LeadingRE Expands Internationally

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RISMEDIA, December 5, 2006-Leading Real Estate Companies of the World^TM has had its most successful international recruiting year ever, with the most recent addition of the company's fourth affiliate in Spain.

Affiliates in Brussels, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, London, Moscow, and the Netherlands have joined the LeadingRE network this year. LeadingRE has 677 affiliate real estate firms in nearly 30 countries.

"LeadingRE has worked strategically to foster and continue international growth by adding 10 international affiliates this year," said Ruth Ann Pepple, LeadingRE's network services president. "Our international members, such as Meridiana, represent key markets around the globe, and we're excited to have them on board."

In June, real estate professionals from affiliates of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World^TM convened in Dublin, Ireland, for an exclusive International Real Estate Symposium. Drawing attendance from Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, Canada, Dubai and 19 states in America, the event was the first conference of its kind for the network and reflected the organization's global growth.

"We're constantly working to strengthen our inter-continental presence by catering to the global real estate market and looking for new affiliates around the world," said Pam O'Connor, president/CEO of LeadingRE.

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World^TM is a global real estate network comprised of the best-known local and regional real estate firms. With more than 5,500 offices and 170,000 associates in the United States and nearly 30 countries, LeadingRE affiliates sell over $400 billion in home sales representing 1.4 million transactions in 2005, outselling any national franchise and leading the nation in the sales of $1 million-plus homes. Seven of the United States' top 10 real estate firms and 31 percent of the top 500 are affiliates of LeadingRE.

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