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The results are from a poll conducted earlier this month of 8,500 subscribers to our email edition.
¦ Best Real Estate Company
Carmel Realty Company — Ocean Avenue between Lincoln and Dolores and three other locations - (831) 622-1000 - www.carmelrealtycompany.com
After transforming itself from a small firm just seven years ago into one of the big play- ers in upscale Monterey Peninsula real estate, Carmel Realty is now also No. 1 with Pine Cone readers. Owned by Dan and Shelly Lynch , Bill and Vicki Mitchell and Peter and Cara Butler, the firm has also attracted some top local talent, including Mike Canning, who joined the firm in March. “We’re about quality, not volume,” said managing broker Malone Hodges. Carmel Realty was founded in 1913, which makes it ones of Carmel’s oldest business, if not the oldest.