14-16 settembre 2008

«Si svolgerà a Roma dal 14 al 16 settembre 2008, all'Hotel Cavalieri Waldorf-Astoria (il celebre Cavalieri Hilton è entrato la scorsa primavera 2008 nel prestigioso top brand della catena), il Simposio internazionale di "Leading Real Estate Companies of the World", organizzazione che vanta circa 700 società affiliate in una quarantina di Paesi (Americhe, Europa e Asia).

Dopo il tradizionale "Welcome party", I lavori saranno aperti il mattino del 15 settembre dal Sindaco di Roma, Gianni Alemanno, e proseguiranno con l'intervento di due keynote speaker: Paola G. Lunghini, Direttore di Economia Immobiliare, e Matthew Ferrara, strategist, a capo della società che porta il suo nome.
Seguiranno lavori plenari e di gruppo, mixati con eleganti momenti sociali.
Presieduta da Harold Crye, chief executive officer e co-owner of Crye-Leike, Realtors (USA), Leadind RE ha presenze anche italiane: fanno parte del network, infatti, le società Immobilsarda (vari uffici in Sardegna, e Milano), Paolo del Chicca Immobiliare (Livorno), La Commerciale (Roma), Cofim- Immobiliare (Verona), e le milanesi Bluedom e Giorgio Viganò srl.: la responsabile di quest'ultima società, Benedetta Viganò, siede nell'Advisory Board del network di cui qui sotto ecco l'Overview, così come viene ufficialmente presentato,

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World is the largest network of top independent local and regional brand-name brokerage firms in the residential sector of real estate.

The nearly 700 firms affiliated with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) are represented by 5,500 offices and 170,000 associates in 38 countries worldwide. The organization's leadership is demonstrated by the fact that its affiliates comprise six of the top 10 real estate companies in the country. Collectively, LeadingRE affiliates produced 1.2 million home sales valued at nearly $370 billion in the U.S. in 2007.

In addition, LeadingRE affiliates hold the Number One position in terms of sales or volume in 44% of the top 88 markets.

In 2005, the company changed its identity from RELO, a 40-year-old trademarked industry name, to Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, to better describe the scope and power of the organization. While the network was originally formed in 1963 to foster relocating client referrals among its members “ still a core business for the company “ it has evolved to be the leading business affiliation and resource for independent (non-national-franchised) real estate companies, who continue to be a major force in the industry, as noted above.

LeadingRE's member firms are household names in their local and regional markets, and the new network identity is expected to help link those firms from market to market in the consumer's mind, creating synergy as a result.

Some of the top companies in the U.S. which are affiliates of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® include the following: Long & Foster, Fairfax, VA; Weichert Realtors, Morris Plains, NJ; Real Living, Columbus/Cleveland, OH; Edina Realty HomeServices, Minneapolis, MN, Howard Hanna/Smythe Cramer, Pittsburgh/Cleveland, OH: Crye-Leike, Memphis/Nashville/Chattanooga; John L. Scott, Seattle/Portland; Reece & Nichols, Kansas City; Ebby Halliday, Dallas; First Team, Los Angeles; Brown Harris Stevens, New York; Watson Realty Corp., Florida; and Esslinger Wooten Maxwell, Miami, just to name a few.

The company's mission statement is to own and operate a network comprised of select independent real estate companies who set the standard of quality service while generating a high volume of referral, relocation and real estate business opportunities for the mutual profit of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and its members.

Privately held by approximately 50 of the country's top real estate firms, LeadingRE was formed in 1997 and 1998 as Reliance Relocation Services, Inc. “the company's corporate name“ through the consolidation of several leading relocation networks, including members of the PHH/HFS/Cendant network, the Genesis network and the prior RELO® network, the oldest in the business.

Reliance operates in two business lines: real estate and relocation. Its real estate enterprise is Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and its relocation subsidiary is RELO Direct, Inc.

Additional offerings include RELOHomeSearch.com, the company's online resource for consumers, with access to nearly two million homes for sale; and Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection, a robust marketing initiative aimed at the high-end segment of the real estate market.

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and RELO Direct are both headquartered in downtown Chicago's Loop, with field locations for both companies in Atlanta, GA; Columbus, OH; Huntington Beach, CA; Plymouth, MA Shelton, CT; Tampa, FL; Cary, IL; and Ward, AR.

The company operates several websites:
www.LeadingRE.com
www.RELODirect.com
www.RELOHomeSearch.com
www.LuxuryPortfolio.com

LeadingRE's Chairman of the Board is Harold Crye, chief executive officer and co-owner of Crye-Leike, Realtors, the fourth largest firm in the entire country, with 132 offices, 1,200 management and staff and 4,000 sales associates in eight states throughout the Mid-South.

The company's management team is headed by President/CEO Pam O'Connor, with a seasoned management team including LeadingRE Network Services President/CEO Ruth Ann Pepple; Luxury Portfolio President and LeadingRE CMO Paul Boomsma; RELO Direct® President/CEO Robert Portale; CFO Alan Cazzato; Leading Real Estate Solutions VP Phil Edwards and Vice President of Strategic Development Eric Bryn».