FORT WORTH - May 3, 2000 | Mike Bowman, president of CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. proudly accepted the 1999 No. 1 Office Award for Closed Units throughout the worldwide CENTURY 21® system. They have won this award six out of the last seven years. Bowman's staff and agents achieved this phenomenal feat with strong team effort, integrity, and the drive to exceed customer expectations.

"In 1998 our company ranked second worldwide in closed units, and our agents worked diligently to get us back on top. In 1999 we closed 2,873 units with a total sales volume of $447 million. That is an increase of 35% which equals over $1.2 million in sales volume every day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," Bowman said.

In addition, sixteen of more than 100 agents working with Bowman, received the 1999 CENTURION® Award. This award is given to CENTURY 21 agents who close in excess of $150,000 in gross closed commissions for the year. Bowman's agents who received this award produced a minimum of $5 million sales volume, and are ranked in the top 1% of all agents in the country. This allows CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc., to provide their customers with full-service residential and commercial real estate services, property lease management, a full-service relocation department, in-house mortgage services, and cutting-edge technology, for a faster and smoother real estate transaction.

Those trend-setting agents and their sales volumes are: Linda Peterson ($30M), Margaret Scribner ($26.9M), Bill Stimmel ($20.9), Sharon Hodnett ($16.9M), Connie Carey ($16M), Debbie Pence ($13.4M), Chris Ortegel ($12M), Carl Mincer ($10M), Carolyn Peak ($8.9M), Wayne Hinson ($8.8M), Terry Tremaine ($7.3M), John Lucas ($7M), Jim Meek ($6.8M), Derek Wright ($6M), A.J. Macias ($6M), and Mike Franklin ($6M).

CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. has the honor of being a CENTURION Office since the inception of the award in 1983. In order to qualify for this title, an office must produce $1.5 million gross total commissions. Bowman's office gross closed commissions for 1999 was approximately $8 million.

"Receiving the 1999 No. 1 Office Award (for closed units) is truly a testament to the vision and determination of Bowman and his staff, " said Robert Moles, President of Century 21 Real Estate Corporation.

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