When you think of Crawford County Real Estate, the name that comes to mind should be Kress!
The Kress family name has been synonymous with real estate since 1945.
Vic Kress, Sr. started the company, Vic Kress Real Estate, as a "one person operation" that year.
In later years, his sons, Vic Kress Jr. in 1960 and Richard "Biff" Kress in 1976 joined him after their college graduations.
Vic Kress Sr. subsequently retired in 1977.
The two brothers continued to work and grow the business and in 1996 "Biff" bought the business from his brother and changed the name to Kress Agency Realtors. The following year, 1997, due in part to their outstanding reputation for providing professional real estate service, they were selected to join the Better Homes and Gardens real estate network.
This network consists of over 1,300 real estate offices nationwide and has over 22,000 sales professionals.
In 2000, when GMAC Home Services Division purchased Better Homes and Gardens, the company became Kress GMAC Real Estate.
In 2010, GMAC Real Estate was bought out and became Real Living Real Estate. At that point "Biff" was offered the opportunity to affiliate with the NUMBER ONE REAL ESTATE BRAND IN THE WORLD...RE/MAX. Along with his long time co-worker and fellow broker, Andy Bacallao, they partnered to form
RE/MAX Hometown Realty!
"Although we have been a recognized family name locally in Real Estate for over 65 years...the day we joined RE/MAX everybody became familiar with our name", states Biff Kress. "This is the result of the billions of dollars RE/MAX has invested over the years building the brand and the tens of millions of satisfied customers who've been assisted by RE/MAX Associated, cementing the RE/MAX reputation for quality in real estate". Combine the powerful RE/MAX brand with our history of real estate service and reputation and you have a great new company...RE/MAX Hometown Realty.
RE/MAX has nearly 93,000 sales professionals, working in 6,700 offices located in over 75 countries around the world!
RE/MAX Hometown Realty is consistently one of the top producing companies in Northwest Pennsylvania. They received numerous awards for having a very high (98%) customer satisfaction rating. They are members of the Greater Meadville Board of Realtors and its Multiple Listing Service as well as the Pennsylvania and National Associations of Realtors. RE/MAX Hometown Realty services Greater Crawford County and the neighboring areas of Erie, Mercer and Venango Counties.
Still independently owned and operated, RE/MAX Hometown Realty has 10 agents and 2 employees. The company is located in the same building it has occupied since 1953, The Kress Building, on the corner of Chestnut Street and Chancery Lane, Meadville, PA.