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ERA Key Named Among Top Massachusetts Agencies

The Boston Business Journal has named ERA Key Realty Services the #11 real estate agency in Massachusetts, based on 2019 gross residential sales volume from closed transactions. 

“Our high ranking is an amazing accomplishment when you consider that we are competing against agencies in the Boston market and other high-end markets, where homes sell for much more than they do in central Massachusetts,” said ERA Key President and Chief Operating Officer Cheryl Eidinger-Taylor. “In most of our markets, we are the top agency or very close to the top.” Cheryl Taylor

Cheryl attributes ERA Key’s high ranking to the quality of its agents, the training they receive and the tools they have to help them sell real estate. 

ERA Key finished 2019 with $758 million in gross residential sales volume from 2,205 closed transactions. The average selling price of $343,764 for homes sold by ERA Key agents is about half the price of the average selling of homes sold in the Boston market

For Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester Counties, ERA Key was #1 overall in volume. It was the #2 agency for listings taken, with 1,476, and #3 in closed sides. 

The ranking does not include sales by Hunt Real Estate. Together, the combined agency had 13,243 closings with a volume of $2.79 billion. 

The most expensive home sold in 2019 by an ERA Key agent sold for $1.95 million. 

ERA Key has 332 licensed agents and 372 employees overall in 15 offices.

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ERA Key Names Nick Rivelli Realtor in Auburn Office

Nick Rivelli of Oxford has joined ERA Key as a Realtor in the Auburn office.

Nicki previously worked as a biomedical researcher after graduating from the University of Massachusetts in 2016 with a degree in biology.Nick Rivelli

He is a member of the Blackstone Valley Community Concert Band and the Worcester Eagles Club, and is active in the Sts. Constantine and Helen Church in Webster.

“ERA Key Realty Services has a reputation as one of the best brokerages to work for in the entire state,” Rivelli said. “They offer the highest quality training for new agents and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development. In addition to all of the online training offered through the ERA website, ERA Key also runs a Foundations In Real Estate class that has already proven to be a valuable asset to me as a new agent. In addition, the team here in the Auburn office is a pleasure to work with.”

“ERA Key Realty Services has a reputation of being one of the best brokerages to work for in the entire state,” Nick said. “They offer the highest quality training for new agents and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development.

“Their commitment to education was apparent from the first meeting. In addition to all of the online training through the ERA website ERA Key Realty also runs a Foundations In Real Estate (FIRE) class. FIRE has proven to be a valuable asset to me as a new agent.

“What really sealed the deal for me is the people. The team here in the Auburn office is a pleasure to work with. Having a full time dedicated Manager/Coach and Admin is a huge help. This, combined with the knowledge, experience and helpfulness of all the other agents in the office made this choice for me a no-brainer. I'm glad I've chosen...

Ali Corton’s 6,000-Mile Sphere of Influence

Sammy Akuoch Bol was able to help his family escape civil war in Sudan and find asylum in the United States, but he still faced one more challenge -- finding a home for a family of 12.Sudan Family

ERA Key’s Framingham Manager Ali Corton was up to the task.

Sammy obtained a tourist visa to come to the U.S. from his homeland in South Sudan more than three years ago, when his sister, Nyanthon, was getting married in Massachusetts.

“I needed to be there to give my blessings,” he said. “My father had been murdered during the years of fighting in my country and, as the eldest son in the family, it was my duty culturally to bless the marriage.”

On the day of the wedding, July 9, 2016, violence broke out in South Sudan between rebel troops and the government, a resumption of the civil war that had been waged in Sudan for decades.

“While we were celebrating in Massachusetts, military forces attacked my family, killed some of my close friends and cousins, and looted my home in Juba, the capital city,” Sammy said. “Thousands of civilians were displaced during the fighting, and my wife took our kids away from the house and fled to Kenya. Since then, they have been living in the city of Nakuru and I lost my property in Juba.”

No Longer Home

Instead of making the 6.000 mile trip back to South Sudan, he applied for asylum in the U.S., “because the place I had called home was no longer home.”Ali Corton

He received asylum at the end of 2017, then petitioned to have his wife and 10 children join him. Working as a concierge, and as a driver for Lyft and Uber,...

Aura Gauthier Receives Circle of Light Award

Congratulations to Aura Gauthier, this year's winner of the Circle of Light Award.

Aura, a Realtor in the Marlborough office, received the award at ERA Key's annual meeting. The award is presented each year for outstanding service to the community. Aura Gauthier

“Many people say they live to give, but Aura embodies that phrase every single day,” according to Kevin Harris, who manages the Marlborough office. “Her passion is to help people in need — which she does not only through the large number of charities she’s involved in, but by helping them with real estate.” 

Local organizations for which she has volunteered or donated her assistance include Roland’s House, an emergency shelter for men; the Hudson Family Shelter; Andrew’s Helpful Hands, which pays the rent or mortgage for families who have a child with cancer who is having a bone-marrow transplant; Hope for the Holidays, which provides Christmas gifts for families it sponsors; the Marlborough Community Cupboard; the Hudson Community Food Pantry; Our Father’s Table, which serves meals to needy people, and the Mayor’s Charity Ball, which created an emergency fund for Marlborough residents in need.

Nationally, she supports The Muscular Dystrophy Association and the  American Cancer Society, and has participated in events such as the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. 

She managed a food drive for the collected 120 large bags of food for the Marlborough Community Cupboard and the Hudson Community Food Pantry, participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events, collected supplies for Roland’s House and the Hudson Family Shelter. She...