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Conference Recap: The Eastern Canada Conference

Patrick van den Bossche, president of Realty Executives International (center), with attendees of the Eastern Canada Conference

NIAGARA FALLS- Realty Executives International kicked off the summer with its inaugural Eastern Canada Conference from May 27-28.

The conference played a key role for agents and brokers looking to connect and network with their colleagues from around the country.

The event which was held at the Marriott on the Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario hosted brokers and agents from brokerages in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Continue reading

Culture: The force behind Realty Executives Tucson Elite’s success

Left to right: John Dwyer (President), Jeff Murtaugh (Owner), Mark Shinn (Senior Vice President).

Five years ago, with an agent count below 50, Realty Executives Tucson Elite was hardly a blip within the Tucson Metro market share statistics.

Fast forward to today, where after growing its agent count by 600%, the Tucson brokerage enjoys the #3 spot in both by market share volume and units. Continue reading

Realty Executives International Acquires the Realty Executives Southern Region

(Pictured above, L – R: Ken Durkee, Patrick van den Bossche, Jeff Walters, Zig Ziegelman)

Realty Executives International has acquired the Realty Executives Southern Region, its largest territory covering five states: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

This acquisition marks a year since corporate purchased the remaining shares of the company from former owner Rich Rector.

The purchase sets the course for an aggressive company growth strategy focused on acquisition of competitive brands, independent brokerages and Realty Executives Brokers who are looking to retire.

Realty Executives International purchased the Southern Region from their longtime Regional Developers Ken Durkee and Zig Ziegelman. Continue reading

Boston West named to Swanepoel top 1000 list

Alan Marks and his team at Realty Executives Boston West hit the jackpot recently, landing at No.777 on the Swanepoel top 1000 brokerages list.

Alan Marks- President/Owner Realty Executives Boston West

The achievement is Boston West’s first recognition on the list since opening its doors in 2005.

“I was really surprised,” Marks said. “I didn’t know what the sales revenue cutoff was  so when I saw it I was really surprised.”

The Swanepoel top 1000 list is created annually by the staff at T3 Sixty, the leader in analysis of annual trends and industry leaders. Continue reading