May 31, 1996

Continental Mortgage

Herb Alden and Dawayne Rainwater have joined the Seattle branch of Continental Mortgage as loan officers. They will both assist real estate agents and home buyers in home financing programs, including FHA, VA, conventional, jumbo, state bond loans for first-time buyers, and remodeling/rehabilitation loans.

Lynnwood Mortgage

Lynnwood Mortgage Corp.'s branch at Mountlake Terrace has added David Vintertun, a loan officer, and two escrow professionals, Pamela Grubb and Dee Stennes Gooby. Grubb joins the Mountlake Terrace branch as senior vice president of Lynnwood Escrow. She has over 20 years' experience in the mortgage banking industry. Vintertun, who has five years' experience as a loan officer, comes to LMC from Performance Mortgage in Kirkland where he served as vice president and loan officer. Gooby has worked in the escrow business for three years, most recently at the Escrow Works in Lynnwood.

CB Commercial

Paul Sweeney has been promoted to vice president at CB Commercial. Sweeney has been with CB Commercial for nine years, specializing in office sales and leasing in the Bellevue office.

Workshop on sensitive areas

The King County Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES) is offering a class for the building and real estate industries. "The King County Sensitive Areas Code" is a two-day workshop which includes a field trip to local sensitive areas. Learn about the general provisions of the sensitive areas code, exemptions and exceptions to the code, the nine sensitive areas and how to recognize them, as well as how to get more information. The class is approved for 15 Washington real estate continuing education clock hours. The next workshop will be held at the DDES building in Bellevue on June 19 and 20 and costs $119. Pre-registration is required; call 296-7270 for more information.

Investors' Expo '96

Imperial Real Estate Corp., an independent commercial real estate real estate firm, will host its semi-annual Investors' Expo on Thursday, June 6, and Saturday, June 8. Keynote speakers will be Tom Kelly, a radio talk show host and columnist, and Richard Morse, a real estate attorney and 1031 tax deferred exchange specialist. Investors' Expo '96 topics include industry trends and a slide presentation of currently available inventory. Other industry specialists participating include mortgage, escrow, title and market analysts. For more information call (206) 224-9500.

May 29, 1996

First American Title Insurance Company

Paul Hammann Vice President and Pierce County Manager for First American Title Insurance has been promoted to Vice President and Assistant Senior Underwriter for First American Title's National Underwriting Group in Santa Anna, California. Hammann's replacement will be E. Curtis Johnson. Johnson is a Real Estate Attorney and was previously Vice President and Snohomish County Manager for First American Title. The position of Manager in Snohomish County has been filled by Tom Hartman. Prior to taking this position, Hartman managed title insurance companies in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.

May 24, 1996

First Heritage Bank

Jean Wrona has been appointed to the position of vice president and commercial loan officer of First Heritage Bank. Wrona has 30 years of banking experience in the Snohomish area. She will be responsible for business development and commercial lending.

Koll

Koll's property management division has hired John Sullivan to serve a director of new business development in the northwest region. Previously, Sullivan was a senior site acquisition representative for JM Consulting Group and served as a sales associate with CB Commercial Real Estate Group for over six years.

Around the Clock, Inc.

Howard Morris has recently joined Around-the-Clock Inc., Property Management, as a property manager. Morris will be responsible for home rentals, apartment rentals, condo rentals and home owner association management covering Gig Harbor, to Federal Way, and all of Pierce County.

Heppenstal joins the Conner Group

Conner Development has hired Connie Heppenstal to represent View Pointe -- the firm's newest condominium site -- and an upcoming townhome project -- Kirkland Creek. Both sites are located in downtown Kirkland. Heppenstal brings 15 years experience in the real estate industry to her new position.

Windermere

Windermere has announced the addition of three new sales associates. Joining the Bellevue Commons office is Joseph Reilly who has over three years of real estate practice. New to real estate are Jonathan Savage who joins the Wall Street office, and Patrick Corr who joins the Wedgewood office. Windermere has also announced the opening of a new office in Yakima. The office opened on May 15, with a dozen agents. The Yakima office is located at 201 North 40th, Yakima, WA 98908. Hallow Reality, a real estate firm in Twin Falls, Idaho, will affiliate with Windermere Real Estate, announced owner Steve Hallows. The affiliation is effective June 1. The Twin Falls office, located at 1061 Blue Lake Blvd. North, is the third Windermere affiliate in Idaho

CREW - Northwest

Commercial Real Estate Women-Northwest will feature the major downtown retail changes, headlined by the renovation of the Frederick & Nelson store, at its June 12, luncheon. The feature speaker will be Matt Griffin, partner and co-manager of Pine Street Development, which is renovating the Frederick & Nelson Store, reconfiguring the current Nordstrom building, and developing a new retail complex at Sixth and Pine. Griffin will discuss the project in detail, particularly the joining of city government, commercial enterprise, and private development. The luncheon will be held at the Harbor Club, with registration starting at 11:45 am and lunch beginning at noon. The cost of the lunch is $22.50 for members, $30 for non-members. CREW will also be hosting a how-to-session on cold calling at its June 28 lunch. The presenter will be Jerry Hocutt, a leading salesman and the creator of the "Just a Thought..." cards, a networking program designed to establish and build relationships with prospects and customers. His presentation teaches simple strategies for cold calling, how to create a prospect list, and how to identify types of prospects. The breakfast will be held at the Broderick Building, 615 Second Ave., 6th floor conference room. The cost is $15 for members and $17.50 for non-members. For more information call on either luncheon, call CREW Northwest at 441-3966.

Up and Running in 30 Days

Local real estate speaker and writer Carla Cross's best-selling program, Up and Running in 30 Days, has been chosen for international publication by Chicago publisher Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc. The Publisher's research department has determined that real estate sales as a profession is growing in importance in the international market. Dearborn has selected Cross's book/tape program as best in its category. Translation into Spanish and distribution through the International Division is planned for the book in 1997.