“Warren Buffet Buys EWM Realtors” (says Miami Herald). HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, announced that it has acquired South Florida-based Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors along with its related entities, Embassy Financial Services, Columbia Title and First Reserve Insurance. Thirty-nine year-old EWM is one of Florida’s most respected brokerage firms, with more than 2 billion in closed transactions in 2003, 11 offices and 750 sales associates.

About EWM

Founded in 1964, Esslinger∙Wooten∙Maxwell is one of the largest real estate services firms in America. The full-service firm employs 850 associates and staff in its 12 offices located in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. EWM offers residential and commercial real estate services, corporate relocation, and international services, as well as home mortgage, title closing services, and property insurance through affiliated companies HomeServices Lending, LLC, EWM Title, and EWM Insurance.

EWM is the exclusive Miami-Dade and Broward Counties affiliate for Christie’s Great Estates, the largest network of luxury, independent, real estate firms in the world, and a subsidiary of Christie's International PLC, the London-based art auction company founded in 1766. With more than 500 offices and approximately 14,000 real estate agents in 15 countries, the affiliate members of Christie’s Great Estates market the finest homes around the globe. In addition to Christie’s, EWM is one of the principal owners of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, the nation’s largest real estate referral group, comprising more than 700 real estate firms across North America. Through joint alliances with their member firms, the affiliated Leading Real Estate Companies of the World provide home buying and selling services to families and individuals relocating throughout the world.

EWM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. HomeServices is the second-largest full-service independent residential real estate brokerage firm and the largest settlement services provider in the U.S. Through its affiliation with HomeServices of America, EWM is part of a real estate family of 20,000 sales associates spanning 19 states, with an annual sales volume exceeding $50 billion. For additional information, visit www.ewm.com.