{"id":4601,"date":"2023-08-04T19:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/04\/va-based-coldwell-banker-premier-expands-to-maryland\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:52:36","slug":"va-based-coldwell-banker-premier-expands-to-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/04\/va-based-coldwell-banker-premier-expands-to-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Va.-based Coldwell Banker Premier expands to Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coldwell Banker Premier<\/strong> announced a merger with <strong>Coldwell Banker Professional Real Estate Services<\/strong> along with all of its sales associates, which further expands Coldwell Banker Premier\u2019s office footprint into Cumberland, Maryland, and surrounding markets. This is the sixth merger by Coldwell Banker Premier since the beginning of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coldwell Banker Premier was named a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/gamechangers-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 RealTrends GameChanger <\/a><\/strong>for its 76% <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/2023-gamechangers-maintain-massive-market-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transaction side percentage growth over five years<\/a> (2018-2022.) The company\u2019s COO, Stephen Meadows, was honored as a <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/introducing-the-2022-inaugural-realtrends-emerging-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 RealTrends Emerging Leader<\/a>, now called Rising Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/Cumberland-Photo2-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"Cumberland-Photo2-copy\" class=\"wp-image-398005\" width=\"383\" height=\"215\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Stephen Meadows, Liz Rhodes, Seth Loar, Steve DuBrueler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The former Coldwell Banker Professional Real Estate Services office in Cumberland, Maryland will become Coldwell Banker Premier\u2019s 18th office and largest by agent count in the company\u2019s Mid-Atlantic footprint, which spans Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, and Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am proud of our team for enabling us to continue our expansion efforts,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/gamechanger-steve-dubrueler-on-finding-success-with-an-on-staff-recruiter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve DuBrueler<\/a>, Founder and CEO of Coldwell Banker Premier, in a statement. \u201cIn this age of uncertainty in real estate, many brokers and owners are unsure of what their future holds. 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