Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Northwest Home Team Expands Into Tacoma With Merger

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August 21, 2024 // Franchising.com // TUMWATER, WA. - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Northwest Home Team, with offices in Tumwater, Yelm and Chehalis, has acquired 253 Realty in Tacoma to expand the firm’s service area and market share in Pierce County.

253 Realty was founded by Shawn Viguerie in 2013. Before starting his own business, Viguerie served as a managing broker at another brokerage. Following the merger, Viguerie has assumed the role of managing broker for the Tacoma office.

The firm will now do business as Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Northwest Home Team out of their existing office located at 9621 Golden Given Rd East.

Founded by Steve and Jessica Poulos in 2015, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Northwest Home Team serves the South Puget Sound area, focusing on Thurston, Pierce, Lewis, Mason and Grays Harbor Counties.

When Jessica and Steve joined the Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate network in 2021 with one office and 26 agents, their intent was to grow. They opened a new office in Yelm and acquired an existing firm in Chehalis before pursuing the Tacoma merger.

“Shawn has been a rainmaker in Pierce County for more than 25 years and we have worked with him and his affiliated agents on the other side of the transaction many times,” said Steve Poulos, Broker/Owner of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Northwest Home Team. “We knew that there was a great fit and that we could really help Shawn and his team grow by complementing Shawn’s proven lead generation systems with the brand’s resources and our commitment to professional development.”

The newly affiliated agents in Tacoma will have access to many business-building resources in Be Better University®, the brand’s professional development and learning platform, as well as PinPointSM, a proprietary BHGRE® brand tool that taps into consumer behavior data from Better Homes & Gardens magazine and its publisher Dotdash Meredith’s customer database.

SOURCE Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Northwest Home Team

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