the kinds of people we attract and the kind of service we provide, which includes conducting ourselves and our business with uncompromising levels of honor, fairness and integrity.
We foster a nurturing environment characterized by mutual respect for our peers and our clients, and resulting in exceptional satisfaction. We provide empowering opportunities for the entrepreneurial success of our agents, while continually striving to support their professional growth, competency and knowledge. We are personally involved in helping to improve the quality of life in the communities where we work and live.
* 2001: Windermere opens its first offices in Arizona, California, Montana
and Nevada
* 2000: Windermere's Contact Management System is launched, a
Windermere-developed customer management tool enabling agents to build
a solid relationship based on various marketing and communication tools at
the click of a button.
* 1999: Geoff P. Wood is named President, ensuring the future of the family-
owned Windermere. More Web site innovations include photo gallery and
Daily Mortgage Rates. The Sea, Sun & Snow program is developed for
marketing tothe vacation and second-home market.
* 1998: Windermere redesigns its Web site, windermere.com, and adds a new
e-mail notification feature that automatically sends new home listings
to prospective homebuyers via e-mail.
* 1997: Windermere develops an Intranet site called Windermere Online
Resource Center (WORC). Agents can access business forms and
retirement plan updates, create marketing materials and more with this
online tool. Windermere expands its presence in Oregon and Idaho.
* 1995: Windermere expands to Oregon, adding offices in the Portland metro
area and Oregon coast, and later moves into southern Oregon.
* 1994: Windermere expands to Idaho with an office in the Sun Valley area.
Windermere offers agents a company-wide health care plan.
* 1993: Windermere grows to 100 offices.
* 1992: Windermere adds its first affiliate office in Eastern Washington to the
group of 77 offices. Windermere offers a system-wide agent retirement plan.
* 1990: The Premier Properties Program is created to give agents special tools
to market luxury homes and estates.
* 1989: The Windermere Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to
fight homelessness in the Northwest, is created.
* 1987: Windermere begins its sponsorship of the annual Windermere Cup
and Cascade Cup crew races.
* 1984: Windermere pioneers a sliding commission scale, giving sales
associates as much as 80 percent. Windermere establishes its first
affiliate relationship with a one-office company on Bainbridge Island, WA.
The first-ever Community Service Day is held.
* 1983: With nine offices in the Seattle area, Windermere Services is created
for consulting and marketing assistance, a vital link for the Windermere network.
* 1975: Jacobi purchases the first Windermere satellite office.
* 1972: John W. Jacobi purchases Windermere, a one-office,
eight-agent company, in Seattle.
