United® Real Estate Welcomes First Broker-Owner Team to Join Richmond Office

RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- United® Real Estate, a fast-growing real estate franchise, announces the addition of a new Broker-Owner team joining its Richmond office. Following the successful launch of their second office in 2018, United Real Estate | Richmond continues to be one of the fastest growing office in Central Virginia. In accordance with this growth, a new Broker-Owner team set to join United | Richmond will be led by Charles Futrell, previous Principal Broker with The Universal Real Estate Group. The team specializes in residential resales and represents several investors.

The newest addition will be the first of several small to mid-size brokerages expected to move to United Real Estate, under their new Broker-Owner's Program. United's business model attracts teams and brokerages who are searching for a way to sustain their well-established brands but are seeking affordable tools and training. The Broker-Owner's Program provides state-of-the-art technology to keep up with the ever-changing real estate market. According to the real estate service BrokerMetrics, United | Richmond has become central Virginia's second largest real estate office in less than four years. Its innovative model paves the way to success for both agents and brokers in the local real estate market.

"The United model disrupts the traditional model of the real estate industry," says Managing Broker, Charles Futrell. "Its innovative approach, the incredible back office and technology platform as well as the family environment the Finn brothers have created has made this merger an easy decision for our team."

"With the way real estate is moving, most brokerages have 10 or less agents. United is uniquely positioned to help agents grow their business by keeping up with the changes in marketing and providing the tools, technology and training to help our agents succeed" said John S. Finn, senior managing broker of United Real Estate | Richmond. "We are excited Charles and his team are now with United and we look forward to our future success together."

A Closer Look at United Real Estate
United Real Estate – a division of the United Real Estate Group – was founded with the purpose of offering solutions to the challenges facing agents in the residential real estate brokerage industry. Providing the latest training, marketing and technology tools to both agents and brokers under a 100-percent commission strategy, United Real Estate makes it more profitable for an agent to sell real estate and for real estate brokers to leverage a complete system to better grow a successful, thriving real estate brokerage. Named as a "frontrunner" in the real estate industry in 2013, "part of the next generation of real estate brokers" in 2014 by the Swanepoel TRENDS Report, as well as being listed in the "Power 200 Most Influential" from 2015-2018 by Swanepoel Power 200. United Real Estate has more than 85 offices and over 3,800 agents. Through a worldwide franchise solution, United continues to rapidly expand and was named to the Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies in 2015-2017 and 2018 Entrepreneur Franchise 500® - Ranked in Top 100 New Franchises, Top Franchises & Top Brands. Driven by an unwavering commitment to giving back, a pillar of United's core values and guiding principles, United Real Estate is proud to support and partner with Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, as United's charity of choice.

SOURCE United Real Estate