Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston Receive Web Image Designation Award

by Patty

RALEIGH, N.C. – Don Walston, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, a Raleigh-based real estate firm, has announced that the firm has received the new Coldwell Banker® Web Image Designation Award. This designation is awarded to companies who excelled at utilizing the photo features to market homes on www.coldwellbanker.com during the 2005 calendar year. Jim Gillespie, president and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporate, presented Walston with the award at the annual Coldwell Banker International Business Conference, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. The annual event brought more than 10,000 Coldwell Banker sales associates, brokers, managers and employees together for an intensive professional development program and awards ceremony. General Colin Powell, former secretary of state under President George W. Bush was the conference’s keynote speaker and Cyndi Lauper, known for such hits as “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time” was the featured entertainer.

“The Web is changing the way the consumer looks for a new home and Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston has helped make http://www.coldwellbanker.com/ an award-winning and popular Web site,” says Gillespie. “It is critical for real estate professionals to embrace technology and provide the consumer with online resources,” says David Jones, COO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston. “The Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston team have helped give the consumer more access to home features online.”

About Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston:
Howard Perry, an established builder, and Don Walston, a real estate entrepreneur, formed Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in 1972. Today the company has over 600 real estate professionals, 12 sales offices, the area’s premier new homes division, a mortgage company, title company, an award winning relocation division, a growing Concierge home services division, the area’s number one real estate school, and the state’s number one real estate Web site. The company has become the largest full-service residential real estate company in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation, with more than 11,000 transactions a year and almost $3 billion in sales. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit their Web site at http://www.hpw.com.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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