Pardee Homes, Las Vegas Grows its Internet Sales Division

    LAS VEGAS, NV, November 23, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As consumers and retailers prepare for "Cyber Monday," Pardee Homes is growing its sales presence on the Internet with its increasingly popular Internet Sales Division.

Pardee currently employs Shannon Marler and Aime Sibley as online sales counselors in its Internet Division - sales professionals who help guide customers in their home buying process.

"The Internet has become an important tool for consumers researching everything from new cars to new homes," said Rob Tuvell, regional sales director for Pardee Homes. "Many of our customers use our website as a starting point for gathering information on our homes and communities before they visit one of our neighborhood sales offices."

Pardee's Internet Sales Division takes the online experience a step further by providing agents who are available seven days a week to respond to inquiries and provide a human touch to the process.

"We get a lot of military relocations, particularly from service members stationed overseas, as well as those who are planning to retire and relocate to Southern Nevada, and the Internet is critical to communicating with these potential buyers," said Sibley. "When you're several time zones away, having the ability to communicate electronically is important. We take it a step further by helping to streamline their new home search and personalize the process whether they're moving from Atlanta or Australia."

Marler and Sibley work with potential buyers to identify their new home needs - everything from number of bedrooms to the community lifestyle they desire. From there, they direct them to one of the builder's eight valley neighborhoods.

"The majority of our clients are happy to have a 'live' person to talk to as a complement to their online research," said Marler. "Yet, we function as a part of Pardee's sales force. The only exception is our customers come to us online instead of meeting us as a sales office."

From entry-level to luxury, Pardee covers the Las Vegas Valley with eight active single-family new home neighborhoods in all sections of the metropolitan area. Pardee neighborhoods and communities now open for sales include Ashwood in Nevada Trails; Montclaire in Henderson; Solstice in Aliante; Solamar in Vista Verde; Riverstone in Prescott Park; Rosetta and Serrano in Mountain's Edge; and Trail Ridge at Blue Diamond and Durango.

All newly built Pardee Homes feature the builder's LivingSmart brand that offers standard and optional measures that boost energy efficiency, save water, improve indoor air quality and encourage material conservation and the use of recycled or sustainable resources in new homes.

Pardee Homes' New Standard program includes granite kitchen countertops, beech cabinets and stainless steel kitchen appliances as standard.

For the second consecutive year the Southern Nevada Division of Pardee Homes has received the highest rankings from J.D. Power and Associates for overall customer satisfaction and new home quality in the Las Vegas Market.*
One of the West's largest and longest-established home builders, Pardee has built homes for more than 40,000 families in Southern Nevada since 1952. For additional information, call the Online Sales Counselors at 702-604-3332 or visit www.pardeehomes.com. You can also follow the builder on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PardeeHomesLasVegas.

* Pardee Homes received the highest numerical score in Las Vegas in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2009-2010 New-Home Builder Customer Satisfaction and New-Home Quality Studies sm. 2010 study based on 16,403 total responses in 17 markets, measuring 7 builders in Las Vegas (Clark County) and measures opinions of consumers who purchased a new home in 2009. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed March-August 2010. Your experiences may vary. Visit www.jdpower.com.

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