Roberts Brothers Names Teresa Williamson President

MOBILE, Alabama (January 13, 2022) – Roberts Brothers, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and south Alabama’s top real estate company announced today that it has named Teresa Williamson as its president. Williamson succeeds Daniel Dennis, who is departing the company and moving to Florida.

Williamson joined Roberts Brothers in 2009 as a sales associate and subsequently purchased the Roberts Brothers Saraland franchise three years later. She was promoted to general manager and, as Managing Broker of Roberts Brothers West, escalated the office to unprecedented success. As president, Williamson will set the company’s strategic vision and oversee the operation of its 300 sales associates and staff in seven offices.

Williamson becomes the first member outside the Roberts family to lead the 75-year, historic brand noted Dennis. “In addition to being respected by everyone, Teresa has the leadership, communication skills, and talent to escalate Roberts Brothers to even greater heights. She is a homerun for our sales associates, employees, buyers, and sellers,” added Dennis.

Williamson becomes the first member outside the Roberts family to lead the 75-year, historic brand noted Dennis. “In addition to being respected by everyone, Teresa has the leadership, communication skills, and talent to escalate Roberts Brothers to even greater heights. She is a homerun for our sales associates, employees, buyers, and sellers,” added Dennis.

“Teresa is a talented industry veteran who brings extensive knowledge and exemplary leadership qualities to Roberts Brothers,” said Gino Blefari, CEO of HomeServices of America, the parent company to Roberts Brothers. “I am confident that the company is well-positioned for the future under her leadership.”

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About Roberts Brothers, Inc.

World War II veterans John and David Roberts started the company in their parents’ garage on Williams Court in midtown Mobile in 1946. Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021, Roberts Brothers remains the leader in the Mobile Bay real estate market with nearly 300 team members in five offices, providing brokerage, relocation, vacation rental, and property management services. In 2021, the company was awarded the #2 spot for “Best Companies to Work for in Alabama” by Business Alabama magazine. Additionally, Roberts Brothers was recognized as the “Best Real Estate Company” in the 2021 Nappies by Lagniappe. Roberts Brothers is owned by HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and the #1 ranked real estate company in the United States. For more information, visit www.RobertsBrothers.com.

About HomeServices of America, Inc.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, HomeServices is the country’s largest residential real estate brokerage company and, through its national network of market-leading operating companies, is a premier provider of integrated homeownership services including residential real estate brokerage services, mortgage originations, title and closing services, property and casualty insurance and home warranties. HomeServices of America is the owner of the award-winning Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Real Living Real Estate franchise networks. HomeServices is owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. HomeServices Relocation, LLC, is the full-service relocation arm of HomeServices of America, which provides every aspect of domestic and international relocation to corporations around the world. Information about HomeServices is available at www.homeservices.com.


HomeServices of America® Closes 2021 with Five New Acquisitions, Accelerating its Coast-to-Coast Expansion

Minneapolis, Minn. (January 11, 2022) — HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and the nation’s largest homeownership company, closed 2021 with simultaneous acquisitions of five companies. The acquisitions add 1,400 sales associates, 15,000 transactions, and nearly $8 billion in closed sales volume to HomeServices’ 2021 portfolio and strengthen its commitment to fulfilling a “customer-for-life” business model. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The acquisitions included four brokerage companies and a moving company:

  • Bennion Deville Homes
  • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate and Alliance Title Group
  • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida
  • Hegg Realtors®
  • Joe Moholland Moving

“Since HomeServices was founded in 1998, our growth strategy has focused on acquiring market-leading companies with strong brands and experienced leaders,” said Gino Blefari, CEO of HomeServices. “Our newest family members fit these exacting standards and we proudly welcome them to HomeServices today. Each company brings a sterling reputation and is led by proven leaders. who have built extraordinary organizations with their team of managers, sales associates, and employees. We look forward to working with each company and are committed to supporting their continued growth and success,” said Blefari.

The companies joining the HomeServices family are:

Bennion Deville Homes.  Founded in 2001 by Bob Bennion and Bob Deville, Bennion Deville Homes is the top-ranking real estate brokerage based on units and sales volume in California’s Coachella Valley (Greater Palm Springs Area). Led by industry veterans Bob Deville, CEO, and Chris Anderson, General Manager, Bennion Deville Homes has experienced year-over-year market-share growth and is widely recognized for its collaborative culture, client-first approach, and top-producing agents. States Deville, “By joining HomeServices of America, we are ensuring the legacy of Bennion Deville Homes continues for generations to come. We are honored to join HomeServices and excited about bringing the strengths from each of our respective companies together to serve our clients and our agents. This allows us to build upon what makes Bennion Deville Homes unique in the industry in new and exciting ways.”

In 2021 Bennion Deville Homes closed nearly 4,400 transactions and $3.1 billion in sales volume.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate and Alliance Title Group. Founded by Andrea Lawrence and led by President Kevin Goffstein and general manager Bob Bax, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate and Alliance Title Group has provided quality, service, and state-of-the-art technology to the St. Louis area and surrounding communities for more than 40 years. “HomeServices of America is known for its strength and stability, and we are honored to become a part of their family,” said Kevin Goffstein, president of Alliance Real Estate.  “By aligning ourselves with ReeceNichols and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kansas City Realty we now have access to greater resources and services which will be a tremendous benefit to all of our associates as they better serve the real estate needs of their clients.”  

In 2021, Alliance Real Estate’s sales associates closed nearly 4,000 transactions and $1.3 billion in sales volume. The company will join HomeServices’ Kansas City-based brokerages — ReeceNichols and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kansas City Realty — in serving clients in Missouri.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida.Headquartered in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, Beach Properties began in 2007 as a boutique real estate brokerage serving the towns and communities along northwest Florida’s scenic Gulf Coast. Under the leadership of broker and owner Hunter Harman, and owners, Price Ranier, John David Sullivan and Jimmy Burgess, who is assuming the role of CEO, Beach Properties of Florida has experienced exponential, organic growth and has tripled its number of sales associates since 2017. “We are thrilled to be joining forces with HomeServices of America and offer even greater opportunity and access for our agents and their clients to what we believe is the best real estate network in the country. This acquisition is much more than a transaction – it represents a new season of growth and prosperity for Beach Properties of Florida,” said Harman.

 In 2021, the company’s agents closed more than 2,700 transactions and $2.1 billion in sales volume.

Hegg Realtors®. Founded in 1945, Hegg Realtors® is the largest real estate brokerage in South Dakota, and proudly serves the real estate needs of buyers and sellers throughout South Dakota. Under the leadership of Bill Hegg, its chairman, and Gregg Gohl, its chief executive officer, the company’s 200-plus agents closed nearly 4,000 transactions and $1.2 billion in sales volume. “We’re eager to leverage Edina Realty’s unbelievable resources to offer leading-edge technology, tools, security and support to our agents,” said Gregg Gohl, CEO. “And the opportunity to expand our network and business opportunities for our agents in a way that maintains our local brand and legacy is really exciting.”  Hegg Realtors® will join the Edina Realty family of brands, significantly expanding Edina Realty’s footprint in the Midwest and making it HomeServices’ first wholly-owned brokerage located in South Dakota. It will operate as Hegg Realtors, an Edina Realty company.

Joe Moholland Moving. Founded in 1987, Joe Moholland Moving predominantly serves Virginia, Maryland, and the Washington D.C. area, and provides its customers with national and international relocation services. The company has strong hauling capacity, top-ranking customer satisfaction scores, and supports residential household goods moving for local, national, and international moves. Joe Moholland Moving will operate within Tailored Move, a Long & Foster company. “We are thrilled to join forces with Tailored Move and become part of the broader Long & Foster and HomeServices of America families,” said Rob Garr, president of Joe Moholland Moving. “The values and cultures of our two companies perfectly align: We both believe in delivering the highest level of customer service while removing any stress and worry from the moving process. Our partnership will allow us to expand our services across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, and we are eager to get started.”

These new acquisitions exemplify HomeServices’ mission to growing its national footprint with distinguished real estate companies and establish it as the undisputed premier provider of homeownership services in the United States. After these acquisitions, HomeServices will have more nearly 46,000 sales associates operating in 33 states and the District of Columbia. For 2021, HomeServices sales associates facilitated nearly $203 billion in residential real estate sales, nearly 395,000 home sale transactions, and more than 253,000 mortgage, title and escrow and insurance transactions. 

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About Bennion Deville Homes

Founded in 2001 by real estate industry icons Bob Bennion and Bob Deville, Bennion Deville Homes is a nationally recognized real estate brand and the desert’s #1 real estate company. Bennion Deville Homes serves home buyers and sellers throughout Southern California in the primary markets of the Greater Palm Springs Area (Coachella Valley) and Mountain Communities in the surrounding area. Coachella Valley offices include locations in Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, and La Quinta. Bennion Deville Homes also has offices in Garner Valley in Riverside County. Visit BDHomes.com, for the location of the Bennion Deville Homes office nearest you.

About Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate has provided quality, service, and state-of-the-art technology to the St. Louis real estate community for more than 40 years. As an energetic company of over 475 real estate professionals, they provide comprehensive representation with an uncompromising commitment to the highest principles of professionalism and integrity. Known throughout the region for strength, innovation, and excellence, the company operates from 8 locations serving St Louis, St Charles, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, and beyond. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate proudly serves the St Louis Metro region and offers a full range of services, including corporate relocation, new homes, mortgage, title, insurance, and home warranty products. They are deeply committed to serving the local community through The Sunshine Kids, ReBuilding Together, Old NewsBoys Day, and more. Visit www.bhhsall.com.

About Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida is home to more than 200 agents in nine offices across Northwest Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast from St. George Island to Destin. Consistently recognized for its market-leading sales volume, Beach Properties of Florida is a proud member of the Berkshire Elite Circle, a prestigious designation given to the Top 50 companies in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network.

Founded in 2007 and joining as an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in 2016, the brokerage supports an impressive New Homes Division, exclusively offering new construction opportunities in KAIYA Beach Resort, Watersound Origins, Churchill Oaks, WaterSound Beach, Cottage Grove, The Village at Grayton Beach, RiverCamps at Crooked Creek and more.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida now transitions from an independently owned and operated member of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network to a wholly owned company by HomeServices of America in 2022. Visit www.BeachPropertiesFLA.com for additional information.

About Hegg, Realtors®

Hegg Realtors® has been successfully helping people in the Sioux Falls area buy and sell homes since 1945. It is South Dakota’s largest real estate company with more than 200 agents across the state, with offices in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. Hegg Realtors closed nearly 4,000 transactions and $1.22 billion in sales volume in 2021. For more information, visit hegg.com.

About Joe Moholland Moving

JMM operates local, national and international moving services through its continental fleet and agent network. JMM has served the Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., area, for over 25 years. It offers moving, packing, unpacking and storage services, and it maintains a storage facility and warehouse locations in Woodbridge, Virginia. In addition to point-to-point moves, consumers who need to store their belongings for both short- and long-term situations can leverage JMM’s storage facilities.

About HomeServices of America

HomeServices of America, Inc., through its operating companies, is the nation’s largest residential real estate company based on closed transactions and is the country’s premier provider of homeownership services, including brokerage, mortgage, franchising, settlement, property and casualty insurance, relocation services and more. HomeServices of America is the owner of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Real Living Real Estate residential real estate franchise networks. HomeServices is owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. For more information visit www.homeservices.com.


More growth, new strategies coming as First Weber announces new leadership

(Madison, WI, Jan. 6, 2022)–The new year brings excitement for First Weber Realtors®, with changes in executive leadership positions as Shawna Alt takes over as CEO of Wisconsin’s largest real estate company and Tamara Maddente moves to president.  After nearly 50 years in real estate, former CEO, Kevin Donnell, will transition to the position of Chairman where he will continue to serve on the executive leadership team and focus on strategic initiatives.

With 28 years of experience within the industry, Alt has held diverse roles in the company rising from personal assistant and sales agent to regional sales manager and president. As CEO, Shawna is focused on cementing First Weber’s position as an industry leader in identifying and meeting consumer and agent needs. She is known for her ability to drive strategies that improve both First Weber’s products and services as well as create a culture that allows agents, and staff to thrive. With a degree in psychology from the College of Charleston, Shawna serves on the board of directors for the First Weber Foundation, the South-Central Wisconsin Multiple Listing Service, and the Wisconsin Realtors® Association. She has also served on the board of directors of Colsac Skiers Adaptive Waterski School.

Maddente brings more than 30 years of experience to her new role as president, stepping up from senior vice president and regional manager. Maddente brings passion and energy to her role and works diligently to drive innovation and progess. She has served as a Director of the Wisconsin Realtors® Association, as well as the past president of the Metro Multiple Listing Service where she remains a current member of the executive committee. She also serves as president of the First Weber Foundation.

“Together, Shawna and Tammy make a great team and bring creative energy and passion to First Weber. Their experience, knowledge, and work ethic speak for themselves, and we are so excited for this next chapter,” said Donnell, Chairman of First Weber. “I am extremely proud of everyone at First Weber and everything we have accomplished together. Our future is bright. The company is in very capable hands.”

“Both Shawna and Tammy have proven themselves to be effective leaders,” said Gino Blefari, CEO of HomeServices of America, the parent company of First Weber. “I am confident that with their fresh perspective and drive, First Weber is well-positioned for continued growth and success.”