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Local Franchises Offering Auction Method of Real Estate Marketing Dominate Sales Awards

October 26, 2009 (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) – United Country Real Estate, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., has announced its top offices for the third quarter of 2009. Among the company’s nearly 650 offices located in 42 states and Costa Rica, five of the top 10 offices are auction-centric franchises.

“Our affiliates are part of the largest network of traditional real estate agents and auctioneers in the country,” said Mike Jones, president of United Country Auction Services. “With United Country’s integrated network, they can simply offer clients more options when it comes to the best approach to selling a particular property. Our highest producing offices use both traditional real estate sales and auctions to provide the highest quality of customer service and real estate success to our clients.”

Only four offices across the country have earned United Country’s Summit Club Gold award for gross commissions in 2009. Among those four offices are three auction-centric businesses: United Country – Certified Real Estate of Moultrie, Ga. (ranked No. 2 in the nation), United Country – Musick & Sons Auction/Real Estate of Boise, Idaho (ranked No. 3 in the nation), and United Country – Lippard Auctioneers of Enid, Okla. (ranked No. 5 in the nation).

United Country – The Redfield Group of Gadsden, Ala., (ranked No. 8 in the nation) earned the Summit Club Bronze award, while United Country – Hendren & Associates of Jay, Okla., (ranked No. 9 in the nation) earned the Summit Club award.

“Although today’s real estate market has its challenges, our top offices are thriving as a result of hard work and ability to differentiate themselves from the competition,” said Dan Duffy, chief executive officer of United Country Real Estate. “Not only are they providing outstanding customer service to both buyers and sellers, but they’re also putting the United Country tools – technology, national advertising and exclusive partnerships – to work for them.”

United Country Real Estate, a national real estate franchise based in Kansas City, Mo., has offered the auction method of selling real estate for more than 80 years, but added significant emphasis to leading-edge auction tools in 2007 after recognizing the increased trend of real estate auctions. Just two years after introducing a dedicated United Country Auction Services division, the company’s innovative approach to selling real estate has made them an industry leader with nearly 100 auction-centric offices across the country. United Country affiliates will conduct more than 1,000 auctions in 2009.

About United Country
United Country Real Estate is the largest fully integrated franchise network of conventional real estate and auction real estate professionals in the United States. Based in Kansas City, Mo., the company has been an innovator in real estate marketing since 1925. United Country supports nearly 650 offices across the U.S. and in Costa Rica with a unique, comprehensive marketing program that includes one of the largest portfolios of property marketing web sites (more than 1,000 separate sites), seven proprietary real estate catalogs with a cumulative distribution of 1.5 million, an extensive, current buyer database and national advertising of properties to more than 90 million potential buyer prospects a week. United Country has been recognized by Dun and Bradstreet’s AllBusiness.com as the top U.S. real estate franchise, the Wall Street Journal as a top 1 percent franchise and Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500® as a top 100 global franchise.