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15 February 2012
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CENTURY 21 Milestones
As the top real estate agency in the world today, Century 21 has had several major events and milestones in its esteemed history. We regale you with our past – so that we can have a better understanding of our goals for the future.
July 1971CENTURY 21® is founded by Art Bartlett and Marsh Fisher in Orange County, California.
October 1979Easter Seals is chosen to become the System's major philanthropic partner.
June 1983CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation signs an agreement with C. Itoh and Co., Ltd., to franchise real estate offices in Japan, the System's second international franchise agreement.
December 1986The CENTURY 21® System launches its first-ever national marketing outreach to the Hispanic market. Three six-minute CENTURY 21 segments within a television special are produced and reach more than 98 percent of all Hispanic households over Univision and Telemundo, the nation's largest Hispanic television networks.
March 1996CENTURY 21 Fine Homes & Estates® and CENTURY 21 Recreational Properties SM are created. Fine Homes & Estates is aimed to market high-end properties priced at $500,000 or above. Recreational Properties is created to market vacation and second homes.
May 1998The CENTURY 21 System announces the signing of a master franchise agreement to develop CENTURY 21 offices throughout South America.
October 2000 CENTURY 21 China opens its first franchise office in Beijing as part of a Master Franchise Agreement. Robert Moles meets with the Vice Mayor of Beijing and several members of the Beijing's Ministry of Construction to discuss China's growing real estate market.
January 2002Century 21 Real Estate Corporation is named the top Easter Seals fundraiser for 2001, and also earns the distinction as the all-time leading corporate sponsor of this organisation.
April 2002CENTURY 21.com is named the most trafficked real estate sales organisation website by Jupiter Media Metrix.
December 2002 Century21Espanol.com, the CENTURY 21 System's Spanish-language site, earns an Outstanding Website award from the 2002 Web Awards competition.
December 2003The CENTURY 21 System announces the signing of a master franchise agreement to develop CENTURY 21 offices throughout Spain.
June 2004 Thomas R. Kunz is named president & CEO of CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation.
June 2004Web Marketing Association awards CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation with an Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Award for its online Hispanic advertising campaign.
October 2005Advertising Age magazine, in cooperation with the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies recognises CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC for excellence in Hispanic advertising with a 2005 Hispanic Creative Advertising Award in the interactive media category for a online banner advertisement, entitled "Signs."
November 2005 The CENTURY 21 System releases the results of its inaugural First-Time Homebuyer Index featuring insights into the home buying habits of new and Spanish-speaking homebuyers.
March 2006 The CENTURY 21 Learning System® is named in Training magazine's "Training Top100" for the fifth consecutive year.
March 2006 Corporate University Xchange (CUX) lauds CENTURY 21 System with Corporate University Xchange Award for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning.
May 2006 Century 21 Real Estate LLC signs a master franchise agreement to license CENTURY 21 franchises in Russia.
November 2006 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces launch of CENTURY 21 Mobile(mobile.c21.com or mobile.century21.com) which allows consumers access to property listing and offices searches via PDAs, mobile phones and other handheld devices with internet access capability.
December 2006 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces a master franchise agreement in Romania to create CENTURY 21 Romania and the opening of its first offices affiliated with CENTURY 21 Bulgaria.
March 2007 The CENTURY 21 Learning System is named in Training magazine's "Training Top 125" for the sixth consecutive year.
March 2007 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC signs master franchise agreement to open CENTURY 21® franchises in the Baltic States encompassing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, operating under the name CENTURY 21 Baltic’s.
June 2007CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC earns an Effie Award from the New York American Marketing Association for its 2006 advertising campaign. The campaign was created in partnership with Mcgarry Bowen, the brand's advertising agency of record.
October 2007 BetoCasas.com Site Web Sites Earns MIXX Award for Interactive Marketing Excellence in the Hispanic Marketing Category.
November 2007 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces its expansion into South Africa. CENTURY 21 South Africa, headed by Dr. Duncan Gray, chief executive officer, granted exclusive franchising rights to the CENTURY 21 name and system throughout South Africa.
August 2008CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announced its expansion in South America with the signing of a master franchise agreement to open CENTURY 21® franchises in Brazil.
January 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces decision to transition its national television advertising to additional online advertising, including media spend in the following categories in2009: display, search engine marketing and partnerships with real estate listing Web sites.
March 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC First-Time Home Buyer reveals increasing demand despite concerns about the economy.
April 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC Celebrates 30th Anniversary of its Philanthropic Partnership with Easter Seals.
April 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announced that its Mother-in-Law advertisement won the “Best Real Estate Online Ad" at the Internet Advertising Competition, produced by the Web Marketing Association*.
May 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announced its expansion in Asia Pacific with the signing of a master franchise agreement to open CENTURY 21® franchises in Thailand. July 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC Recognized with Stevie® Award for Effectiveness of Online Advertising Shift.
August 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces the signing of an agreement by its Caribbean master franchisee to open the first CENTURY 21® franchise in Bermuda.
October 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces its website, CENTURY 21.com, was honoured with an Online Advertising Creativity Award from the OMMA Awards, and a Web Award in real estate excellence from the Web Marketing Association.
December 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces the signing of a master franchise agreement to license CENTURY 21® franchises in Slovakia.
February 2010 Richard W. Davidson appointed as president & CEO of CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC.
February 2010 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces that with the $2.1 million raised by its franchise system in 2009, it has surpassed $100 million in funds raised for and donated directly by the franchise system to Easter Seals, its sole philanthropic partner since 1979.
March 2010 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces its tenth consecutive year of market leadership in brand awareness. In a study conducted by Millward Brown, a leading global market research organisation, the CENTURY 21® brand achieved 97 percent name recognition, the highest consumer awareness level when compared to other real estate brands. This is the 10thconsecutive year in which Millward Brown's research has demonstrated CENTURY 21 as the leader in real estate brand awareness among consumers.
June 2010 Century 21 Real Estate LLC upgrades the mobile real estate experience with the launch of its dynamic iPhone App. The CENTURY 21® iPhone app automatically provides mobile users with property listings, open house information and CENTURY 21 office locations. It also provides a quick overview of the communities associated with each listing, including school details, community images and statistics.
We hope that you’ve enjoyed this trip down memory lane and we look forward to all the up coming new milestones and achievements of all of our partners, staff and our valued clients.
July 1971CENTURY 21® is founded by Art Bartlett and Marsh Fisher in Orange County, California.
October 1979Easter Seals is chosen to become the System's major philanthropic partner.
June 1983CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation signs an agreement with C. Itoh and Co., Ltd., to franchise real estate offices in Japan, the System's second international franchise agreement.
December 1986The CENTURY 21® System launches its first-ever national marketing outreach to the Hispanic market. Three six-minute CENTURY 21 segments within a television special are produced and reach more than 98 percent of all Hispanic households over Univision and Telemundo, the nation's largest Hispanic television networks.
March 1996CENTURY 21 Fine Homes & Estates® and CENTURY 21 Recreational Properties SM are created. Fine Homes & Estates is aimed to market high-end properties priced at $500,000 or above. Recreational Properties is created to market vacation and second homes.
May 1998The CENTURY 21 System announces the signing of a master franchise agreement to develop CENTURY 21 offices throughout South America.
October 2000 CENTURY 21 China opens its first franchise office in Beijing as part of a Master Franchise Agreement. Robert Moles meets with the Vice Mayor of Beijing and several members of the Beijing's Ministry of Construction to discuss China's growing real estate market.
January 2002Century 21 Real Estate Corporation is named the top Easter Seals fundraiser for 2001, and also earns the distinction as the all-time leading corporate sponsor of this organisation.
April 2002CENTURY 21.com is named the most trafficked real estate sales organisation website by Jupiter Media Metrix.
December 2002 Century21Espanol.com, the CENTURY 21 System's Spanish-language site, earns an Outstanding Website award from the 2002 Web Awards competition.
December 2003The CENTURY 21 System announces the signing of a master franchise agreement to develop CENTURY 21 offices throughout Spain.
June 2004 Thomas R. Kunz is named president & CEO of CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation.
June 2004Web Marketing Association awards CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation with an Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Award for its online Hispanic advertising campaign.
October 2005Advertising Age magazine, in cooperation with the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies recognises CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC for excellence in Hispanic advertising with a 2005 Hispanic Creative Advertising Award in the interactive media category for a online banner advertisement, entitled "Signs."
November 2005 The CENTURY 21 System releases the results of its inaugural First-Time Homebuyer Index featuring insights into the home buying habits of new and Spanish-speaking homebuyers.
March 2006 The CENTURY 21 Learning System® is named in Training magazine's "Training Top100" for the fifth consecutive year.
March 2006 Corporate University Xchange (CUX) lauds CENTURY 21 System with Corporate University Xchange Award for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning.
May 2006 Century 21 Real Estate LLC signs a master franchise agreement to license CENTURY 21 franchises in Russia.
November 2006 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces launch of CENTURY 21 Mobile(mobile.c21.com or mobile.century21.com) which allows consumers access to property listing and offices searches via PDAs, mobile phones and other handheld devices with internet access capability.
December 2006 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces a master franchise agreement in Romania to create CENTURY 21 Romania and the opening of its first offices affiliated with CENTURY 21 Bulgaria.
March 2007 The CENTURY 21 Learning System is named in Training magazine's "Training Top 125" for the sixth consecutive year.
March 2007 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC signs master franchise agreement to open CENTURY 21® franchises in the Baltic States encompassing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, operating under the name CENTURY 21 Baltic’s.
June 2007CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC earns an Effie Award from the New York American Marketing Association for its 2006 advertising campaign. The campaign was created in partnership with Mcgarry Bowen, the brand's advertising agency of record.
October 2007 BetoCasas.com Site Web Sites Earns MIXX Award for Interactive Marketing Excellence in the Hispanic Marketing Category.
November 2007 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces its expansion into South Africa. CENTURY 21 South Africa, headed by Dr. Duncan Gray, chief executive officer, granted exclusive franchising rights to the CENTURY 21 name and system throughout South Africa.
August 2008CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announced its expansion in South America with the signing of a master franchise agreement to open CENTURY 21® franchises in Brazil.
January 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces decision to transition its national television advertising to additional online advertising, including media spend in the following categories in2009: display, search engine marketing and partnerships with real estate listing Web sites.
March 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC First-Time Home Buyer reveals increasing demand despite concerns about the economy.
April 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC Celebrates 30th Anniversary of its Philanthropic Partnership with Easter Seals.
April 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announced that its Mother-in-Law advertisement won the “Best Real Estate Online Ad" at the Internet Advertising Competition, produced by the Web Marketing Association*.
May 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announced its expansion in Asia Pacific with the signing of a master franchise agreement to open CENTURY 21® franchises in Thailand. July 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC Recognized with Stevie® Award for Effectiveness of Online Advertising Shift.
August 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces the signing of an agreement by its Caribbean master franchisee to open the first CENTURY 21® franchise in Bermuda.
October 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces its website, CENTURY 21.com, was honoured with an Online Advertising Creativity Award from the OMMA Awards, and a Web Award in real estate excellence from the Web Marketing Association.
December 2009 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces the signing of a master franchise agreement to license CENTURY 21® franchises in Slovakia.
February 2010 Richard W. Davidson appointed as president & CEO of CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC.
February 2010 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces that with the $2.1 million raised by its franchise system in 2009, it has surpassed $100 million in funds raised for and donated directly by the franchise system to Easter Seals, its sole philanthropic partner since 1979.
March 2010 CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC announces its tenth consecutive year of market leadership in brand awareness. In a study conducted by Millward Brown, a leading global market research organisation, the CENTURY 21® brand achieved 97 percent name recognition, the highest consumer awareness level when compared to other real estate brands. This is the 10thconsecutive year in which Millward Brown's research has demonstrated CENTURY 21 as the leader in real estate brand awareness among consumers.
June 2010 Century 21 Real Estate LLC upgrades the mobile real estate experience with the launch of its dynamic iPhone App. The CENTURY 21® iPhone app automatically provides mobile users with property listings, open house information and CENTURY 21 office locations. It also provides a quick overview of the communities associated with each listing, including school details, community images and statistics.
We hope that you’ve enjoyed this trip down memory lane and we look forward to all the up coming new milestones and achievements of all of our partners, staff and our valued clients.
