John Jabbour.
BORN
Beirut, Lebanon
LOCATION
Edmonton, Alberta
COMPANY
The Foundry Real Estate Co.
With his extensive knowledge of the real estate market, John consistently provides exceptional assistance to his clients, ensuring their home buying and selling experiences are successful. He possesses an unwavering motivation and drive to exceed expectations in every endeavour. John genuinely cares about his clients' best interests and considers it his foremost responsibility to ensure a positive experience and a prosperous future for them. Whether you're looking to purchase real estate or sell your home, John will expertly guide you in the right direction. Furthermore, his passion for travel, culture, and food makes him a relatable individual who understands that his clients' needs take priority above all else. These exceptional qualities establish John as a key member of The Foundry Cog, a renowned entity well-known among Edmontonians.
Homes for a Cause
With every home purchased or sold through John Jabbour at Foundry Real Estate Co., John personally pledges to make a $500 donation to either the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation or the Cross Cancer Institute. This initiative reflects John's commitment to giving back to the community. By choosing John as your real estate agent, you not only benefit from his expertise but also contribute to the well-being of others in need.
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Real Estate.
THE FOUNDRY REAL ESTATE CO.
The Foundry works really hard to free our clients from the traditional real-estate methods that take their money and put it into bus benches and billboards. We know that the average person looks at a listing 8 times before they book a showing, and we also know that the majority of real estate agents in the city are still using the old-school method of advertising, which focuses on the realtor and not the home. Where the traditional real estate model has been skeptical of reinventing the wheel, we at The Foundry have asked “Well, what if the wheel is square?”. With this question in mind, I’ve helped build a company that has not only provided contemporary and efficient ways for Edmontonians to buy and sell their homes, but joined the movement of young innovators dedicated to keeping our city relevant.
Two of the ways we’ve embraced the square is by modernizing the way Edmontonians can search for properties, and by offering them an education rather than our opinions once they find one. Edmontonians are no longer driving around neighborhoods looking for For Sale signs, and they’re certainly not looking to bus benches for their next home. They’re looking online— and it takes four days for most homes to be listed on real estate websites. So we’ve developed our own website (www.bestedmontonhomesearch.com) that gives buyers and sellers immediate access to new listings. It’s currently the second-most visited site for Edmonton homes, and has over 6,500 listings. At The Foundry, our goal is to Make Your Home Famous, and we do that by getting our properties on as many digital and print platforms as possible, including MLS, The Foundry websites, and Point 2 Agent Syndication websites. We also increase visibility through exclusive e-showings, mail-outs, social media, and in Real Estate Weekly, The Edmonton Journal, and Calgary Herald. By making properties available to the public quicker, we not only increase exposure to our client’s homes, but we make it easy for Edmontonians to look for homes in the ways that they want.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
The Foundry and I have each been awarded the Top 5% in Sales Award in 2015, 2016, and 2017 by the Edmonton Real Estate Board. This award is given to 175 of the 3500 realtors and brokerages in the city who make up the top 5% of home sales.
Last year The Foundry Real Estate Co. was awarded “Best Real Estate Brokerage in Edmonton” at the Metro Edmonton Community Choice Awards, and I was named “Top Realtor in Edmonton” in The Edmonton Journal’s Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition, I have been the go-to-realtor for Key Media International’s publications in Toronto, Auckland, London, Sydney, and Singapore regarding Edmonton real estate.
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Foundry Community.
THE HOMEROOM INITIATIVE
The Foundry Real Estate Co., The Earth Group and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
This year, we launched The #Homeroom Initiative alongside The Earth Group and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). With the purchase of every home, The Foundry helps provide food, clean water, and education for one child in a developing nation for a year. The #Homeroom Initiative swaps out the traditional new homeowner’s gift (a bottle of wine or a gift basket) for an Earth Group gift box containing a bottle of spring water, a bag of fair trade coffee, a box of Alberta-grown fair trade tea, and seed paper outlining the difference these homeowners have made in the life of a child by purchasing their home. Everything in the Earth Box is biodegradable (aside from the cap on the water bottle) and either locally grown or locally produced. The Earth Group is an Edmonton-based organization, and the only non-profit worldwide to work directly with WFP. This initiative is very close to my heart, as it not only welcomes homeowners into their new home with the knowledge that they have helped provide for someone in need, but is a first in the Edmonton real estate industry. By the end of this year, we project to have helped provide food, clean water, and education to 250 children in Kenya and Tajikistan.
THE TREEHOUSE INITIATIVE
The Foundry Real Estate Co. and The Carbon Farmer
In 2016 The Foundry launched and completed The #Treehouse Initiative in partnership with The Carbon Farmer. The purpose of this initiative was to offset the carbon footprint of every home we sold by planting trees in Alberta’s forests. For every square foot of property listed and sold, The Foundry and The Carbon Farmer planted the equivalent square footage of trees in the province’s forests. In the year of our partnership, we planted over 340 000 square feet of forest. For many Edmontonians, the environmental impact of their homes is a top priority, but the unfortunate reality is that many homeowners can’t afford to purchase a green home. It costs approximately 30% more to build an environmentally-friendly property, and especially for first-time homeowners or young families, it’s just not feasible. The Foundry developed this initiative alongside The Carbon Farmer as a way of giving Edmontonians a green home without incurring the extra cost.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES (YESS)
In 2014 and 2015 we raised $18,000 for Youth Empowerment and Support Service (YESS) by donating 100% of the sales of our coveted Foundry clothing. We ran the Collection for Direction Drive two years in a row where we sold Foundry sweatshirts, tee shirts, and other merchandise to raise money for YESS. We did this in conjunction with the organization’s own Homeless for a Night event, where 8 of our team members (myself included) spent a night on the streets to raise awareness and get a firsthand glimpse of the challenges faced by homeless youth. Being in the real estate industry in particular, I’ve come to realize what an immense privilege it is to own a beautiful home. I chose to partner with YESS because I wanted to show support for a local organization that offers a home to youth who aren’t allowed the same privilege so many of us are.