pan style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%&qot;>oldwell Banker Premier Real Estate has announced the acquisition and renaming of Coldwell Banker Allied Realtors to expand the franchise into the Visalia and surrounding Tulare County markets.

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pan style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%&qot;>he former Coldwell Banker Allied Realtors office, located at 610 W. Main Street in Visalia, is now the tenth Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate office. Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate now has over 250 sales associates, broker associates, and administrative staff members.

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pan style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%&qot;>llied Realtors has served the Visalia area since 1971. The company became Coldwell Banker Allied Realtors when it affiliated the Coldwell Banker Corporation in 1984. As part of Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate, the company will continue to offer its customers the products and services exclusive to the Coldwell Banker System. The office is staffed by 12 full -time broker associates and sales associates who are committed to customer satisfaction. Four of the company’s original partners continue to serve their customers as brokers with Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate.

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pan style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%&qot;>quot;Growth is essential in any business and we have been working with Coldwell Banker affiliated companies like Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate when they are interested in merging with or acquiring competitors” said Jim Gillespie, president and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.dquo;We wish Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate current and future sales associates the best of luck."

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pan style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%&qot;>oldwell Banker Premier Real Estate is owned by broker George rphy. Murphy has served in the real estate industry for 35 years. He was the President of the Fresno Association of Realtors in 1999 and was voted Realtor of the year in 1998. He holds the Certified Residential Broker (CRB) designation from the National Association of Realtors. Murphy served as Chairman of the Realtors Political Action Committee and has chaired various committees at Board level and also served on several committees at the state level.