doug meharg president of century 21 armour real estate presents top sales representative sylvia houghton with a painting to honor her accomplishment of being the top seller for century 21 in north america for 1983 mrs houghton sold 15 million worth of real estate sylvia houghton tops 15 million century 21 armour real estate owner doug meharg is very happy to have syl via houghton on his sales staff and no wonder after a re latively short period of 40 months the wife and mother of two has become the top producing century 21 agent in north america mrs houghton sold 15 million worth of real estate in 1983 that was more than any of the other 70000 individual agents in the century 21 chain in north america could accrue she was the first canadian ever to claim that honor mr meharg made the announcement at a century 21 a wards presentation at the renaissance hotel on jan 20 no one else in any office anywhere in canada has achieved this honor mr meharg told sales agents at the reception im glad youre with us sylvia he concluded with a laugh as the crowd clapped in approval mrs houghton was awarded a painting as a tri bute to her accomplishment s imecstatic she de clared in an interview this week according to mrs houghton shes especially pleased about winning be cause the top agents are usually from california or alaska where in relation to markham the population and the volume of sales are much higher mrs houghton said selling real estate is something she always wanted to do a mar kham resident for 11 years mrs houghton first tried her hand at teaching and then selling life insurance however real estate has al ways been in the back of her mind after her two sons grew older she decided to phase out of life insurance and try a career in real estate at century 21 i couldnt be more pleased said mrs hought on its a lot like teaching you cater to all types of peo ple everyday is different and no two deals are the same mrs houghton has obviously found her niche points out mr meharg whose markham office was the top seller in canada last year in 1981 she was the top agent in ontario in 1982 she became the best in canada since her introduction to real estate just over three years ago she has had a sales volume of 34 million how does she do it i dont know she said i just keep on working you cant stop mrs houghton empha sized the real estate business is not easy work its de finitely a fulltime job she said not a parttime not even close to it her typical day begins at 830 am and often doesnt enduntilll00pm according to mr meharg mrs houghton has a wil lingness to commit herself completely in her work a quality that not all agents can afford to have she has a goal ex plained mr meharg she knows what she wants a valentine weekend at geneva on the lake friday saturday night feb 10th 11th featuring the weilersteln duo for an evening of romantic music thiswcekenjof jour heart desire includes an elegant suite with frehflowcrandfruii a special wine tasting of pric 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m5g1e2 telephone 416 2946446 preferred areas of practice family law civil litigation corporate and commercial law initial consultation fee don cousens mpp york centre presents how to find a summer job a onenight seminir for high school college and university students featuring specialist guest speakers who will discuss and answer your questions on all aspects of job searching including ontario government assistance to help start your own business and other government programs one night only wednesday february 1st 1984 7 to 9 pm thornlea secondary school 8075 bayvicw ave north of john st for further information 475002 1 the time to start looking is now century 21 tops canada for the second year ina row markhams century 21 armour real estate office is number one in canada defeating 400 other century 21 locations in 1983 the office won by a narrow margin of sales we won because of the smallest deal said markham century 21 president doug meharg to sales agents at an awards pre sentation at the renaissance hotel on jan 20 sixhundred dollars put us over the tophe exclaimed awards were given to agents in the million and multimiltiom dol lar sales catagories mr meharg who founded markhams century 21 armour real estate seven years ago said that 26 agents brought in a total sales volume of approximately 75 mil lion dollars in markham and unionville markham alone produced threequarters of the sales one sales agent sylvia houghton sold 15 million in 1983 while 12 other agents also sold in the multimillion dollar catagory markhams century 21 has been steadily increasing sales in the 1980s in 1981 it proved to be the top producing office in ontario then became the top office in canada in both 1982 and 1983 an office in vancouver was the second highest produc ing agency last year in my opinion weve got a great team said mr meharg explaining the offices success we have a great training course and agents are upgraded quarterly during the year mr meharg said new sales agents take a oneweek program to learn century 21s success plan he also attributes some of his companys success to the familiar gold jacket that is worn by the sales agents its a walking billboard said mr meharg people who dont know me come up to me all the time and talk to me about real estate he said with a laugh the century 21 image explained mr meharg is international television advertising helps a lot he said advertising on buffalo stations overspills into canada mr meharg noted he is not aware of the sales statistics of other markham real estate agencies but admits that we have had the largest share of the markham mar ket since january 1983 real estate in unionville is also develop ing so rapidly that a new century 21 office is scheduled to open there added mr meharg despite the canadian success of the mar kham century 21 they have a long way to go before becoming the top producing office in north america in 1983 an office in anchorage alaska claimed that honor grossing four times as much the 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