Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles - Your Full Service Buyer's Agent in Panama
Felix Carles is a founding member of ACOBIR, Panama's national real estate association and is President and Owner of Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles, SA. Mr. Carles has been in real estate for over 25 years and is actively involved in real estate issues related to Panama's "reverted lands", which refers to the land and facilities surrounding the Panama Canal that were in recent years transferred from the USA to Panama. Mr. Carles is past-president of the US-Panama Business Council and is actively involved in the American Chamber of Commerce of Panama and the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Carles is active in various associations in Panama and promotes cross-border real estate investment with the USA and Panama. Felix and his daughter Gabi are both perfectly bilingual, and their extensive list of repeat customers and referrals from satisfied clients are a testament to their commitment to excellence and professionalism.
Impeccable Reputation: Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles S.A. has made the right choices over the years and has earned a reputation among professionals in the Panamanian and international business community for honesty, integrity, ethics, morals, and values. Understanding that trust and confidence form the core of exceptional service, we actively work to protect, maintain, and improve our excellent reputation and would never do anything to compromise the trust our valued customers place in our hands.
Experience: Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles is one of the oldest and most widely recognized names in the Panamanian real estate industry. President and Owner Felix Carles has experienced practically every possible scenario imaginable over the years and brings an unmatched breadth and depth of experience to any real estate transaction. No other real estate company in the Republic of Panama can match our experience in this marketplace:
- Founding Member and Past Vice-President of ACOBIR: A handful of Panamanian real estate companies came together in 1973 to form the Panamanian Association of Real Estate Brokers and Developers (ACOBIR). The goal of these eighteen founding members was to integrate their efforts in the first attempts to professionalize the real estate industry in Panama. As the Owner and President of Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles and a founding member of ACOBIR, Felix Carles has been there since the beginning. He has served as the Vice President of ACOBIR and as a member of various boards and commissions. Since its founding the organization has grown in respect and recognition and is now internationally accepted as the representative association of real estate professionals in Panama.
- A Realtor® in Panama: As members in good standing with both ACOBIR and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the United States, Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles S.A. can proudly and properly use the Realtor® title and associated logos and emblems. ACOBIR is the only association of real estate brokers recognized by NAR, a recognition and testament to their seriousness and professionalism.
Going Global: Felix was recently featured in an article published in the Realtor Magazine entitled Going Global:
- "In Panama, practitioners are licensed," says Felix Carles, whose organization, ACOBIR, is also an ICREA member. “Panamanian real estate practitioners understand their obligation to do a clean, transparent real estate deal,” he says.
- "In another international hot spot, Panama, practitioner Felix Carles says about 25 percent of his business comes from international referrals, including many from the United States. Carles is president of the real estate company Bienes Raices y Seguros Carles, S.A., and a founding member of ACOBIR, Panama’s national real estate association.
- Buyers are attracted to “a high quality of life at better prices than in the United States,” says Carles. He says prices on prime beachfront properties run 40 percent to 60 percent less than those in the United States. Moreover, the country is exploding with development; it uses U.S. currency, English is widely spoken, and there aren’t restrictions on foreign ownership.
International Consortium of Real Estate Associations: Bienes Raices y Seguros Carles S.A. is a member of the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA) which is comprised of more than 25 leading national real estate organizations, representing 2 million brokers and agents worldwide, each of whom adhere to the following code of conduct:
- Property ownership is a basic right within a free society and the interests of a nation and its citizens require the highest and best use of land and the widest distribution of land ownership. Adequate housing, the building of functioning cities, and the development of productive industries and farms are the basis for a healthy society.
- ICREA's member organizations are dedicated to the creation and preservation of such a society through the work and influence of the real property industry. Practitioner members commit themselves in their actions to maintaining and improving the standards of their profession and share with their follow professionals a common responsibility for the industry's integrity and honor.
- Affiliation in ICREA connotes competency, fairness, and high standards of moral conduct in business relations. Each ICREA member organization has a national code of conduct to which it holds its members accountable and around which individual practitioner members commit to a standard of service for clients, the public and fellow practitioners. It is this commitment to like principles that forms the basis for membership in ICREA and allows ICREA-affiliated brokers to confidently do business together across national borders.
The Family Business: Gabriela "Gabi" Carles has grown up in a real estate family. Her father mentored her on the finer details of the business from the inside, and now they are partners in the family business. "We always put the needs of the buyer first and consider ourselves to be buyer's agents," she said. "We make contact with potential buyers and invest a lot of time in people and interpersonal relationships. We always get a lot of repeat customers because we do a good job for people and establish an atmosphere of confidence, trust, and mutual respect. That's our most valuable asset," she said. Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles S.A. travels around the world to promote Panama and has attended real estate conferences and fairs in Spain, England, and the United States. "We work very hard for our clients, and they value that."
International Real Estate Federation: In its 52 years of existence the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI ) has built an enviable reputation as the authentic voice of international real estate. Multidisciplinary and truly international it has no political axe to grind and represents the interests of no one country. Because of this and its concern with generating business opportunities for its worldwide membership, its opinions are sought by international bodies like the UN and regional bodies like the EU, NAFTA and MERCOSUR. FIABCI is truly international, owing allegiance to no single country or national body, only to its members. In this respect it is completely democratic. Senior office in the Federation is held according to ability and willingness to contribute. FIABCI is not only international but multidisciplinary. Anyone involved in real estate can belong whether they are brokers, counsellors, lawyers, appraisers, financiers, architects, developers, contractors or investors.
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Contact Information: Felix and Gabi Carles, Bienes Raíces y Seguros Carles
- Telephone: +011 (507) 226-1120 (office)
- Cellular: +011 (507) 6677-3566 (Felix) or +011 (507) 6677-3565 (Gabi)
- Fax: +011 (507) 226-6871
- Mailing Address:
- Apdo 2728, Zona 3
- Panama, Republic of PanamaRep. de Panama
- Email: Felix Carles
- Please Visit our Website: Bienes Raices & Seguros Carles, SA
