US giant Keller Williams launches in UK high streets

A fresh wave of competition is set to hit the UK’s high street estate agents as US giant Keller Williams opens two offices in the UK. Following another year of growth, productivity and profitability gains in 2014, Keller Williams now claims to be the largest real estate franchise by agent count in the world. The Austin, Texas-based company added a net gain of 17,000 associates in 2014, increasing its worldwide associate count to more than 112,000, and now it has its eyes firmly set on further expansion by opening an office in London and another in Leeds over the next fortnight. “We’re number one and we’ve just begun,” co-founder and Chairman Gary Keller (left) said. “Keller Williams truly is a company built by agents for agents,” he added. “We’re all agents. And we share the same mindset, values and vision.” Franchising of estate agents has long been big business in the US, but it is now growing increasingly popular here in the UK, as a growing number of national and international firms view the franchising route as the best possible way to expand their own businesses in the UK. Century 21, is another American real estate agent franchise company that…

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