Weichert Real Estates Affiliates Opens Four New Franchise Offices in Northeast & Two the Midwe
12/22/2008
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.,– Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., the
franchise arm of Weichert, Realtors®, continued its nation-wide growth with the
addition of six new affiliates in the Northeast and Midwest.The companies recently joining the Weichert
Real Estate Affiliates ever-growing roster include offices in New
Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois,
and Michigan.
In
welcoming the new affiliates, Martin J. Rueter, president of Weichert Real
Estate Affiliates, said, “We are excited to have these customer-focused
companies join the Weichert team.Through these partnerships, we will continue to expand the market where
we can offer customers the high level of real estate services that comes with
the Weichert brand.”
New
affiliates that joined the Weichert network include:
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Spoerl
& Strathern, Exeter,
N.H.The franchise owned by partners Robert
Spoerl and Mary Strathern serves more than 20 towns in the seacoast area
and has both New Hampshire and Maine licenses .
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Marzke
Group, Saint Joseph, Mich. The newly named office is owned
by Chris Marzke.Kathleen Brecht
has been named sales manager of the franchise.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Hastava
Associates, Island Park,
N.Y. The 60-year old family
business is owned by brothers Michael and Gregory Hastava.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Yankee
Trader, Seabrook, N.H. In the business for more than 50
years, the company is owned by brokers Katherine Macgregor and Kara
Schaake and serves New Hampshire and the Massachusetts
seacoast.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Nickel
Group, Oak Park, Ill.Owners John Lawrence, Christopher Krohe, and Marcus Muriello will
continue to expand Weichert’s growing presence in Illinois.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Empire
Real Estate, Rockland,
Mass.The company which was launched in 2002
is owned by Jeffrey Real.The
broker-in-charge is Jeanine Reardon.
Weichert
Real Estate Affiliates launched its first franchised office in January 2002 and
currently serves some 330 markets in 36 states.
Weichert has nearly 18,000 sales
associates in more than 500 company-owned and franchised sales offices in key
markets throughout the U.S.A family of full-service real estate and
financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both
residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of
mortgages and home and title insurance.For more information, Weichert's customer service center can be reached
at 1-800-USA-SOLD or at Weichert's Web site, www.weichert.com.Each Weichert franchised office is
independently owned and operated.