Business Times of Edmond, Oklahoma January 2020 - Page 3

ED M O N D, O K L AHO MA
JANUARY 2020
VOL. 12 | NO. 1
GENERAL
MANAGER Lance Moler
EDITOR Mark Codner
SALES TEAM
Terri Bohanan
Nancy Sade
INSIDE
2020
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GARDNER IS REALTOR OF YEAR FOR
EDMOND BOARD OF REALTORS
Area realtors and real estate professionals in the
Edmond area recently gathered at their annual
banquet to recognize top associates and honor the
work done in the previous year. “At our annual
Edmond Board of Realtors Banquet, we install our
incoming president, elect officers, and give away
several awards from throughout the year,” said
Stephanie Carter, association executive, Edmond
Board of Realtors.
PAYNE AMONG TOP 10 IN GOOD NEIGHBOR
AWARDS
CONTRIBUTING
WRITERS AND
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Lance Moler
Mike Crandall
Jim Denton
Nick Massey
Patty Miller
Van Mitchell
Tim Priebe
Karen Moore
Tom Fink
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VETERAN REALTOR REFLECTS ON HOUSING
MARKET TRENDS IN EDMOND AREA
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ON THE COVER
Park 17 is a new mixed use development
at 5th and Littler in Edmond.
Related story on page 18.
Kristy Payne and her husband started Fostering
Sweet Dreams, a non-profit that provides tangible
needs such as beds, car seats, high chairs, and
strollers to kinship foster-care placements along
with unexpected traditional foster-care placements.
That dedication to serving others garnered
Payne, an Edmond Realtor with Keller-Williams,
an Honorable Mention, and Top 10 finish in
The National Association of REALTORS ®  Good
Neighbor Awards.
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As a tenured real estate professional and the
outgoing president of the Edmond Board of
Realtors, Patrick D. Arie has long had his finger on
the proverbial pulse of housing sales.
With years of practical experience, in recent years,
Arie has observed a “steady increase” in the housing
market in the Edmond area, with little indication of
it changing in the near future.
ABSTRACTING COMPANY’S HISTORY
PREDATES OKLAHOMA’S STATEHOOD
For Amber Dixon, real estate has been part of her
family business going back even before statehood.
Founded in 1907, just before Oklahoma became a
state, Oklahoma City Abstract and Title Co. has
grown along with the state as a licensed and bonded
abstract firm, while also providing title insurance,
closing services, and all types of real property
services to the public.
January 2020 | The Business Times
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