Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston Named A Top Triangle Residential Real Estate Company

RALEIGH, N.C. – Eb Moore, CEO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, has announced that the firm ranked at the top of the Triangle Business Journal’s annual 2007 Book of Lists for Triangle residential real estate companies. The Triangle Business Journal ranked the companies based on the number of closed transactions. Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston closed 9,883 transactions in the Triangle in 2005, with gross sales of $2.7 billion. The firm employs 700 sales agents and operated 12 general brokerage offices in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Knightdale, Garner, Mebane and Hillsborough.

News Facts:

· Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston ranked at the top of the Triangle Business Journal’s annual 2007 Book of Lists for Triangle residential real estate companies.
· The Triangle Business Journal ranked the companies based on the number of closed transactions.
· Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston closed 9,883 transactions in the Triangle in 2005, with gross sales of $2.7 billion.
· The firm employs 700 sales agents and operated 12 general brokerage offices in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Knightdale, Garner, Mebane and Hillsborough.

Quotes:
“We are excited to be ranked in the top of the 2007 Book of Lists for residential real estate companies in the Triangle,” said Moore. “It is an honor to receive this prestigious recognition from the Triangle Business Journal.”

About Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston:
Howard Perry, an established builder, and Don Walston, a real estate entrepreneur, formed Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in 1972. Today the company has over 700 real estate professionals, 13 sales offices, the area’s premier new homes division, a mortgage company, insurance services division, title company, an award winning relocation division, a growing Concierge home services division, the area’s number one real estate school, and the state’s number one real estate Web site. The company has become the largest full-service residential real estate company in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation, with more than 11,000 transactions a year and almost $3 billion in sales. In 2006, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston was recognized among the 50 fastest growing private companies in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit their Web site at http://www.hpw.com.

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Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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