Raleigh, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/28/2011 -- Don Walston, founder and executive chairman of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston (http://www.hpw.com), a full-service real estate firm, has announced that Ida Terbet and The Ida Terbet Group has joined Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston. A 25-year veteran, Terbet originally launched her career with Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in 1986, winning the firm’s Rookie of the Year award. Leading the industry both locally and nationally, Terbet ranked third among 90,000 U.S. real estate agents during her 18 year tenure with RE/MAX and was the recipient of the highest award, the Circle of Legends, an acknowledgment given to only 14 agents worldwide at that time. She was initiated into the Hall of Fame in 1992 and recognized with the International Lifetime Achievement in 1995. Terbet sold the most homes in the Carolinas in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. In 2002 she received the new Chairman’s Club award and was recognized by Triangle Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Women in Business. Formerly working with Keller Williams since 2006, Terbet has consistently ranked number one across the Carolinas and ranked as high as number three internationally. Specializing in representing residential real estate for both buyers and sellers, The Ida Terbet Group will now partner with Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston to further grow and develop the Triangle real estate community.

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“Ida Terbet has been a leader in the real estate industry and an example of a career path that countless real estate peers have admired throughout their entire career,” said Walston. “Having Ida join the Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston team is truly an honor, and we know that the services we provide our clients will only be enhanced with such an iconic figure working alongside our agents.”

“Twenty-five years ago, I started my real estate career at Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston,” said Terbet. “Over the years, I have successfully built my business by putting my clients first. With my clients’ needs always coming first, it was just a natural decision to join not only the leading local real estate company, but also to align myself with the number one real estate franchise in the world. It is great to be home.”

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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 is the No. 1 Coldwell Banker company in North Carolina, has more than 550 real estate professionals, sales offices across the Triangle, the area’s premier new homes division, a mortgage company, insurance services division, title company, an award-winning relocation division, the area’s No. 1 real estate school, and one of the state’s top real estate websites. The company has become one of the largest full-service residential real estate firms in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation, with more than 5,000 transactions a year and more than $1.2 billion in sales. In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 RealTrends recognized Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston as the No. 1 real estate company in the Triangle area. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 the Triangle Business Journal recognized the company as the No. 1 real estate firm in the Triangle. In 2007 and 2008 it was named the No. 1 Best Place to Work in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal and No. 2 Best Place to Work in 2010. The firm also received the National Coldwell Banker Golden Hammer Centennial Award for its commitment and work with Habitat for Humanity. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit its website at http://www.hpw.com.