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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Expands Its Presence In Connecticut

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (Jan. 31, 2012) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., today announced it has acquired the assets of Alaimo & Barile LLC, which does business as Alaimo & Barile Real Estate in north central Connecticut.  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage welcomes the real estate agents of the former Alaimo & Barile Real Estate to its team serving communities throughout Hartford and Tolland Counties.

Alaimo & Barile Real Estate co-owners Robert Alaimo, Michael Barile and Jody Cox will remain with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in a sales capacity, along with Cheryl Alaimo.

“The sales professionals of Alaimo & Barile have an excellent reputation for their high level of customer service, and knowledge of the market,” said Cathleen Smith, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. “This is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen our presence in the region and together, we make an even stronger influential sales team.”

“In addition to the strength of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage reputation, we will now be able to provide our clients with the invaluable benefits of state-of-the-art tools, technology and training as well as expanded marketing exposure,” said Robert Alaimo. “Combined with the experience and expertise of our sales team, this is certain to be a win-win for everyone.”

With 22 sales professionals, Alaimo & Barile Real Estate operated two offices located in Enfield and Windsor Locks, Conn.  The Windsor Locks office will merge into the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office located at 1 Mountain Road in Suffield, Conn.  The office in Enfield, located at 810 Enfield Street, will become a Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales office.

With this acquisition, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. has 47 offices and a sales force of more than 2,100 sales associates and staff. 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. NRT, a subsidiary of Realogy Corporation, operates Realogy’s company-owned real estate brokerage offices. For more information, please visit www.ColdwellBankerMoves.com.

PARSIPPANY, NJ. (October 5, 2011) — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is hosting the Fall in Love with the American Dream event.  The event invites homebuyers to fall in love with homeownership with two special open house weekends on Oct. 15-16 and Nov. 12-13. Thousands of home sellers will participate during the two weekend open house extravaganza.

“It’s our hope that the Fall in Love with the American Dream event will move buyers off the sidelines and into the market,” said Joe Mamone, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Long Island and Queens, NY.  “We are embarking on this initiative because we believe it is critical for Coldwell Banker as an industry leader, to help serve the needs of those individuals listing homes with a Coldwell Banker broker and to help potential homebuyers understand that there are numerous benefits to owning a home, and with the proper planning, homeownership is still a worthwhile long term investment.”

 “With more homes to choose from, historically low interest rates, and affordability levels at the best they have been in years, there is a window of opportunity for homebuyers to achieve the American dream,” continued Mamone.

Sellers participating in the Fall in Love with the American Dream event will be featured on ColdwellBankerMoves.com. More information on the event is available at www.ColdwellBankerMoves.com.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, a leading residential real estate brokerage company, operates more than 60 offices and more than 3,700 sales associates serving all communities from Rockland County, N.Y. to Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Long Island and Queens, operates 15 offices with more than 800 sales associates serving the communities of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties. 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester, N.Y., operates 46 offices with more than 2,100 sales associates serving the communities of Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. For more information, please visit www.ColdwellBankerMoves.com.

PARSIPPANY, NJ. (September 28, 2011) — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is pleased to announce that its website, ColdwellBankerMoves.com, was presented the Real Estate Standard of Excellence award by the Web Marketing Association. This is the first time that ColdwellBankerMoves.com has been honored with a WebAward by the Association.

Now in its 15th year, the WebAward program is the premier annual website award competition that names the best websites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for all website development.  ColdwellBankerMoves.com, the largest real estate services website of its kind in the Tri-State area, was judged on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology. 

The WebAward competition format allows websites to compete head-to-head with other sites within their industry and against a standard of excellence. The competition was judged by a team of international Internet professionals representing a variety of relevant disciplines of website development.

“Today’s homebuyers are far more Internet savvy and they seek out comprehensive and evolving websites to research and gather information,” said Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, NY. “I am proud to have our website recognized among this elite group.”

Coldwell BankerMoves.com has 50,000 registered users and peruse property listings that are collectively viewed more than 4.7 million times per month and provides consumers with a more simplified search function, so home searchers can easily find properties by location, address, property type, MLS number and even school district directly from the home page. The search function provides faster search results with at-a-glance details of property listings with multiple views.

In addition to offering home searchers thousands of property listings in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, ColdwellBankerMoves.com also now includes an interactive mapping feature that allows consumers to zoom in, find schools, restaurants, shopping centers and other local attractions and amenities.

Registered users of ColdwellBankerMoves.com can sign up to receive email alerts for new property listings, open houses and price reductions, and can share property details with others through social media, email or print.

ColdwellBankerMoves.com also contains content to help consumers with various aspects of purchasing and selling a home, including a mortgage advisor tool.

Optimized for mobile devices, ColdwellBankerMoves.com enables consumers to view property listings from their mobile phones while they are on the go. The Website showcases property photo slideshows and video technologies such as streaming video tours of properties and sales associates’ video resumes.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, a leading residential real estate brokerage company, operates more than 60 offices and more than 3,700 sales associates serving all communities from Rockland County, N.Y. to Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Long Island and Queens, operates 15 offices with more than 800 sales associates serving the communities of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties. 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester, N.Y., operates 46 offices with more than 2,100 sales associates serving the communities of Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y.

HARTFORD, Conn. (Sept. 27, 2011) – The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation recently raised nearly $22,000 for My Sisters’ Place, a Hartford nonprofit organization working to end homelessness, through its annual golf tournament. The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., has provided significant financial support to My Sisters’ Place (MSP) over the last 12 years.

“We value the partnership that we have established with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and genuinely appreciate the continual financial support and volunteer efforts of their sales associates and staff. Their generosity strengthens our ability to improve and transform the lives of the women and children who come to My Sisters’ Place,” said Diane Paige’Blondet, CEO and executive director of My Sisters’ Place.

This year marked the 11th annual Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation golf tournament to benefit MSP. Each year, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates and staff throughout Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. come together to help raise money for this very important cause. In addition to participating in the golf tournament, the sales associates and employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage donate raffle items and volunteer to make the event a success.

“We applaud My Sisters’ Place for providing a place of sanctuary and building a community of hope for women who are struggling with homelessness and domestic violence. We are proud that we have been able to support the organization throughout the years, and want to thank the generous sponsors who participated in the tournament,” said Cathleen Smith, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. “Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates and staff are personally committed to helping the communities in which live and serve.”

The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation is supported by the local sales associates and staff of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Through regular donations and fundraising events, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates and staff are able to make a positive impact on the cities and towns throughout Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y.

 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation is a chapter of the Realogy Charitable Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation is a nonprofit organization operated by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage for the purpose of raising funds to provide help and assistance to the communities in which they serve.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Connecticut and Westchester, N.Y., operates 46 offices with more than 2,100 sales associates serving the communities of Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. For more information, please visit www.ColdwellBankerMoves.com.

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - (Sept. 8, 2011) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., today announced it has acquired the assets of Prestige Properties LLC in Farmington, Conn. Prestige Properties will now operate under the banner of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

The 34 sales professionals of Prestige Properties will operate out of the existing Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office at 36 Lasalle Road in West Hartford, which will continue to be managed by Sarah Neighbours. Wayne and Lori Arute, former owners of Prestige Properties, will focus their roles on The National Groups, a real estate-owned (“REO”) asset management company they own.

Established in 1986, Prestige Properties is a full-service real estate brokerage company that has been a leader in REO sales and has successfully represented lenders and banks throughout the country in the sale of their portfolio of REO properties.

“The sales associates of Prestige Properties have built a solid reputation for providing personalized service to their clients, and we are pleased to welcome this esteemed group of real estate professionals to the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage team as we continue to expand our presence in northern Connecticut,” said Cathleen Smith, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y.

“Being part of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage gives our sales associates access to the latest technology, state-of-the-art marketing tools and superior educational programs, all of which are critical to helping today’s buyers and sellers, and I am confident they will reap the benefits to take the company to the next level of growth,” said Wayne Arute.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., operates 46 offices with more than 2,100 sales associates serving the communities of Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. For more information, please visit www.ColdwellBankerMoves.com .

COMMACK, N.Y. (September 7, 2011) – Farmingville resident Carmen Mercado, education and diversity manager at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens, was recently named as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women of the Housing Economy by HousingWire magazine.

“We congratulate Carmen on this well-deserved recognition,” said Maureen Passerini, executive vice president of the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard for NRT LLC, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.  “We are dedicated to fostering a dynamic and diverse business environment and Carmen’s work is a great inspiration to us and the entire real estate industry.”

Profiled for her dedication to multiculturalism on Long Island and across the country, Mercado is currently serving as chairman of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP).  Throughout her one-year term, she will travel the country visiting NAHREP chapters and sharing the group’s global mentality within real estate transactions.

“Carmen understands first-hand the importance and promotion of multiculturalism in Long Island real estate,” said Joe Mamone, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens.  “We applaud her for her many accomplishments and are happy to have her as an integral member of our team.”

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Long Island and Queens, operates 15 offices with more than 800 sales associates serving the communities of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties.  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (www.ColdwellBankerMoves.com ) is part of NRT LLC, the nation's largest residential real estate brokerage company. 

COMMACK, N.Y. (August 30, 2011) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens celebrated its 5th Annual Summer White Party with more than 500 of its associates, managers, employees and special guests.  The Company also hosted its annual Build-A-Basket fundraiser, through which more than $7,600 was raised for its 2011 Community Partners: Pet Peeves and the American Red Cross on Long Island.

Pet Peeves is the voice for Long Island pets.  Its fundraising efforts benefit animal welfare and those who work on behalf of Long Island’s homeless and abused animals; as well as humane education programs in our community’s schools, teaching children to respect all living creatures; and pet therapy programs in children’s hospitals and nursing homes.

The American Red Cross on Long Island is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies both on Long Island and across the country.  Its services include hurricane emergency preparedness, child care training and youth services.

The Company’s charitable arm, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for its Community Partners over the past five years.  This year, 17 unique baskets designed by each of the Company’s 15 regional branch offices, as well as Home Office and Primary Service partners, were raffled at the Summer White Party.  The baskets were assembled by the offices with assistance from local businesses in their regions; these businesses donated materials and gift certificates for the baskets.

“On behalf of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares and its Community Partners, we thank the local businesses that contributed to this year’s Build-A-Basket fundraiser,” said Joe Mamone, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens.  “They, along with the generous group that attended the White Party, have done so much to support these worthy organizations.”

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Long Island and Queens, operates 15 offices with more than 1000 sales associates serving the communities of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties.  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation's largest residential real estate brokerage company. 

COMMACK, N.Y. (August 9, 2011) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens is proud to announce its 2011 Community Partners: Pet Peeves and the American Red Cross on Long Island.

Pet Peeves is the voice for Long Island pets.  Its fundraising efforts benefit animal welfare and those who work on behalf of Long Island’s homeless and abused animals; as well as humane education programs in our community’s schools, teaching children to respect all living creatures; and pet therapy programs in children’s hospitals and nursing homes.

“This year Pet Peeves celebrates 10 years of supporting Long Island shelters, rescue groups and families that no longer have the means to care for their pets,” said Janine Dion, president and founder of Pet Peeves.  “We hope to raise a record amount of funds and save hundreds of pets from abuse, neglect and homelessness; we thank Coldwell Banker Cares for their support.”

The American Red Cross on Long Island is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies both on Long Island and across the country.  Its services include hurricane emergency preparedness, child care training and youth services.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares will raise money for its Community Partners at the upcoming Summer White Party on August 17th.  Unique baskets designed by each of the Company’s 15 offices will be raffled at the Summer White Party.  A popular event, the Build-A-Basket fundraiser has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the Foundation’s Community Partners over the past five years.

“As a longtime partner of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, Pet Peeves and its initiatives are close to our hearts,” said Joe Mamone, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens.  “Due to the recent natural disasters and economic hardships across the country, the American Red Cross has taken an important role in supporting those most in need.  We are privileged to support such worthy organizations.”

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Long Island and Queens, operates 15 offices with more than 1000 sales associates serving the communities of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties.  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation's largest residential real estate brokerage company. 

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (August 5, 2011) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County NY was honored as the Enterprise Corporation of the Year by the Morris County Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce at its Business Heroes in a Tough Economy Annual Awards Luncheon at the Madison Hotel on July 15th.

Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, NY, accepted the award alongside Rob Norman, branch vice president of the company’s Morristown Convent Station office. “We feel extremely fortunate to be able to help people realize their dream of homeownership every day,” said Maxwell.

Event Chair Francisco De Jesus, Jr. said that the day’s honorees exemplified the luncheon’s theme of Business Heroes in a Tough Economy. “These individuals are taking chances. They are role models,” he said.

Also honored at the event was Hope Field, who was named the Chamber of Commerce’s Board Member of the Year for her service as director of Young Business & Professionals. Field is a sales associate with the Coldwell Banker Morristown Convent Station office.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (August 1, 2011) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County NY has been named to the prestigious 2010 Coldwell Banker® Chairman’s Circle. This designation is awarded to companies who attained closed adjusted gross commission income of $8 million or more during the 2010 calendar year.   Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is one of only 48 Coldwell Banker affiliated companies throughout the world to receive the distinguished award. 

Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage New Jersey and Rockland County, NY, attended a retreat exclusively for Chairman’s Circle members in Quebec City, Quebec, where he was personally honored by Jim Gillespie, chief executive officer, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.

“The Chairman’s Circle award is the most prestigious designation a Coldwell Banker company can achieve,” said Gillespie.  “I am proud and honored to recognize Hal and the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates and management team for an impressive year of sales production.

“So much has been written and said about the state of the economy and housing market, yet through it all, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage was able to forge through and achieve great success,” Gillespie continued. 

“To be invited to this prominent and esteemed event is a testament to the commitment and dedication of the sales agents and employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage to their customers and clients,” said Maxwell.  “To be honored in this manner signifies that our agents are truly providing value and service that our customers and clients deserve in today’s real estate environment.”

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, a leading residential real estate brokerage company, operates more than 60 offices and more than 3,700 sales associates serving all communities from Rockland County, N.Y. to Monmouth County, New Jersey. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company.  Visit www.coldwellbankermoves.com for more information.