ERA Central Realty Group and ERA Levinson merge to become Stronger Together in Central New Jersey!
ERA Central Realty Group and ERA Levinson merge to become Stronger Together in Central New Jersey!
October 29, 2014. ERA Central Realty Group and ERA Levinson Realtors are proud to announce the merger of their two companies. Scott Lauri of ERA Levinson and Stephanie Bellanova of ERA Central Realty Group have owned and operated ERA real estate offices for over 20 years and the merger creates an amazing synergy amongst this already dynamic team of Realtors®.
Covering Central New Jersey and the diverse markets – from Adult Communities in Monroe, rural farm communities of Cream Ridge and hip village communities such as Freehold and Bordentown – ERA has whatever lifestyle you’re looking for covered!
Operating as ERA Central Realty Group and ERA Central Levinson, Lauri and Bellanova are excited to bring each of their unique talents together to lead the company in an ever changing real estate industry landscape. As a stronger force in Central New Jersey, the team will be the #1 ERA company in New Jersey and in the Top 25 of ERA Companies nationwide. In addition, they are looking forward to being able to offer more services to their agents and clients moving forward.
Both Lauri and Bellanova have seen the real estate landscape change dramatically over their years in the business. Being young and energetic with a strong passion for the industry, they are setting their sights high to change the face of real estate for the better. Highly skilled and trained agents, professional staff with skill sets that set the agents apart from the competition are just part of the way they do business.
ERA Levinson Realtors operates in Monroe Township, Middlesex County. Scott Lauri has been in real estate since 1997 and opened in 1998 as ERA Absolute Realty. Growing his company from 6 agents to today having just over 50 agents. Stephanie Bellanova of ERA Central operates alongside her mother, Ann Davis, who began the company in 1986. Together they have 3 branches; Cream Ridge and Freehold, both in Monmouth
County and Bordentown branch in Burlington County. Ann opened as ERA Ann Davis & Associates in 1986 and has grown from 3 agents to now just over 100 agents company-wide. Stephanie began working in real estate at age 18 and after college became a full time and integral part of the workings of the company right away. From back office operations to training and now management, the mother/daughter team has built a valued and trusted name in the industry and in New Jersey.
Interested in finding out more about a career in real estate? Need to consult on if it’s the right time to make a move? Contact us to find out more!
Move For Hunger Food Fight!
October 2014 – We met Max Lowy of Move for Hunger in 2013 and fell in LOVE! Max and his family is as PASSIONATE about making a difference as we are.
As Realtors, we see people throw out a lot of stuff when they move. Unfortunately, some of that “stuff” is food. Max and his team showed us how the nationwide network of Move for Hunger moving companies volunteer to go to the homes of our sellers, pick up the non-perishable items and deliver the food directly to a local foodbank.
When Move for Hunger challenged ERA Central with collecting 500 pounds of food and raising $500, we said, “You’re on! But we’d like to up the ante – we want to have a food fight between other ERA offices in New Jersey.” Max said, “BRING IT ON!”
LET’S DO THIS! Help us fight hunger in OUR community! Want to help? Drop off a non-perishable food item to an ERA Central Office or donate online.
ERA CENTRAL REALTY GROUP. BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
We Proudly Support the Boot Campaign!
September 2014 – Show your appreciation for our troops by joining the campaign! You can also throw on a red shirt and join us each week on RED Fridays (Remember Everyone Deployed). We’re rocking our boots and RED every Friday!
Join us in Remembering Everyone Deployed, and get your boots at www.bootcampaign.com
The mission of our Military Housing Team is to provide our military personnel with top notch service for rentals, sales or purchases through our Certified Military Residential Specialists and Military Mortgage Specialists. Our goal is to help our military personnel make educated housing decisions that best suits their personal needs and goals. We look forward to serving you!
Yardsale for MDA Summer Camp…the Results are In!
What more could we ask for? A perfect, sunny day – happy volunteers – fantastic sponsorships – amazing items to sell – and friends and neighbors who came to shop and support MDA Summer Camp. The sale started at 8am and ended at 2pm with a dealer auction for any remaining items (see our video below for the auction highlights!)
We’re still collecting a few remaining checks, but we are ready to announce the preliminary total. Are you ready?!?!?
With your help WE RAISED OVER $11,000 for MDA Summer Camp!!
Incredible, right? Together, we made a muscle for MDA and now 12 children will be able to spend a week at MDA Summer Camp. If you aren’t familiar with the program, please visit their website to learn more. MDA campers dream about summer camp all year and often say it’s better than Christmas; some even say it’s changed their lives. Almost all campers agree that it’s “the best week of the year.”
ERA Central Supports Move For Hunger
ERA Real Estate’s International Business Conference just ended and we were happy to see the excitement generated when the ERA family learned about Move For Hunger.
We met Max Lowy, Real Estate Program Director for Move For Hunger last month and knew that their mission was a perfect fit for our company and our agents. Move For Hunger is a non-profit organization that works with relocation companies across North America to pick up unwanted, unopened food from those who are relocating and deliver it to local food banks. To date, Move For Hunger is working with nearly 600 movers and 5500 Realtors in 47 states and has collected more than 2,400,000 pounds of food!
When asked about how real estate could help the Move For Hunger mission, Max said, “The opportunity for impact is incredible. Imagine if the industry truly put its full support behind this. We would do something that no hunger-relief organization has ever done before: create a sustainable, year-round program to address hunger in this country. If this is happening every day and can be supported by companies like ERA Real Estate , and state associations – then this will become the industry standard.”
ERA Central pledged our support on the spot and encouraged Move For Hunger to come the ERA IBC in Los Angeles to share their mission with ERA brokers worldwide. Max and Ben received a warm Team ERA welcome – we’re excited to be working with them to help New Jersey families in need put food on their tables.
For more information or to find out how you can help support Move For Hunger, visit www.MoveForHunger.org.
It’s time to apply for our EDGE Scholarship!
The vision of ERA Central Realty Group is to keep front-of-mind the fact that the success of our clients, our agents and our company is interdependent. Giving back to our communities is important to us – and supporting the next generation of professionals is something we believe in. The EDGE Scholarship is a way of honoring your family and the families that have supported us over the last two decades. We look forward to receiving and reviewing the applications each spring and continue to be amazed at the talented and driven students in our local high schools.
To be eligible for the scholarship program for the 2013-2014 academic year, college bound students from New Jersey must apply during their senior year, or within one year of receiving a high school diploma, and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Home schooled students are also eligible and are encouraged to apply.
The scholarships will be awarded to students who have demonstrated ethical, forward thinking, results-oriented life and work habits and who take a proactive approach to their own life and to the life in their communities. To be considered for the EDGE Scholarship, students should visit EDGEScholarship.com.
Our Vision
The interdependent nature of real estate seems ever more apparent. The past five years in the industry have reinforced the impact a healthy real estate market has on its community. An ethical, socially responsible company (more…)
And the Winner of the Bordentown NJ Photo Contest is…
Our first community photo contest ended last night at midnight and we’re excited to announce the winner! With 373 votes, please join us in congratulating Peter Ciarrocca of Bordentown, NJ on his winning photograph of Crystal Lake in Bordentown Township!
We want to thank all of the talented photographers who submitted their work for consideration. The response from the community was wonderful and we are looking forward to hosting another contest in Bordentown in the future.
Peter Ciarrocca has generously donated his prize of $500 to the Bordentown Regional High School Soccer Program. We’re thrilled to send his winnings to such a talented and deserving group of young athletes. Please join us in congratulating all of the entrants on their work which is displayed below.
ERA Innovation Award – Stephanie Bellanova is the Shark Tank Winner!
Stephanie Bellanova and our Pro2Go marketing presentation won the ERA Shark Tank competition for the Innovation Award for Pioneering Business Concepts! We’re excited to announce that she will now move on to compete in the finals and face a panel of industry judges at the ERA International Business Convention in March 2014. (more…)