History of Smith & Ken

2008

Smith & Ken opened for business on January 15th 2008 offering residential sales services to buyers and sellers. The company was opened to provide a very high level of customer service and expertise on selected residential areas in Dubai.

Smith & Ken announce the opening of Oxygen Home Loans to provide mortgage advice to buyers and sellers due to the increasing demand of mortgage facilities to allow clients to take advantage of the “booming” property market.

Smith & Ken announce the opening of Oxygen Home Loans to provide mortgage advice to buyers and sellers due to the increasing demand of mortgage facilities to allow clients to take advantage of the “booming” property markey

Smith & Ken establish themselves in the top 20 agencies in Dubai after a very successful first year in operation

2009

Smith & Ken opened their new office in Dubai as per their continuous expansion plans to offer employment opportunities to 100 agents

Credit Crisis hits Dubai and Smith & Ken release a number of innovative ideas such as the Swap Shop and Rent to Own Schemes. Both proved very popular with buyers, sellers and tenants respectively.

Smith & Ken announce the opening of the International Property Sales Division offering investment opportunities in emerging markets to allow its clients to spread their risk into different markets.

Smith & Ken announce the opening of the Commercial Property Division offering sales and leasing services for office and retail space.

After another excellent year, Smith & Ken increased its size by 25% in very difficult circumstances, and as such rising to being in the top 10 agencies in Dubai

2010

Smith & Ken release www.smithandken.com V 2.0 offering our HIP product to sellers and landlords to give them more exposure when selling or letting property respectively.

Smith & Ken announce the offering of the Smith & Ken Xclusive product for sellers and landlords to give them exclusive agency rates when selling or letting property through Smith & Ken

Smith & Ken announce the opening of the Conveyance Division to offer conveyance services to buyers and sellers to give them support and assistance when transferring the ownership of property.

Partnership with GCEN announced to offer money transfer services to buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords. This partnership allows our clients to save up to 5% on any money transfers. Smith & Ken release Smith & Ken's Real Estate Recovery Scheme to help those that have lost money in off plan projects. This was seen by the media in the UAE as coleuses and fantastic for an agency to offer a solution.

After increasing the range of services, and implementing an excellent training and development plan for employees, Smith & Ken rise to holding 10% of the market share and as such increasing to being in the top 5 agencies in Dubai.