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Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Benton Courier
Saline County, Arkansas
A local real estate agent wants homeowners to know there is help available if foreclosure is looming. Crye-Leike Realtors is taking a different approach to the housing market downturn.
The company has launched a grassroots effort to help families facing foreclosure.
"We want homeowners in a situation where they are behind on payments or can't make payments to give us a call," Karen Crowson, with the Benton branch said. "We don't want to necessarily sell their home, but we can intervene and take a different approach." She added, "We're normally out there trying to get business, but now we're taking a step back and just trying to look at it as community involvement."
Even if Crye-Leike didn't help homeowners get into their homes, Crowson and other age...

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN.- Crye-Leike's Jean Smith has received the highest annual honor from the Women's Council of Realtors (WCR) - Chattanooga Chapter. She has been recognized as the 2008 Realtor Member of the Year.
Jean is a Realtor in the company's Signal Mountain branch office located in the Signal Mountain Plaza at 1210 Taft Highway.
"This is a great unexpected honor and I really appreciate the recognition from my fellow Realtors," said Jean.
The WCR is the 17th largest women's organization in the US and brings together Realtors from all walks of life. It's a network of Realtors that empowers women to exercise their potential as industry leaders. In 2005 Jean served as President of the WCR Chattanooga Chapter.
"More than the national ranking and networking, we are a group of accomplished women sharing ideas, training and dreams once a month," said Jean. "When we get together we engage with terrific speakers, amazing food at...
ATHENS, TN.- Going once, going twice, and the Graduate REALTOR Institute (GRI) designation goes to Broker and Auctioneer Mike Graves with Crye-Leike, REALTORS Athens, Tennessee branch office located at 580 South Congress Parkway. Mike recently decided he would take the necessary classes to earn his professional real estate designation as a GRI and better serve his present and future clients.
"The knowledge and education I received in obtaining my GRI designation will enable me to represent the buyer or seller in a more professional manner," said Mike. "The GRI course requires 96 hours of class and passing an exam which focus on all phases of real estate including ethics, electronic media, sellers, buyers, selling, listing, laws and much more."
Through the GRI program, Mike studied marketing, ethics, contracts, finance, agency, technology and other real estate topics. Graduation from the REALTOR Institute required Mike to successfully complete more than 90 hour...
Memphis, TN., - Crye-Leike, REALTORS congratulates Affiliate Broker Wendy Rylee on earning her professional real estate designation as a Certified Relocation Associate (CRA). She is a sales associate with Crye-Leike based out of the company's East Memphis, Tennessee branch office located at 585 South Perkins.
The Certified Relocation Associate (CRA) designation is given to associates who have successfully completed a minimum of three relocation courses dealing with transferring buyers, renters, and sellers to a home in a new area.
"I want to be able to help my clients in every way possible," said Wendy. "The education and knowledge I received in obtaining the CRA designation will allow me to better serve my clients and meet all their real estate needs. I'm a full-time agent and I really love my job!"
Wendy is a licensed Affiliate Broker assisting buyers and sellers in and around Shelby and Fayette co...
Crye-Leike is a full-service real estate company founded in Memphis in 1977. Today it is ranked #4 in the nation and the largest real estate company serving markets in Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi. Crye-Leike has a network of more than 2,800+ licensed sales associates, 600+ staff members and over 130+ branch and franchise offices located throughout a seven state region of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Crye-Leike also has a franchise location in Puerto Rico.
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