The international awards in the field of foreign real estate established in the UK are well known. Thus, the Homes Overseas Awards were first held in 2004 and immediately became a bright event on a global scale. Many of the projects awarded with this award are well known in Russia.
In our country, no attempt to create a specialized award has been successful so far. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult for a buyer studying offers in magazines or the Internet to distinguish which ones are really worthy of attention, and which ones are just beautiful pictures that hide a whole set of potential problems.
Now, when the global financial crisis has affected the real estate industry in all countries, and the risks of buying have increased significantly, the need for such a quality mark has become obvious. Therefore, the Russian edition of Homes Overseas magazine established the Homes Overseas Russian Awards 2010, which was immediately highly appreciated among professionals.
Award step by step
The first stage of the award began on November 27 and will last until February 1. At this time, any company building or selling foreign real estate can apply for participation. This is done extremely simply – it is enough to fill out a special form on the award's website www.homesoverseas.ru/awards , and you can also use the application form, which is published on the pages of the journal. There are quite a lot of nominations – 37, and each company can apply for several nominations at once – but only one project in each.
Then, by March 1, the jury of the award, which included members of the Expert Council of Homes Overseas, will select the nominees among all received applications. At this point, the number of nominations may decrease, because if at least three really worthy projects are not found in any of them, then the nomination simply will not take place.
The projects that will be nominated for the award are already winners, because the jury recognizes their high level by its decision! And it is the nominees who will be awarded the awards – Gold, Silver or Bronze – in accordance with the additional decision of the jury. Their presentation will take place on April 8 at a gala dinner at the Marriott Grand Hotel, where all nominees, sponsors of the award and representatives of the mass media will be invited.
The scheme of the award is such that its participants do not risk anything – neither money nor reputation. The application itself is absolutely free, and the names of projects that will not be selected by the jury as nominees are not subject to publicity. The nominees will have to pay a small organizational fee, but at the same time they will be guaranteed an award of at least bronze dignity and wide coverage of success.
Taking into account the specifics
The award started on November 27, when its presentation took place at the Crocus Expo Exhibition Center within the framework of the exhibition "All Real Estate in the World". The venue is not accidental – it is this exhibition, which is successfully developing and proving its effectiveness over and over again, that Homes Overseas Russian Awards 2010 chose as a partner.
The very idea of the award and the desire to achieve maximum objectivity have received support from leading market players. The Cyprus development company Pafilia Property Developers became the general sponsor of the award, and the real estate agencies BEST-Real Estate and Runiga became the official sponsors.
The first applications for participation in the award were submitted right during the exhibition. And in just over two months, the circle of applicants for the award will be finally determined. It's worth hurrying up — serious market players cannot miss such an event.