One of Southeast's Largest Real Estate Teams Joins Village Realty

Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO

Friday, July 28th, 2017

Village Realty today announced the addition of one of the Southeast's largest real estate teams, The Atlanta SOLD Sisters. The Atlanta SOLD Sisters has consistently ranked as one of the most successful and highest producing teams in the Southeast for the past 5 years. In 2016, this multi-million dollar team sold more than $63 Million of residential real estate throughout metro Atlanta.  Now the team brings its firepower to Village Realty, a tech-enabled real estate brokerage specializing in empowering Realtors to provide unparalleled client services to buyers and sellers in metro Atlanta.

The move of such a powerful team from a traditional national brokerage to a smaller, more nimble firm points to a bigger shift in this rapidly changing industry.  With the growth of technologies that focus on consumer-end applications and online user experiences, agents need their brokerages to provide more relevant and forward-thinking support than what has typically been offered.  Village Realty believes in the power of technology in the real estate world and understands that there has to be a marriage of technology and community in order for both the agent and, more importantly, buyers and sellers to successfully meet their real estate goals.

Village Realty also announced today the expansion of its culture-driven and client-focused brokerage to the northside of metro Atlanta.  Village Realty opened its second office in downtown Alpharetta, an area that is quickly redefining its real estate landscape as well as becoming one of the largest technology business hubs in Atlanta. The combination of technology, real estate growth, and the enthusiastic sense of community and culture of downtown Alpharetta made it an ideal location for Village Realty's newest office.

Culture is the key differentiator of Village Realty versus other brokerages. The company is hyper focused on innovating and implementing the tools agents need to thrive in real estate. With the addition of The Atlanta SOLD Sisters, plus more than 70 Realtors already on the roster, the goal of the Village Realty team is to help metro Atlanta buyers and sellers prosper in a client-centric environment.

"We chose Village Realty because it's the perfect blend of high-tech meets community," said Debbie Knowles, co-owner of The Atlanta SOLD Sisters. "We're excited to be deep in the northside community powered by the best technology in the business."

"The transition to Village was amazingly simple," commented Jennifer Dilbeck-Guffin, the other co-owner of The Atlanta SOLD Sisters. "Their team made the switch seamless for 11 licenses and a multitude of listings and contracts. We didn't miss a minute of focus on our business or our clients."

"Real estate is hard and the industry is under attack from a wide variety of technologies. We at Village Realty felt there was a void in helping great local Realtors keep up with an aggressively changing marketplace," said David Lightburn, founder and co-owner of Village Realty. "With our advantage of being headquartered in Atlanta Tech Village, the 4th largest tech hub in the country, we are able to support the local Realtor in a way that's never been done before. We are very excited about weaving this into the unique fabric of Atlanta's northside."