  Christmas
in Grand Bahama
The tree is trimmed and now greets visitors
to the Grand Bahama office in the holiday season.
The Christmas spirit is alive and well
in Grand Bahama, according to Administrative Officer Melissa
Forbes who emailed news of the office Christmas luncheon.
Melissa reports, "Our luncheon was
great! We all decided that Ferry House would be the place.
The food was delicious. The drinks were superb.
We ate and told stories along with a few very corny jokes from Mike...."
Merry Christmas
from the Grand Bahama Staff!
 Left
to right: Tiffany Smith, Web Data Entry Clerk, Lanelle
Cole, District Manager, Melissa Forbes Administrative Officer,
Donna Jones, Property Manager, Michael Albury, Sales Associate. Absent: Margo
Grant, Appraiser & Sales Associate
H.G. CHRISTIE APPRAISER CONTINUES TO ENHANCE
SKILLS
Paul Lowe, BRI, Attends Course At The Internationally Renowned Appraisal
Institute
 Paul
Lowe, one of three appraisers for The Bahamas’ premier
real estate firm H.G. Christie, recently completed an advanced
continuing education course at the internationally renowned
Appraisal Institute in Chicago.
With more than 18,000 members, the
Appraisal Institute is an international membership association
of professional real estate appraisers.
The Institute is also the acknowledged
worldwide leader in residential and commercial real estate
appraisal education, research, publishing, and professional
membership designation programs.
The course, which focused on the
mathematical procedures used to analyze data and derive
value opinions for income-producing (commercial) properties,
was attended by appraisers in many industries from all
over the world: including the United States Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) and the U.S. Military.
“The relevance of this course
is extremely important in light of the significant increase
of commercial property appraisals and sales in The Bahamas
real estate market,” explains Paul Lowe.
“By keeping abreast of the
most current procedures in the appraisal industry we are
able to provide our clients with the most thorough analysis
of their property and its value. This is a very competitive
market and staying ahead of the game professionally is
what makes the difference.”
An Estate Agent and appraiser for over three years for H.G. Christie,
Paul is also a full-time member and licensed broker with The Bahamas
Real Estate Association (BREA), and is one of only three Bahamian members
of the Appraisal Institute. He has been received into the Bahamas Real
Estate Institute and has been awarded the designation B.R. I. through
a joint course of study with BREA and the National Association of Realtors
in the United States.
Continuing education and enhancing
professional skills is important to the H.G. Christie team.
“Our Bahamian real estate industry
is quickly becoming increasingly more regulated,” adds
John Christie, Vice President of H.G. Christie Ltd. “It
is important to be aware of the current trends in the real
estate business both locally and globally. Our staff adheres
to the highest levels of professional standards through
continuing education and experience - Paul Lowe’s
latest course is one example of our commitment to professional
excellence.”
District Manager Lanelle Phillips-Cole
Elected to Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
 Grand
Bahama November 19, 2003 - HGChristie Ltd. District
Manager for the Grand Bahama region, Lanelle Phillips-Cole
was elected for a one-year term as Director on the Board
of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce.
The Grand Bahama Island Chamber
of Commerce is an active business organization with a mandate
to provide the network, to sustain, promote and support business
development in an effort to encourage growth and expansion
in the Grand Bahama economy, and within a healthy and clean
community environment.
Lanelle has set some definite
goals for her tenure. "This year I want to work toward
increasing our membership in Freeport by educating business
owners about the benefits of our organization, both to their
success in our local economy. It is important that business
owners realize that together we are a powerful lobby group.
The higher the membership, the stronger a voice we become
in decisions made around us that affect our companies' successes."
New Appraisal Associate Philip Williams
 The
Nassau/New Providence office takes an opportunity to welcome
our newest appraisal associate, Philip Williams, to the company.
Philip joined us in the Nassau office after taking the first
of the appraisal courses and will be working with Appraisals
Manager Paul Lowe.
We wish Philip every success in his
new career.
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