Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation and participating Coldwell
Banker® franchise affiliates are hard at work in an ambitious
effort to raise sponsorship funding to support the building of
100 Habitat for Humanity® homes by the company's 100th
anniversary in 2006. Coldwell Banker plans to raise approximately $5
million by December 2006 to sponsor Habitat for Humanity home
builds around the nation. About Habitat for Humanity® About Coldwell Banker
"We could not think of a
better way to celebrate our centennial than by supporting
Habitat for Humanity, our preferred national charity since 1993," said
Jim Gillespie, president and chief executive officer of
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation. "Real estate
professionals routinely work with individuals and families who
are able to afford their own homes. It is a natural extension
for us to also assist the less fortunate and help provide them with the
American Dream of homeownership. This has become one of our
most important and worthy projects, and I applaud those Coldwell
Banker affiliates who are participating."
If you're interested in donating, please visit the Habitat for Humanity® site,www.habitat.org/coldwellbanker
Habitat
for Humanity®, a nonprofit organization, aims to eliminate
substandard housing and homelessness worldwide by providing
affordable housing to low-income families. There are more than
2,300 active Habitat affiliates in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam,
and 91 other countries. By the end of 2005, Habitat will have
built its 200,000th house and more than one million people will
be living in Habitat homes hey helped build and are buying
through no-profit, zero interest mortgages.
Since 1906, the Coldwell Banker® organization
has been a premier provider of full-service real estate. In 2005,
Franchise Times magazine’s prestigious Top 200 issue ranked the Coldwell Banker system number one in real estate and number nine among all franchisors. The Coldwell Banker
System has more than 3,900 residential and commercial real estate
offices and 126,000 Sales Associates in 29 countries and
territories. The Coldwell Banker
System is a leader in the industry in residential real estate, and in
niche markets such as resort, new homes and luxury properties through
its Coldwell Banker Previews International® division. It is a pioneer in consumer services with its Coldwell Banker Concierge® Service Program and award-winning Web site, www.coldwellbanker.com. Coldwell Banker Mortgage is one of the largest telephone/web based lenders in the country and the Coldwell Banker Commercial® network
is an industry leader in providing commercial real estate solutions
that serve the needs of tenants, landlords, sellers and buyers in the
leasing, acquisition, disposition and management of all property types.
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation is a subsidiary of Cendant
Corporation (NYSE: CD). Coldwell Banker® is
a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Corporation. Each office is independently owned and operated
except for offices owned and operated by NRT Incorporated.