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Memphis, TN: Crye-Leike Insurance has received the 2018 Platinum Partners Circle of Excellence award from Travelers Insurance, a leading provider of property casualty insurance for auto, home and business. Crye-Leike Insurance is only 1 of 14 recipients of the award throughout Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas. Crye-Leike Insurance serves the needs of thousands of families and businesses throughout the Mid-South. The Travelers Insurance Platinum Circle of Excellence award is given to companies with outstanding sales performance. Crye-Leike Insurance's new business sales rose 167 percent during 2017-2018. The company works with multiple providers throughout the U.S., including Travelers Insurance, to guarantee clients the best service possible. For more information regarding Crye-Leike Insurance, please visit the Crye-Leike website at www.crye-leike.com/insurance. To speak to an insurance representative, please call (877)-797-7210, or email insurance@crye-leike.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE INSURANCE: Crye-Leike Insurance (www.crye-leike.com/insurance) was founded in 1982 and operates in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Crye-Leike Insurance is affiliated with Crye-Leike Real Estate's family of services.

Memphis, TN: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services website (www.crye-leike.com) has received the 2019 Website Quality Certification and Best Internet Lead Management and Response Time award from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a selective global community of more than 565 independent real estate firms. The award can be added to an abundant list of the website's achievements, including recently receiving the Top 20 Websites and Top 10 Listing Services in the Country awards from Real Trends, a Trusted Source of news, analysis and information on the residential brokerage industry since 1987. The Crye-Leike website was noted for having the best practices related to customer service and client respect and Internet Lead Management. Under the leadership of Gurtej Sodhi, Chief Information & Operations Officer and Angie Vandenbergh, Director of Software Development, the Crye-Leike website has won awards for design and performance year-after-year for the past decade. "Winning the award this year for the best customer service and internet lead management crowns the previous award for the most effective SEO strategy that makes it easy for consumers to find the website, with competitive positioning on popular search engines, unique content focusing on key markets, effective incorporation of social media and other tactics. It underscores our commitment to ensuring that we are providing our customers with the quality of service they expect and deserve," said Sodhi. The Crye-Leike Information Technology team spent countless hours during 2018 working to make the website the best it can be. Even after the website was honored in the Top 10 and 20 lists from Real Trends, the Crye-Leike team continued to make improvements to the website, leading to a nomination for the Website Quality Certification. The hard work put forth by Sodhi's team resulted in Crye-Leike's website to be set at a higher standard than the 120 other companies that were nominated. CEO and Co-Founder Harold Crye takes pride in the advancement of the website and its offerings, stating that, "With over 500,000 listings of homes that are updated every 12 minutes to ensure that the most comprehensive, current, and accurate information is provided to the millions of visitors to the Crye-Leike website, our online presence is an extremely important channel for us to deliver exceptional and unmatched value to our customers." For more information about Crye-Leike Real Estate Services, please visit the award-winning website at www.crye-leike.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 - its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Cleveland, TN: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services announces that, for the third consecutive year, The Jannis Sams Team, consisting of Affiliate Brokers Jannis and Tim Sams, has earned the title of Crye-Leike Top Real Estate Team for the Chattanooga region. To be named a top producing team in one of Crye-Leike's nine-state regions, individual(s) must have earned the highest sales volume for that year. The Jannis Sams Team was recently honored by CEO and Co-Founder Harold Crye at Crye-Leike's Chattanooga Kick-Off meeting in January. "We are very proud of the dedication and commitment seen by our top producers," said Crye. "2018 was a record-breaking year for the company and would not have been possible without their hard-work and drive." Jannis Sams has been in real estate for 24 years and her husband, Tim Sams, joined her four years ago. The duo specializes in residential, relocation, move-up buyers, first time home buyers, farms and new construction real estate services throughout Cleveland. Both are members of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), the River Counties Association of REALTORS (RCAR) and the Greater Chattanooga Association of REALTORS (GCAR). The team's abilities to communicate with clients and remain relevant when changes occur in the real estate world have helped make them successful over the years. "We are committed to our clients and believe that communication is key," said Jannis Sams. "With the industry being so busy today, we like to have a personal touch with our clients. We use the latest technologies in marketing our properties to guarantee maximum exposure." For more information regarding real estate in and around Cleveland, TN, please visit the Cleveland branch office, located at 4627 North Lee Highway, or visit the Crye-Leike website at www.crye-leike.com. The Jannis Sams team can be reached via email at jannis.sams@realtor.com, or visit the team's website at www.clevelandchatthomes.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 its biggest year ever and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Cookeville, TN: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services announces that Listing Specialist Elijah Castelli has earned the title of Crye-Leike Top Real Estate Producer for the East Tennessee region. To be named a top producer in one of Crye-Leike's nine-state regions, individual(s) must have earned the highest sales volume for that year. Castelli was recently honored by CEO and Co-Founder Harold Crye at Crye-Leike's East Tennessee Kick-Off meeting in January. "We are very proud of the dedication and commitment seen by our top producers," said Crye. "2018 was a record-breaking year for the company and would not have been possible without their hard-work and drive." A Crye-Leike Million Dollar Club member, Castelli serves the real estate needs of home buyers and sellers in Putnam, White and Cumberland counties. Castelli is a member of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), Tennessee Association of REALTORS (TAR) and has formed his own real estate team, "Team Castelli". Castelli has been in the real estate industry for 13 years and knows what it takes to thrive in the business. "It takes a mastery of talents, teamwork, hard work and a love of people," said Castelli. "This job is something I love and helping people get what they want through going above and beyond for our clients is the key to success." For more information regarding real estate in and around Cookeville, TN, please visit the branch office, located at 1400 Neal St., or visit Crye-Leike's website at www.crye-leike.com. Realtor Elijah Castelli may be reached at (931) 260-8622 or via email at elijah@teamcastelli.com. To visit Castelli's website, please refer to www.teamcastelli.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 its biggest year ever and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Mount Juliet, TN: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services congratulates Realtor Vice President Kay Self on being awarded 2018 Realtor of the Year by the East Middle Tennessee Association of REATLORS (EMTAR). Self is affiliated with Crye-Leike's Mount Juliet branch office and serves the residential real estate needs of home-buyers and sellers in the Greater Nashville area. Self was honored at the EMTAR Awards of Excellence ceremony at the end of February. The ceremony honors members of the Association who meet specific standards and requirements throughout the year. In the past, she has served on the EMTAR Board of Directors and has earned the EMTAR Diamond Level award, which requires a minimum of $10 million in gross sales volume. Self is currently an active member of EMTAR's community involvement committee, the 2019 awards banquet committee and the REALTORS Political Action Committee (RPAC). A Crye-Leike Multi-Million Dollar Club Member, Self served as the co-chair of EMTAR's RPAC, and has previously earned the Crye-Leike Circle of Excellence award the highest achievement a Crye-Leike associate can earn titling her with vice president. Self is passionate about her real estate career and credits her success to loving what she does. "I have been in this profession for 15 years now and love it more each day," said Self. "I am a firm believer that you can't be good at this job if you don't love what you're doing!" For more information regarding real estate in and around Mount Juliet, TN, visit Crye-Leike's branch office, located at 1285 North Mt. Juliet Rd., or visit the Crye-Leike website at www.crye-leike.com. Realtor Kay Self may be reached at (615) 419-2670 or via email at kay.self@crye-leike.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 - its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Madison, MS: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services announces that Realtor Julie Bishop has earned the title of Crye-Leike Top Real Estate Producer for the Central Mississippi region. Bishop serves the real estate needs of home-buyers and sellers in Madison, Rankin and Hinds counties. To be named a top producer in one of Crye-Leike's nine-state regions, individual(s) must have earned the highest sales volume for that year. Bishop was recently honored by CEO and Co-Founder Harold Crye at Crye-Leike's Central Mississippi Kick-Off meeting in January. "We are very proud of the dedication and commitment seen by our top producers," said Crye. "2018 was a record-breaking year for the company and would not have been possible without their hard-work and drive." Bishop, a real estate professional for 16 years, is a member of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), the Mississippi Association of REALTORS (MAR) and the Central Mississippi REALTORS Association (CMRA). A multi-million dollar producer, Bishop has continued her education and earned the designations of Certified Relocation Agent (CRA) and Graduate, REALTOR Institute (GRI). Bishop is proud of her new achievement and looks forward to helping her clients in the future. "It is truly an honor to represent Crye-Leike as a 2018 top producer," said Bishop. "My goal is to make each day better than the one before, because I know I am so blessed to have the opportunities to positively affect the lives of others day-in and day-out!" For more information regarding real estate in and around Madison, MS, please visit the branch office, located at 1069 Hwy 51 Ste 1069, or the Crye-Leike website at www.crye-leike.com. Realtor Julie Bishop may be reached at (601) 624-9292, or via email at julie.bishop@crye-leike.com. Bishop's website may be found at http://juliebishop.crye-leike.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 its biggest year ever and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Chattanooga, TN: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services announces that Realtor Mac Hibbett has earned the title of Crye-Leike Top Real Estate Producer for the Chattanooga region. To be named a top producer in one of Crye-Leike's nine-state regions, individual(s) must have earned the highest sales volume for that year. Mac Hibbett was recently honored by CEO and Co-Founder Harold Crye at Crye-Leike's Chattanooga Kick-Off meeting in January. "We are very proud of the dedication and commitment seen by our top producers," said Crye. "2018 was a record-breaking year for the company and would not have been possible without their hard-work and drive." Hibbett, a licensed Realtor in Tennessee and Georgia, is a member of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), the Tennessee Association of REALTORS (TAR) and the Chattanooga Association of REALTORS (CAR). He specializes in residential, commercial, investment properties and property management real estate services in the Downtown Chattanooga area. Managing broker of the Crye-Leike Downtown office, Vicki Trapp, noted that, "Mac is such a hard worker. From the day he started at the Downtown office, he has been focused and dedicated." Hibbett is proud of this accomplishment and is thankful to his clients that have helped him become successful. "I'm truly grateful for my clients that have entrusted me with their business over the last nine years," said Hibbett. "I look forward to serving the Chattanooga area for many years to come." For more information regarding real estate in and around Downtown Chattanooga, please visit the branch office, located at 1201 Market St., or visit Crye-Leike's website at www.crye-leike.com. Realtor Mac Hibbett may be reached at (423) 756-0771, or via email at mac.hibbett@crye-leike.com. Hibbett's website may be found at http://machibbett.crye-leike.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 its biggest year ever and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Brandon, MS: Congratulations to Realtor Kimberlee Haralson of Crye-Leike Brandon for receiving the 2019 Crye-Leike Rookie of the Year award for the Central Mississippi region. Haralson was the number one agent for sales transactions among new Crye-Leike agents in 2018 within her region and was recently honored at the company's annual Kick-Off meeting in January. Haralson is a member of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) and the Central Mississippi Association of REALTORS (CMR). She specializes in residential and first time home-buyer real estate services in Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties. For more information about real estate services in and around Brandon, MS, please visit the Crye-Leike branch office, located at 103 Christian Dr. Suite C, or call the office at (601) 825-1125. Realtor Kimberlee Haralson may be reached at (561) 207-0324, or via email at Kimberlee.cryeleike@gmail.com. Haralson's webpage may be found at www.facebook.com/yourmississippirealtor. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 - its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Memphis, TN: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services proudly recognizes 15 of its sales associates with the company's highest award, the Circle of Excellence and honorary title of vice-president. Associates were honored at Crye-Leike's January kick-off campaigns across the company's nine-state region. Sales associates work diligently year-round to meet the requirements needed to receive this award. Recipients must show advancement in their studies through obtainment of real estate designations within their respective fields, maintain exemplary ethical behavior throughout their careers, record five or more continuous years with Crye-Leike, become a lifetime member of Crye-Leike's Multi-million Dollar Club and have served or are serving as chair or vice-chair on one or more standing committees at a local Board of Realtors, or in a leadership position with a board based community service organization. "This award recognizes those unique individuals who attain the highest level of professional development," said CEO and Co-Founder Harold Crye of Crye-Leike Real Estate Services. "The requirements are stringent, yet a growing number of our sales associates continue to respond to this challenge and become what we refer to as "The Best of the Best." Gold and diamond pins were gifted to each recipient to represent this great honor. Congratulations to the following sales associates: West Tennessee region: *Scott Bettis of Crye-Leike REO Division *Sharon S. Brown of Crye-Leike Bartlett *Kim Hairrell of Crye-Leike REO Division *Angie Kirkpatrick of Crye-Leike East Memphis *Marty McClatchy of Crye-Leike Germantown Forest Hill Irene *Beverly Michalek of Crye-Leike Germantown Forest Hill Irene *Polly Sayres of Crye-Leike Germantown Forest Hill Irene *Beth Walker of Crye-Leike Tupelo *Amy Woods of Crye-Leike East Memphis Middle Tennessee region: *Amy Lysyczyn of Crye-Leike Smyrna *Pam Redden of Crye-Leike Dickson East Tennessee region: *Teri Jo Fox of Crye-Leike West Knoxville South East Tennessee region: *Mike Domeck of Crye-Leike Cleveland *Donna Darnes of Crye-Leike Ooltewah Central Arkansas region: *Glen Rega of Crye-Leike Conway ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 - its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Nashville, TN: Congratulations to Realtor John Montgomery of Crye-Leike Clarksville-Sango for receiving the 2019 Crye-Leike Rookie of the Year award for the Middle Tennessee region. Montgomery was the number one agent for sales transactions among new Crye-Leike agents in 2018 within his region. Recently honored at the company's annual meeting for the Middle Tennessee region, Montgomery expressed that, "It has been a great year and I'm excited to see what 2019 brings." Within just one year of joining the real estate industry, Montgomery has become a member of the National Association of REALTORS, the Tennessee Association of REALTORS (TAR) and the Clarksville Association of REALTORS (CAR). He has also earned designations as a Military Relocation Professional (MRP) and a Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA). Montgomery relates his real estate background to his own life after serving 21 years in the U.S. Army and retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. "I remember what it was like to only have 2-3 days to find a new house because of a military move," said Montgomery. "Crye-Leike's focus on values, continuing education and agent support reinforce my decision to join real estate." For more information about real estate in and around Clarksville, TN, contact Realtor John Montgomery at (931) 802-1222, or via email at john.montgomery@crye-leike.com. You may also visit the Crye-Leike Clarksville-Sango branch office, located at 2204-D Madison St, or visit Montgomery's website at http://thejrgrouppartners.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 - its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services is proud to announce that the Fort Oglethorpe branch office has been awarded the 2019 Best Residential Real Estate Company award by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The Times Free Press hosts an annual "Best of the Best" award ceremony that resembles a "People's Choice Awards" set-up. The event highlights different industries in the region and this year, for the best residential real estate category, loyal readers voted for Crye-Leike Fort Oglethorpe. The office consists of 21 sales associates and is ran by Managing Broker Ian O'Shea. For more information about residential real estate around Fort Oglethorpe, you may visit the branch office, located at 69 Crye-Leike Drive, or call the office at (706) 861-2400. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 - its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the company's goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Harold E. Crye, co-founder and CEO of Crye-Leike Real Estate Services, has been named to the 2019 Swanepoel Power 200 (SP200) list, which lists the 200 most powerful leaders in the residential real estate industry. Crye-Leike, a full service real estate company, is ranked the fifth largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation. The SP200 (Swanepoel Power 200) is the definitive ranking of residential real estates top leaders produced and published annually by the Swanepoel T3 Group. "To produce the report each year we invest over 400 hours of research, hold countless internal debates, perform a deep analysis of numbers and organizational charts, and candidly question what power actually means." Leaders are evaluated based on the office they hold, the decision-making power associated with the office, the financial resources at their disposal, their organizations industry significance and geographical reach, public announcements about imminent changes, their tenure and their personal influence in the industry. Factors that are considered go well beyond the size and financial success of the companies they lead, with leaders being evaluated based on their personal influence, tenure, office, decision-making power, the financial resources at their disposal, their company or organization's industry significance and geographic reach, and public announcements about pending changes. The result is a list considered the definitive ranking of residential real estate's top leaders. Crye, who co-founded Crye-Leike in 1997 in Memphis with partner and president, Dick Leike, said the listing is a reflection of the hard work and success of the more than 3,200 independent real estate agents affiliated with Crye-Leike and the more than 800 employees who support them. About Swanepoel T3 Group Swanepoel T3 Group is a research and consulting firm founded by real estate success story Stefan Swanepoel, whose career over four decades has included such roles as president and/or CEO of a real estate brokerage, a global real estate franchisor, a national REALTOR association, a MLS organization, and a technology startup. For the last 19 years, he has served as a trusted confidential adviser to CEOs and other senior leaders in the real estate industry. He is the author of 33 books and reports. About Crye-Leike Tennessee-based Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full-service real estate company for 40 years, is ranked the fifth largest independently owned real estate firm in the nation, according to the 2017 REAL Trends 500 ranking, and is the largest real estate company in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Crye-Leike has a network of more than 3,100 sales associates and 126 company-owned and franchised offices.

REAL Trends. Inc., the undisputed leader and trusted source of news, analysis, and information in residential real estate, released the top residential real estate brokerage, team and association/MLS websites in its2018 REAL Trends Website Rankings. REAL Trends ranked residential real estate websites based on their excellence in the following categories: Best Overall,Best Video Strategy,Best Design,Best Property Detail Page,Best Community Page, Best Mobile Experience and Best Association Website. Our team analyzed all aspects of these websites, everything from brand messaging, transitions between desktop to mobile, design, navigation and the user experience, says Brent Driggers, web strategist for REAL Trends. Websites were judged using a list of criteria in five critical areas including mobile experience, use of video, neighborhood & community pages, property detail pages and design. Sites that scored highest in all five areas were named Best Overall. Crye-Leike.com won two distinct awards. The first award was recognition in the Best Overall website category with a ranking in the top 25 sites nationally. The second award was in the the Best Property Detail Page category with a ranking in the top 10. Of note out of all the sites selected in winning categories, crye-leike.com is one of the few developed in-house. "A brokerage's or team's website is often the first interaction a real estate buyer or seller has with the firm. It's important that it be clear, attractive and easy to use," says Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. "REAL Trends web consultants have spent the last three months reviewing brokerage and team websites to rank them in six critical areas. Real estate brands now have the ability to see the very best residential real estate websites from across the country and compare their websites to these sites. It is a valuable tool to be able to benchmark one's own website efforts with their peers." To view the rankings visithttp://realtrendswebrankings.com. ABOUT REALTRENDS:REAL Trends is a privately-held, Colorado-based publishing, consulting and communications company specializing in the residential brokerage and housing industries.REALTrendsprovides a wide range of advisory services to a clientele of local, regional and national real estate organizations. REALTrends areas of expertise include operational analysis, valuations, merger and acquisition advisory services, technology and digital marketing consulting, consumer and business research and strategic planning. Visit REALTrendsatwww.realtrends.com. ABOUT CRYE-LEIKE: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for over 40 years, is ranked as the third largest independently-owned real estate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates, 800 employees and 128 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It generated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 32,583 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2017 its biggest year ever - and is on track to achieve the companys goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.

Nashville, Tenn. (March 9, 2016) Crye-Leike, REALTORS, the nation's fourth largest privately-held residential real estate firm, was named the winner of the 2015 Most Effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Strategy Award for outstanding website marketing of its Crye-Leike.com web site. This coveted SEO award was presented by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE), a global community of more than 500 high-quality independent real estate firms. Crye-Leike.com was recognized for its website marketing strategy in making it easy for consumers to find its website, with competitive positioning on popular search engines, unique content focusing on key markets, effective incorporation of social media and other tactics. This win marks the fourth time Crye-Leike has achieved this distinction, including years 2014, 2011 and 2010. Additionally, LeadingRE presented Crye-Leike the Website Quality Certification (WQC) Award for being among the best in setting the standard of website excellence in design, technology and service. Among Leading RE's 136 certified sites, Crye-Leike.com was one of eight websites chosen in 2016 for this award of excellence. Crye-Leike has annually maintained its website quality certification since 2009 when LeadingRE established this certification program to recognize and encourage superior websites among its 500+ member firms. The awards were presented at the network's annual awards gala in Miami Beach, Fla. which attracted nearly 2,500 real estate professionals from 25 countries. Chief Executive Officer Harold Crye and Chief Information & Strategy Officer Gurtej Sodhi accepted the awards on behalf of the company's Information Technology Division. Winners were selected by a panel of independent judges who conducted a thorough comparison of 500-plus real estate companies globally in the LeadingRE network, rating and ranking these websites against a long list of performance metrics. Every 12 minutes, the Information Technology Division of Crye-leike updates over 400,000 property listings on Crye-Leike.com to ensure the most accurate information, noted Sodhi. Crye-Leike.com pulls its real estate data from numerous member Multiple Listing Service agencies in nine states where Crye-Leike has a market presence. "With our web site generating over 12,000 visitors per day and 30 million hits per month, you will not find any other local real estate company to come close to Crye-Leikes internet activity," said Sodhi who is a two-time award recipient of the Nashville Business Journal's 2014 & 2015 Chief Information Officer Award in its Large Private Companies (501+ employees) category. "Earning recognition among this elite LeadingRE group is a considerable achievement and quite notable," said Crye-Leike Founder Crye who is treasurer of the board of directors of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. "Our IT Division is to be commended for its commitment to providing innovative technology solutions for our Crye-Leike customers and sales associates." Crye-Leike (crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for 39 years, is ranked the nation's sixth largest residential real estate brokerage firm among the nations top 500 and is the largest real estate company in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South. It has a network of over 3,000 sales associates and 115 branch and franchise offices located in a nine-state region. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Crye-Leike attained sales of $5.7 billion and 31,400 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2015. Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) is the home of the worlds market-leading independent residential brokerages in over 50 countries, with over 500 firms and 120,000 associates producing over 1 million transactions valued at $321 billion annually.      

Memphis, TN.- Crye-Leike, REALTOR's Chief Information & Strategy Officer, Gurtej Sodhi, was honored recently by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World? (LeadingRE) with their Presidential Award and Most Effective SEO Strategy Award.   The awards were presented at the LeadingRE's annual Conference Week from February 9-13 at Wynn Las Vegas. The event gathered more than 2,000 top real estate professionals from over 20 countries.   The President's Award, a top individual honor, is part of LeadingRE's service recognition program, which formally acknowledges contributions such as committee involvement, presentations at network conferences and service on various advisory councils and boards.   "I am honored to be presented this prestigious award that recognizes all the input I have had the opportunity to provide over the last four years to the network and its 500+ global members," said Sodhi.   As the Founding Chairman of the Technology Advisory Council at LeadingRE, Sodhi hopes to help drive industry initiatives in the future.   "I commend and congratulate Gurtej on his leadership and his commitment to moving the Real Estate industry forward as a whole," said Harold Crye, Crye-Leike founder and CEO.   "It is a true honor to recognize dedicated professionals like Gurtej," said LeadingRE President/CEO Pam O'Connor. "This award reflects an exceptional level of real estate expertise and professionalism, as well as an exemplary commitment to our global network."   Sodhi and Crye-Leike's technology team received the award for Most Effective SEO Strategy for its website www.crye-leike.com. The site was recognized for having a strategy that makes it easy for consumers to find the website with competitive positioning on popular search engines, unique content focusing on key markets, as well as effective incorporation of social media and other tactics.   "Receiving this award for the third time confirms Crye-Leike's website as a leader in providing the highest exposure for our listings while serving our customers and sales associates in the most effective manner possible," said Sodhi.   Sodhi was also a presenting speaker at LeadingRE's MarTech event, held during the Conference Week, which provided advanced sessions addressing the ways technology and marketing play a critical role in the success of today's real estate firms.   Crye-Leike REALTORS is the South's representative for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World?, a global network of more than 500 top real estate firms in more than 50 countries producing over one million annual home sale transactions. LeadingRE provides its affiliates with an extensive range of brokerage services including lead generation, cross-market referrals, branding support, luxury marketing, online exposure, technology systems, and industry-leading professional development.   Crye-Leike is a full service real estate company that was founded in 1977 by Harold Crye and Dick Leike. Today, Crye-Leike is ranked as the 5th largest real estate firm in the nation and the #1 real estate company in the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has a network of more than 3,000 licensed Realtors and 112 offices located throughout a nine-state region in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma. More information about Crye-Leike can be found at www.crye-leike.com.  

Nashville, TN., - Crye-Leike, REALTORS website has once again been voted as the best of the best.   Crye-Leike.com recently won two awards from the organization Leading Real Estate Companies Of The World at their annual 2014 meeting held in Las Vegas.   Crye-Leike's website beat 500 other real estate companies from around the globe to win the 'Most Effective SEO Strategy Award' and the 'LeadingRE.com #1 Overall Website Traffic Leader Award.'   The 'Most Effective SEO Strategy Award' is an honor Crye-Leike's website has received from LeadingRE in the past. The company's website was recognized with this award for having a strategy that makes it easy for consumers to find the website, with competitive positioning on popular search engines, unique content focusing on key markets, effective incorporation of social media and other tactics.   Crye-Leike's website received the 'LeadingRE.com #1 Overall Website Traffic Leader Award' for being the brokerage that generated the most traffic from their website to the other affiliates belonging to the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World network. Crye-Leike.com also won this award for offering the most real estate website visitors the opportunity to search for properties in other parts of the country and the world.   "It's very rewarding for Crye-Leike's website to be the recipient of these two prestigious awards," said Crye-Leike's CIO & Corporate Executive Vice President Gurtej Sodhi. "This is an affirmation of the expertise of our IT staff as well as their dedication to provide the best consumer experience for all the hundreds of thousands of visitors that come to the Crye-Leike website on a regular basis for all their real estate needs."   In past years, Crye-Leike.com has received numerous other awards from LeadingRE for its demonstrated excellence in website design and content, functionality and usability, human interactivity, customer service and search engine optimization.   "Crye-Leike has demonstrated that it provides vital online resources to home buyers and sellers and it is definitely a company that's raised the bar for best practices in real estate website design and internet communications," said LeadingRE President & CEO Pam O'Connor. "Winning a Leading Real Estate Companies of the World website award reflects a company's commitment to the growing importance of online and mobile marketing in the real estate industry."   O'Connor adds, "With over 90% of people using the Internet in their home search, it's essential for any successful real estate firm to have an engaging, informative and easy-to-use website."   Crye-Leike rolled out an upgraded version of its award winning website in 2012 in order to provide its customers with more helpful features, information and local market updates on the zip codes Crye-Leike serves.   "With Crye-Leike winning these website awards, that is just one additional reason our customers can feel confident they're working with a knowledgeable, tech-savvy company of Realtors," said Crye-Leike Cofounder & CEO Harold Crye. "Offering unsurpassed service to our clients has been Crye-Leike's mission since opening in 1977, and one way we do that is by offering our customers and agents cutting-edge services and technology tools like the powerful website we've built."  

Nashville, Tenn., - Crye-Leike, REALTORS' IT department and sales associates have a website to be very proud of. Crye-Leike's website, http://www.crye-leike.com/main/, has been voted the best of the best.   Crye-Leike.com recently won the Best Website SEO Strategy Award from Leading Real Estate Companies Of The World - beating various other highly regarded real estate companies from around the globe that had also been nominated in the category.   "It is an honor to receive this prestigious award," said Crye-Leike's CIO & Corporate Executive Vice President Gurtej Sodhi. "This is an affirmation of the expertise of our IT staff as well as their dedication to provide the best consumer experience for all the hundreds of thousands of visitors that come to the Crye-Leike website on a regular basis for all their real estate needs."   Sodhi adds, "Crye Leike stood out in the Best Website SEO Strategy award category which represents the strategy that a website employs to rank high with the various search engines in order to monetize the web presence and conduct e-commerce."   For the second year in a row, Crye-Leike.com also earned a Website Quality Certification from Leading Real Estate Companies Of The World. The WQC certification was first introduced in 2009 to recognize and encourage superior websites among Leading RE's 600 member firms. Crye-Leike's website is one of 111 applicants to earn the 2010 WQC designation.   "It's very rewarding to be the recipient of the Website Quality Certification two years in a row," said Sodhi. "The WQC is presented by Leading RE to member companies that have demonstrated excellence in website design, functionality and execution. Every aspect of our site was reviewed to ensure exacting standards were met in six key areas, ranging from design and content to human interactivity to search engine optimization."   Pam O'Connor, President and CEO Of Leading Real Estate Companies Of The World, explains, "With over 90% of people using the Internet in their home search, it's essential for any successful real estate firm to have an engaging, informative and easy-to-use website."   "By earning the Website Quality Certification, Crye-Leike has demonstrated that it provides vital online resources to home buyers and sellers," said O'Connor.   More About Crye-Leike, REALTORS Harold Crye and Dick Leike established Crye-Leike, REALTORS in 1977. Today, Crye-Leike?, the nation's 6th largest real estate company, has a network of more than 3,200 licensed sales associates based out of 113 corporate and franchise offices located through-out the nine-state southern region of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana and Oklahoma.   Crye-Leike is a full-service real estate company offering buyers and sellers services in: residential and commercial sales, mortgage, title, insurance, business brokerage and investments, property management, development and construction, builder resources, REO bank-owned properties, relocation, auctions, and home services. In 2010, Crye-Leike attained a sales volume of $3.85 billion with 24,260 homes sold. More information is available at http://www.crye-leike.com.      

BRENTWOOD, TN., - Most companies, big and small, have invested time, human resources and revenue in their online presence. In most cases it's been the development of a standard website to project a firm's brand, business, story and services. Depending on the budget - that online investment can run a few hundred dollars on up into the millions.   To further distinguish itself in the heavy web-based traffic of online real estate, home and Realtor searches and shopping? the mega real estate firm Crye-Leike has gone the extra mile - having its corporate web site ?quality certified.'   The company's website crye-leike.com has been evaluated by a global real estate association - Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) - which deemed the firm's crye-leike.com worthy of its quality certification designation.   "This provides an affirmation of the quality of Crye Leike's website," said Gurtej Sodhi, CIO & Corporate Executive Vice President for Crye-Leike, REALTORS. "Being compared and analyzed at a global level with all the other real estate websites around the world and achieving this certification provides us with a benchmark of our performance on a worldwide scale."   In bestowing the company with its ?excellence in corporate website' certification, LeadingRE noted that Crye-Leike, REALTORS and its crye-leike.com demonstrate excellence in website design, functionality and execution.   Among the findings in Crye-Leike's website evaluation by LeadingRE; crye-leike.com had a page speed of under 15 seconds, a home page load time of less than three seconds, under six seconds for a property detail page to load and no broken links. The site was found to have strong and consistent branding and good information for consumers on home buying and selling.   The evaluators were also mindful of how timely the company would be with a reply to a customer comment made through crye-leike.com. An evaluator noted that after sending an email at 9:20am requesting information - a friendly and personalized reply came back approximately an hour later. The evaluator noted, ?Great Job.'   "As a customer, it is important to feel confident that the website you are using to collect information on - for one of the most important and potentially biggest transactions of one's life - is comprehensive and feature rich," said Angie Vandenbergh Web Manager for Crye-Leike Information Technology. "We've enabled our visitors to have access to all the information they need as they go along this process of looking at homes and Realtors to match their needs. Having this global certification is a measure of the level of achievement of the website and a clear indicator to the customer that they are working with a quality company that cares."   The website quality certification was only recently introduced by the ?global group' LeadingRE in 2009 as a means of recognizing and encouraging superior websites among it's 600 member companies. Crye-Leike is one of only 64 initial applicants to earn the designation. The certification process reviewed every aspect of the site - and crye-leike.com met the LeadingRE high standards in eight key areas ranging from design and content to human interactivity to search engine optimization.   "A real estate company's website plays an increasingly significant role with today's consumers, who often go there first when considering buying or selling a home," said Pam O'Connor, president/CEO of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World?. "It is thus critical to use this Internet medium to attract and engage consumers in a meaningful way."   As if the new quality certification isn't enough, Crye-Leike web managers and programmers are now undertaking the process of redesigning the current crye-leike.com and expect to launch a new look sometime in 2010. The company intends to maintain its quality certification by submitting an application to LeadingRE this fall and each year thereafter in order to maintain its designation status.   "It's our goal and our promise to everyone who visits crye-leike.com that we will offer them a cutting-edge user experience with use of audio and video broadcast, exceptional visual elements, sophisticated core design, effective use of video content and features that engage consumers such as interactive maps, blogs, etc," said Sodhi. "Crye-Leike consistently strives to enhance the features on the website and make available all those functions that will consistently improve the consumer experience on an on-going basis."   About Leading Real Estate Companies of the World? Leading Real Estate Companies of the World? (www.LeadingRE.com) is a global real estate network comprised of over 600 of the best-known local and regional real estate firms. With nearly 5,000 offices and 150,000 sales associates in the United States and 35 countries abroad, LeadingRE affiliates sell almost $300 billion in home sales, representing nearly one million transactions annually. The network has #1 marketshare in more of the top 88 U.S. markets than any national brand, representing a powerful force in American real estate.   About Crye-Leike, REALTORS Harold Crye and Dick Leike established Crye-Leike, REALTORS (www.crye-leike.com) in 1977. Today, Crye-Leike?, the Nations 6th Largest real estate company, has a network of 3,600 licensed sales associates based out of more than 130 corporate and franchise offices located through-out the nine-state southern region of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Oklahoma.   Crye-Leike is a full-service real estate company offering buyers and sellers services in: residential and commercial sales, mortgage, title, insurance, business brokerage and investments, property management, development and construction, builder resources, REO bank-owned properties, relocation, auctions, and home services. In 2009, Crye-Leike attained a sales volume in excess of $3.9 billion with 24,983 homes sold.  

BRENTWOOD, TN., - Crye-Leike, REALTORS is proud to announce that the company has been named a nominee for the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World? Diamond Award. Only 15 of the 700 member real estate firms, a collection of independently owned real estate firms worldwide, received a nomination. "As one of the original founders of this organization it is truly an honor for our company to be nominated this year as among the best," said Harold Crye, Co Founder and CEO of Crye-Leike, REALTORS. "Our Relocation Specialists are to be especially recognized for their tireless efforts working with this global community of independent real estate providers to take care of clients who are moving across the country or across the globe." As a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World?, Crye-Leike, REALTORS can assist individuals relocating to virtually any community in the U.S. or abroad, with services including comprehensive destination orientation programs, real estate assistance, spouse employment aid, mortgage assistance, household goods move management and more. "Four decades ago national and international companies didn't move their employees around the way they do today," said Crye. "As we've become more economically tied globally, and companies move staff and look to recruit from all corners of the globe, they rely more than ever upon companies like ours and the network of LeadingRE to handle the transferees move." The winner of the Diamond Award will be announced during the Annual Awards Gala April 11 during the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World? annual conference in Boca Raton, FL. The event is expected to attract nearly 800 brokers, managers, relocation professionals, sponsors and guests from leading domestic and international real estate firms. Leading Real Estate Companies of the World? www.LeadingRE.com is a global real estate network comprised of nearly 700 of the best-known local and regional real estate firms. With more 5,000 offices and 145,000 sales associates in the United States and 35 countries abroad, LeadingRE affiliates sell over $400 billion in home sales representing more than 1.3 million transactions annually, outselling any national franchise and leading the nation in the sales of $1 million-plus homes. Seven of the United States' top 10 real estate firms are LeadingRE affiliates. Harold Crye and Dick Leike established Crye-Leike, REALTORS in 1977. Today, Crye-Leike?, the nations 4th largest real estate company, has a network of more than 4,100 sales associates and 132 corporate and franchise offices located in 65 counties through-out the eight-state southern region of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. Crye-Leike is a full-service real estate company offering buyers and sellers services in the following areas of specialty: residential sales, mortgage lending, title, insurance, commercial business and investments, property management, development and construction, builder resources, REO bank-owned properties, relocation, auctions, and home services referrals. In 2007, the Crye-Leike organization attained sales of $5.7 billion with 32,500 closed transaction sides.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Crye-Leike, Realtors, the nation's 4th largest real estate company, and the largest in Tennessee and the Mid-south was recently selected as one of Nashville's top real estate companies by Greater Nashville House & Home & Garden magazine. When polled, readers of the magazine ranked Crye-Leike one of the top three real estate companies in the region. Rankings were based on things like overall customer satisfaction, knowledge of the industry, and excellence in real estate services. In response to his company's ranking, owner and chief executive officer Harold Crye, who was recently named by Realtor magazine as one of "real estate's 25 most influential thought leaders" says, "I always tell people that Crye-Leike has some of the best agents in the business. Our agents care about more than just buying and selling houses, they care about building better communities. We are honored to be named one of the top real estate companies in the area. We believe we are on firm footing for a stellar year in 2007." Crye goes on to say that Crye-Leike focuses on empowering its agents by providing numerous resources such as its fully serviced marketing and public relations departments, appointment center, fully-computerized offices, in-house training school, monthly Home Buyers magazine and so much more. Crye-Leike is a full service residential and commercial real estate company that has taken real estate to new heights by providing a one-stop "home buying and selling experience" for its clients through its relocation, REO, commercial, home services, and auction divisions as well as a property leasing and management, insurance and title companies, and bank.   The strategic move has set Crye-Leike apart as it has grown to become one of the nation's leading real estate companies. Real Trends, Inc., the leading provider for information and analysis for the residential real estate industry, (www.realtrends.com), ranks Crye-Leike 6th among the country's largest real estate firms and Crye-leike is ranked # 1 in Tennessee.   -MORE-     Crye-Leike? has a network of over 3,500 sales associates and 109 corporate and franchise offices located in 58 counties throughout a seven-state southern region in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. In 2006, the Crye-Leike organization attained sales of $6.1 billion with 35,498 closed transaction sides.    

Jonesboro, Ark. - Crye-Leike, Realtors' Jonesboro branch office was recently voted the No. 1 real estate agency in the Greater Jonesboro area by readers of The Jonesboro Sun newspaper during its Third Annual 2003 Best of the Best under the Sun awards. The Jonesboro Sun, which has a daily circulation of 28,000 and Sunday circulation of 30,500, based the results on its readers casting their votes. The newspaper established its readers' choice awards program to garner community involvement and heighten the competitive spirit, said a spokesman for the newspaper. Crye-Leike, Realtors in Jonesboro has 43 sales associates who sell residential and commercial real estate to buyers and sellers in Craighead, Poinsett, Cross, Lawrence and Greene counties. Its sales associates generated $55.21 million in year-end sales volume in 2002, up 12.11 percent from $49.25 million through December 2001, and handled 768 closings in 2002, a 45 percent increase from one-year prior. "As a full service real estate company, Crye-Leike attracts a sales force of quality people while preserving the small company spirit it began with 26 years ago," says Joyce Isbell, co-manager of Crye-Leike's Jonesboro branch office. "The result is a strong feeling of ?family' that makes Crye-Leike a uniquely supportive and dynamic environment in which to work." "Crye-Leike's goal is to provide our sales associates with the proper marketing tools they need to sell real estate for the highest possible price in the least amount of time," says Cathi Nisenbaum, co-manager. "Our associates can choose from the many different tools and techniques available from our in-house marketing department, like SmartLine, an automated 24-hour information phone line which allows potential buyers instant access to information about the home 24/7; or, our visual marketing program which offers 360 degree virtual tours of homes on our company's Web site, a popular way to shop for homes which averages over 5 million hits a month and over 110,000 visitors a day." Crye-Leike of Arkansas, Inc. established its Jonesboro branch office in December 1999, becoming Crye-Leike's second branch office in Arkansas. In May 2002, Crye-Leike established its fifth regional hub office in Little Rock, Ark., joining Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Johnson City. Today, Crye-Leike has seven branch offices and one franchise office in Arkansas. "Today's consumers want the home buying process to be quicker and more streamlined," says Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. "Hence, Crye-Leike gives its home buyers the option of one-stop shopping, like offering a wide variety of financial services such as home mortgages, insurance, title insurance and home warranties through its parent company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. This commitment to offer a wide range of services is one more way Crye-Leike services its sellers and buyers better than any other real estate firm in the Mid-South and Arkansas." As a full service real estate company, Crye-Leike offers real estate and related services, including: residential real estate services; relocation services; commercial business and investment real estate services; property leasing and management services; development and construction services; REO foreclosure services; mortgage lending facilities; insurance services; title services; home services; auction services; apartment locator services; franchise sales and builder resource services. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for 26 years, is the nation's 10th largest real estate company. It has a network of over 2,400 sales associates and 65 corporate and franchise offices located in 36 counties throughout a six-state southern region in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. For information on real estate as a career, or to inquire about joining Crye-Leike, Realtors' sales team in Jonesboro, please contact co-managers Joyce Isbell or Cathi Nisenbaum at 870/935-0701.  

Little Rock, Ark. - Crye-Leike, Realtors, the 13th largest real estate company in the nation, announces the expansion of its Little Rock branch office, a move prompted by the company's growing sales force in the area. Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer, discloses that the company has relocated its current sales force of 37 sales associates to West Little Rock into its new Crye-Leike Hinson Road branch office, located at 11719 Hinson Road, Suite 100. Johnny McKay will continue to serve as managing broker. The additional 5,700 square feet of leased office space will provide room for growth and expansion of its sales force up to 45 sales associates, says McKay. Crye-Leike will retain its current location at 1130 Financial Centre Parkway, Suite 900, to serve as the company's regional headquarters, housing facilities for agent training as well as administrative offices for accounting, marketing and relocation corporate staff. "This is a nice problem to have and our company's sales growth further reflects our need to expand our offices to better serve the area," says Crye. "Since we established our regional foothold in Little Rock this past June, the company's growth in Arkansas real estate sales has more than doubled." Crye-Leike of Arkansas, Inc. disclosed a record fourth-quarter sales at $25.8 million in 2002, representing a 114.7 percent increase over same-quarter results a year prior. Its 244 real estate property sales in the fourth quarter of 2002 represent a 102 percent increase over comparable quarterly results a year prior. Crye-Leike's new Hinson Road office will serve the real estate needs of buyers and sellers in the Greater Little Rock area, Pulaski County and in Maumelle and North Little Rock until Crye-Leike offices are opened in those areas, says Crye who plans to establish up to seven branch offices surrounding the metro area of Little Rock over the next three years. Future plans include opening offices in Benton, Bryant and North Little Rock. Crye-Leike's Hinson branch office features private and semi-private offices to accommodate top producers as well as has every office pre-wired so agents can connect to Crye-Leike's high speed computer network in order to better serve their technology needs. Along with the convenience of being open seven days a week for its customers, Crye-Leike's Hinson branch office also offers a myriad of services like those offered in the company's other regional markets, including: relocation services; commercial business and investment real estate services and franchise sales. Future plans include the addition of other real estate services by year-end, including property leasing and management services; home services; mortgage lending facilities; insurance services; title services; auction services and apartment locator services. Crye-Leike of Arkansas has six corporate and franchise offices in Arkansas and over 127 sales associates who market residential, commercial, investment property, farms and acreage sales in Craighead, Crittenden, Faulkner, Garland, Mississippi and Pulaski counties. Branch offices are located in Hot Springs, West Little Rock, Little Rock, Jonesboro, West Memphis, and a franchise office in Blytheville. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company for 26 years, is the nation's 13th largest real estate company and the largest serving Tennessee and the Mid-South. It has a network of over 2,300 sales associates and 63 corporate and franchise offices located in 34 counties throughout a six-state southern region in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. Crye-Leike attained sales of $ 3.17 billion and 22,198 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2002.  

Chattanooga, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors, which has nine branch and franchise offices in the Greater Chattanooga area, was recently voted the No. 1 residential and commercial real estate company in the Greater Chattanooga area by readers of The Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper during its first 2001 Readers' Choice awards. Additionally, Crye-Leike sales associate Jo Peckinpaugh was voted as one of the top two residential real estate agents in Chattanooga. Peckinpaugh is affiliated with Crye-Leike's Hixson branch office. The Chattanooga Times Free Press, which has a daily circulation of 75,000 and Sunday circulation of 106,000, based results of Readers' Choice on its readers casting their votes. Winners were verified by the certified public accounting firm of Henderson, Hutcherson and McCullough, PLLC of Chattanooga. The newspaper established its premiere edition of Readers' Choice to continue to receive community involvement and heighten the competitive spirit, said a spokesman for the newspaper. Crye-Leike of Chattanooga, Inc. entered Chattanooga's real estate market in December 1997. Its offices are located in five counties within the Greater Chattanooga area: Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn and Meigs counties, including Catoosa County in North Georgia. Branch and franchise offices are conveniently located in Athens, downtown Chattanooga, Cleveland, Decatur, East Brainerd, Hixson, Signal Mountain and Soddy-Daisy, including Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Sales associates within the Chattanooga area currently total over 260. Crye-Leike of Chattanooga sold 2,210 units in 2000 with a sales volume of $255 million. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company, is the nation's 13th largest real estate company and the largest serving Tennessee and the Mid-South. It has a network of over 2,200 sales associates and 55 branch and franchise offices located in 27 counties throughout a four-state Mid-South region in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and North Georgia. Crye-Leike attained sales of $2.9 billion and 20,406 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2000.  

Athens, Tenn. - During its first year in business, the Athens, Tenn. branch office of Crye-Leike, Realtors? was recently voted the No. 1 real estate agency in McMinn County by readers of The Post Athenian newspaper during its third annual People's Choice Awards. The Post Athenian, which has a weekday circulation of up to 12,300, conducts this annual popular ballot to encourage and acknowledge excellence in the area. Wayne Rutherford is managing broker of Crye-Leike's Athens branch office. Those sales associates affiliated with Crye-Leike's Athens branch office include: Frances Burns; Mike Cantrell; Cristina Chapman; Rosezella Crabtree; Ron Hennessee; Carol Melton; Sandy Phillips; Pat Rogers; Carl "Buddy" Stillwell; Kristy Trusley; Jim Visage; and Gail Wilson. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), a full service real estate company, is the nation's 13th largest real estate company and the largest serving Tennessee and the Mid-South. Its Athens office is one of 54 branch and franchise offices located in 26 counties throughout a four-state Mid-South region in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and North Georgia. With a network of over 2,200 sales associates, Crye-Leike attained sales of $2.9 billion and 20,406 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2000.