Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Wins Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Award

Raleigh, NC, November 06, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Don Walston, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, has announced that the firm has won the Triangle Business Journal’s 2006 Fast 50 Award, which recognizes the fastest growing privately held companies in the Triangle. The survey, evaluated by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, ranked companies based on their revenues and percentage of growth over a three-year period. The firm was honored at an awards ceremony on Nov. 2 at the Embassy Suites in Cary.

“To be named among the Triangle’s Fast 50 is the result of much hard work by all of our employees,” said David Jones, COO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston. “It is an honor to receive this prestigious recognition from the Triangle Business Journal.”

About Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston:
Howard Perry, an established builder, and Don Walston, a real estate entrepreneur, formed Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in 1972. Today the company has over 700 real estate professionals, 12 sales offices, the area’s premier new homes division, a mortgage company, insurance services division, title company, an award winning relocation division, a growing Concierge home services division, the area’s number one real estate school, and the state’s number one real estate Web site. The company has become the largest full-service residential real estate company in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation, with more than 11,000 transactions a year and almost $3 billion in sales. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit their Web site at http://www.hpw.com.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
7406-H Chapel Hill Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 233-6600 • (919) 233-0300 (fax)
patty@mmimarketing.com

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