Windermere, Bringhurst Group announce merger

The Bringhurst Group, a locally owned residential real estate brokerage, has become part of Windermere Utah Real Estate, the companies announced last week. Windermere Utah is part of a Seattle-based residential and commercial real estate company and has six Utah offices. Financial details of the transaction were not announced.

The Bringhurst Group was founded in 2005 as a small boutique brokerage by Jim Bringhurst. The Bringhurst Group is located in the Harvard-Yale area of Salt Lake City and will become Windermere’s seventh Utah office. Bringhurst will serve as branch broker for the office and the office will be called The Bringhurst Group at Windermere.

In 2004, Bringhurst served as president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. He is a top contributor to the Realtors Political Action Committee, which supports both Republican and Democratic candidates running for political office that champion homeownership.

{mprestriction ids="1,3"}“We are excited to be part of the Windermere family,” Bringhurst said. “This is a good fit. We will maintain the small brokerage feel, but with a national company that puts community first and has more marketing tools to better serve our clients.”

Windermere Real Estate is ranked as the largest regional real estate company in the western U.S., with over 300 offices and 6,000 agents serving communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and New Mexico. Last year, Windermere closed over 85,000 home sales for more than $33.2 billion in dollar volume.{/mprestriction}