Mike Barbalato of PulteGroup’s South Florida Division Named Sales Consultant of The Year

Venice, Fla. --- Real estate veteran Mike Barbalato of Venice was recently named Sales Consultant of the Year for the South Florida Division of Pulte Group, which ranks as one of the nation’s largest home builders and community developers and includes Pulte Homes and the Centex Homes, DiVosta Homes and Del Webb brands. Scott Mairn, vice president of sales and marketing for the South Florida Division of PulteGroup, said Barbalato sold the highest number of new homes at the homebuilder’s community of IslandWalk in Venice. “Mike was instrumental in the success of IslandWalk in 2012. He was not only able to showcase the fantastic community but also the quality of our new home designs,” said Mairn. Barbalato is a native of Buffalo, New York, where he studied Business Management and Marketing at Canisius College and began his career as a Real Estate Broker in 1970. Barbalato relocated to Florida seven years ago. He joined Pulte Group in 2010 as a sales consultant and is a member of the Florida Association of Realtors Barbalato currently sells new two and three-bedroom single-family homes priced from the $150s in seven distinctive designs at IslandWalk at the West Villages, located at 13575 Salinas St. in Venice.