Real Estate News

RE/MAX agent Lourdes Beaty

earns Hall Of Fame Award

Miniature library box provides free books

for children and others to share
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

RE/MAX Accord

CASTRO VALLEY Lourdes Beaty,

with RE/MAX Accord, has recently
been presented with the RE/MAX
Hall of Fame Award, which honors
successful agents who have earned
more than $1 million in commissions
during their careers with the company.
Less than twenty-two percent of all
RE/MAX Affiliates have earned this
prestigious award.
Lourdes has been working in the
real estate industry for more than 20
years with extensive experience in
residential sales, working with both
sellers and buyers. Among Lourdess
list of achievements, she has been an

Executive and 100% Club member

with RE/MAX throughout her entire
career, as well as a recipient of the
Masters Award with Bay East Association of Realtors.
Lourdes has been an integral member of our team and is more than
deserving of this very prestigious
award, said Jerry and Stephanie
Stadtler, Broker/Owners of RE/MAX
Accord.
Winning this award is a tremendous
accomplishment. Lourdes continues to
raise the bar in real estate, making us,
and this community, proud.
In addition, Lourdes actively supports and is involved in her local community, schools, and sports programs.

Mason-McDuffie Mortgage names

employees of the month for February
Mason-McDuffie Mortgage

SAN RAMON Sr. Loan officer

Jonas Champion has been selected as
the Mason-McDuffie Mortgage production employee of the month for
February.
Champion joined Mason-McDuffie
in 2012 in its San Ramon office at
2333 San Ramon Valley Blvd. suite
495, and has lived in San Ramon
since 2001. Mason-McDuffie is the
fifth mortgage firm he was worked
with during his 13-year career.
Mason-McDuffie provides the best
level of service with the best platform, and the best menu of loan options that Ive seen in the Bay Area,
said Champion.
Most of his clients require jumbo
loans for their properties so he
specializes in that area, while also
serving other borrowers. He is particularly proud that 90 percent of
his clients are repeat customers and

often refer their friends to him. He

has been an active member of the San
Ramon real estate marketing group
since 2000, and has served on the
board.
He is married with two children.
To contact him, please call925-2314306or email him atjchampion@
mmcdcorp.com.
Shelley Bunnell was named the
February Employee of the Month
for her role as a loan processor serving Southern California branches.
She has worked for Mason-McDuffie
since 2012. She is regarded as an excellent problem solver who communicates well with clients and fellow
employees.
For corporate information, please
seewww.mmcdcorp.com. MasonMcDuffie Mortgage is a privately held
mortgage banking firm headquartered in San Ramon. The MasonMcDuffie name dates to 1887 in the
California real estate industry.

SAN JOSE The newest public library in the Willow Glen neighborhood
of San Jose may not have as expansive
of collections the existing ones, but
that doesnt seem to bother its patrons
much. After all, the library isnt much
larger than a dollhouse and its patrons
arent a whole lot bigger themselves.
Thanks to the generosity of its agents
and the construction skills of its former
manager, Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerages San Jose Main office has
opened the areas first Little Free Library at 1045 Willow Street near the
corner of Lincoln Avenue in the center
of the Willow Glen neighborhood.
The miniature library in front of the
brokerage offices provides a place where
children can trade books and meet
regularly. The concept is fairly simple:
Take a book and return a book. And its
part of a booming national movement
thats being lauded for encouraging
both reading and community.
Putting a Little Free Library in front
of the brokerage office was the idea
of former manager and current agent
John Scaglione. But it took some doing
to turn the idea into a reality. The price

was about $500 a cost that all of the

agents in the office pitched in to cover.
Scaglione used his construction
skills and creativity to turn the idea
into a beautiful miniature library. The
library box looks like a classic Coldwell
Banker office, complete with French
doors and windows, blue and white
paint and the company logo sign atop
the building.
The Little Free Library is open to
anyone. Members of the community
no matter what their age are invited to use this library as a resource
and stop by to pick up or drop off a
book or two. Coldwell Banker accepts
new or slightly used, good condition
and family-friendly books to place in
the library. All types of family-friendly
books are welcome, with a substantial
need for childrens literature.
For more information on the Little
Free Library, please visit Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage at 1045
Willow St. in San Jose, or call408-4911600. Manager Nancy Robinson can be
reached directly at408-848-7912or via
email at nancy.robinson@cbnorcal.com.
For more information please
visitwww.CaliforniaMoves.comor
call925-771-5285.

Kathleen Elgaaen has joined

Mason-McDuffie Mortgage
Mason-McDuffie Mortgage

SAN RAMONKathleen Elgaaen has

joined Mason-McDuffie Mortgage as a
loan officer at its office here at 2333 San
Ramon Valley Boulevard, suite 495.
She has served clients in the financial
services industry for 28 years, including
nine years as co-owner/co-manager of
two branches of Northern Californias
largest mortgage brokerage/wholesale
banker. During her tenure, she recruited
and trained more than 100 loan officers.
Previously, she has worked with sev-

eral major mortgage companies, all

located on the Interstate 680 corridor
between San Ramon and Walnut Creek.
She has built a reputation as a professional who knows her products, solves
problems and communicates effectively
with all parties.
To contact her, please email
kelgaaen@mmcdcorp.com or call 925989-0145.
Mason-McDuffie Mortgage is a privately held mortgage bank headquartered
in San Ramon. For corporation information, please seewww.mmcdcorp.com.