At a Glance: Coldwell Banker Residential Group
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Corporate headquarters: Mission Viejo.
Founded: 1906, in San Francisco.
History: Acquired in 1981 by Sears, Roebuck & Co., becoming a member of the Sears Financial Network. In 1989, Sears sold the real estate company’s commercial operations to an employee-led buyout group that now calls itself CB Commercial Real Estate Group Inc.
Chairman and chief executive: Chandler B. Barton.
Branch offices: 2,000 offices across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, 500 of which are company-owned. There are 20 company-owned offices in Orange County, with about 700 agents.
Sales divisions: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (company-owned offices), Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates Inc. (franchised offices), Coldwell Banker Relocation Services Inc.
Nature of business: Residential real estate services, including brokerage, relocation, title and escrow in some areas.
Employees: 42,000 sales associates companywide, about 3,800 in Southern California and about 700 in Orange County.
1991 sales: $1.57 billion.
1991 properties listed: 437,784.
1991 transactions: 372,913.
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