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Keller Williams ( KW ), the world s largest real estate technology franchise by agent count and the U.S. leader in units and sales volume, reports Q1 21 results, having achieved significant growth and technology milestones, and topped franchise and corporate culture rankings. Q1 21 marks our third successive quarter of historic growth for Keller Williams, said Carl Liebert, CEO of kwx, the holding company of KW. We kicked off 2021 by breaking our production records again. Our continued remarkable pace is due to the strong dedication and commitment of our agents to serve their clients at the highest levels in the midst of a hypercompetitive housing market, said Liebert.
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A surging real estate market in recent months helped turn the beginning of 2021 into a major success for Keller Williams, with everything from sales volume to transactions to agent counts surging, the company revealed in a new earnings report.
The report, out Tuesday, shows that between January and March of this year, Keller Williams agents in the U.S. and Canada closed 272,688 transactions, which was up 21.3 percent year over year. Sales volume during that period came in at $98.1 billion, up 39.7 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Outside of anglophone North America, the company’s agents closed 13,088 transactions and did $2.5 billion in volume, up 58.7 percent and 100 percent, respectively.
Carl Liebert, the newly appointed CEO of KWx, sits down with
, June 15-17.
This is Carl’s first speaking appearance at Inman, and you can be there for it live!
With Carl as CEO and
Gary Keller as executive chairman, what’s their new vision for Keller Williams? And what’s lurking behind the next turn? Brad knows how to ask all the tough questions to find out what you want and need to know. Register now to be there for it live.
The outstanding lineup for June’s event doesn’t stop there. You’ll also hear from:
RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos
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Keller Williams continued its executive hiring streak Monday when it announced that it had hired two new C-suite leaders, as well as a new head of business development.
The new hires include Mark Foley, who will serve as chief people officer for Keller Williams holding company KWx, and Stacie Shirley, who will serve as chief financial officer (CFO) at KWx. Additionally, the company has hired Travis Peace, whose title will be head of business development and relationships.
Mark Foley
In a statement announcing the new hires, Keller Williams co-founder Gary Keller said that “our enduring commitment to amassing the talent to best drive our vision for the future of real estate is clear.”
Big changes like this always garner questions and speculation. But here’s the deal: Building a business is messy at the best of times, and it can get really messy when it’s part of an industry that is changing as rapidly as real estate. Like with most growing organizations, leadership changes over time, but Gary Keller’s message has not.
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Last week, Keller Williams dominated the real estate headlines as the media, fellow real estate professionals and industry veterans discussed the “shakeup” in the C-suite in Austin. Big changes like this always garner questions and speculation it’s a normal human reaction. But here’s the deal: Building a business is messy at the best of times, and it can get really messy when it’s part of an industry that’s changing as rapidly as real estate.