{"id":974,"date":"2019-03-19T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/19\/merger-creates-second-largest-re-max-brokerage-in-new-england\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:12:42","slug":"merger-creates-second-largest-re-max-brokerage-in-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/19\/merger-creates-second-largest-re-max-brokerage-in-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Merger Creates Second-largest RE\/MAX Brokerage in New England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Merger Creates Second-largest RE\/MAX Brokerage in New England<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/REMax-Brokerages.png\" alt=\"RE\/MAX Brokerage\" width=\"585\" height=\"120\"><\/p>\n<p>RE\/MAX Executive Realty and RE\/MAX Best Choice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldsignblog.com\/2019\/03\/18\/re-max-executive-realty-merger-in-ma-forms-second-largest-re-max-brokerage-in-new-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the merger <\/a>of two brokerages to create an even larger footprint in the Eastern Massachusetts market. RE\/MAX Best Choice owner, Annette Norton, will bring her team of more than 30 agents to the RE\/MAX Executive Realty family in order to provide enhanced tools and resources, management support, and training. Norton will continue to serve as an agent for the brokerage, while Chris Arienti will join current co-owners, Bill Wright and Chuck Joseph, as a part of RE\/MAX Executive Realty\u2019s leadership and ownership team.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity to expand our market appeal and impact in the MetroWest region,\u201d said Bill Wright and Chuck Joseph, co-owners of RE\/MAX Executive Realty. \u201cWe have always held RE\/MAX Best Choice and their agents in the highest regard and look forward to working directly with them to achieve even greater success in the region. The addition of Chris Arienti to our leadership team will provide the top-notch support agents desire to grow their business and local credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>RE\/MAX Executive Realty will now have nine offices, more than 140 agents, 1,800 transactions and $745M in sales volume to form the second largest RE\/MAX brokerage by volume in New England.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy excitement for this union runs deeps, and I\u2019ve personally been thrilled with how smooth and seamless the transaction had been,&#8221; said Norton. &#8220;On behalf of my entire agent team, we couldn\u2019t be more pleased to join the RE\/MAX Executive Realty team. I look forward to working with Bill, Chuck and Chris to bring continued growth to this region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arienti brings more than a decade of residential <a href=\"realtrending-episode-22\/\">real estate leadership<\/a> to RE\/MAX Executive Realty. 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