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Berkshire Hathaway Home Services is a residential real estate services company. The company provides
real estate brokerage A real estate agent or real estate broker is a person who represents sellers or buyers of real estate or real property. While a broker may work independently, an agent usually works under a licensed broker to represent clients. Brokers and agen ...
services,
mortgage loan A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any ...
origination, franchising,
title insurance Title insurance is a form of indemnity insurance predominantly found in the United States and Canada which insures against financial loss from defects in title to real property and from the invalidity or unenforceability of mortgage loans. Unlike ...
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escrow An escrow is a contractual arrangement in which a third party (the stakeholder or escrow agent) receives and disburses money or property for the primary transacting parties, with the disbursement dependent on conditions agreed to by the transacti ...
and closing services, home warranties,
property insurance Property insurance provides protection against most risks to property, such as fire, theft and some weather damage. This includes specialized forms of insurance such as fire insurance, flood insurance, earthquake insurance, home insurance, or ...
,
casualty insurance Casualty insurance is a defined term which broadly encompasses insurance not directly concerned with life insurance, health insurance, or property insurance. Casualty insurance is mainly liability coverage of an individual or organization for ne ...
, and relocation services. The company's real estate brokerage division operates under 43 brand names, which are listed on its website.


History

The company traces its roots to Amerus Home Services Inc. In 1998, Amerus Home Services was acquired by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. In 1999, MidAmerican renamed its brokerage business HomeServices and acquired Semonin Realtors, operating in Louisville, and Long Realty, operating in Arizona. In 1999,
Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Inc. () is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Its main business and source of capital is insurance, from which it invests the float (the retained premiu ...
acquired MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. In 2006, the company acquired Atlanta based real estate brokerage Harry Norman, Realtors®. In 2012, the company acquired real estate brokerage firms from Prudential and Real Living. In August 2013, the company acquired Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors®/Trident Group. In November 2013, the company acquired Prudential Rubloff Properties, operating in the
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area. In May 2014, the company acquired Intero Real Estate Services, operating in
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. In July 2015, the company acquired Prudential Centennial Realty, operating in Westchester County, and First Weber, the largest residential brokerage in
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. In January 2017, the company acquired Houlihan Lawrence, the largest residential brokerage in
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. In April 2017, the company acquired Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, a residential brokerage in
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. The company also formed a strategic alliance with Juwai.com, China's largest overseas property portal offering access to high-net-worth individual Chinese buyers looking to purchase homes. In June 2017, Robert Moline, president of the company, retired. In September 2017, the company acquired Long & Foster. In 2018, the company acquired North Texas real estate firm Ebby Halliday. In 2020, they originated 43,683 mortgages with a value of $13.8 billion. In 2022, through its Edina Realty subsidiary acquired
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based Hegg Realtors In November 2022, the company acquired Fillmore Real Estate, the largest real estate agency in
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