Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005

 

Murphy named senior VP

Kathy Murphy has been named senior vice president for Prudential Georgia Realty. She will manage the newly formed Southern region of metro Atlanta and will be responsible for branch offices in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Douglasville, Stockbridge and the upcoming McDonough location.

Kathy had previously served as managing broker of the award-winning Peachtree City and new Fayetteville offices. An Atlanta native and long-time Fayette County resident, Kathy Murphy comes from a family of real estate professionals. The Disharoons are well known in the Fayette area for starting Tri-City Realty Services. Prudential Georgia Realty bought the residential division of Tri-City Realty Services in 2002.

"We have long been committed to expanding our service area south of Atlanta. We felt it was important to have a senior executive available to concentrate solely on the Southern Crescent region of metro Atlanta, so we created this position," stated Prudential Georgia Realty President and CEO Dan Forsman. "Kathy Murphy is a perfect fit for this position. She is an experienced and respected member of the real estate community and our company."

Kathy spent 19 years at the family-owned real estate company, serving first as a sales associate, then the relocation director and trainer and, finally, managing broker. She has been a managing broker with Prudential Georgia Realty for three years. Kathy was named the Women's Council of Realtors Member of the Year in 2000 for the Georgia chapter. This year, she was honored by the Fayette Board of Realtors as Realtor of the Year. She is a past president of that organization.

"I am committed to maintaining and expanding Prudential Georgia Realty's presence in the Southern Crescent," said Murphy. "We have a terrific group of agents down here and I am honored to be directing and assisting them."

Prudential Georgia Realty has steadily been expanding its agent team in metro Atlanta over the last several years. In just over five years, the firm has gone from 800 to more than 1,300 full-time real estate professionals. The company has also steadily moved up in the ranks of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, becoming the 10th largest affiliate in North America for its 2004 sales of $2.3 billion. With the creation of Kathy Murphy's position, Prudential Georgia Realty now has three senior vice presidents, each responsible for overseeing a different geographic area within metro Atlanta.

To contact Kathy Murphy, please call 770-487-8300, e-mail her at kmurphy@PrudentialGeorgia.com  or visit www.PrudentialGeorgia.com.

Prudential Georgia Realty is an independently owned and operated member of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, a full-service residential and commercial real estate network with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada. Ranked by National Relocation & Real Estate as one of the top 100 real estate companies in the U.S., the company placed 52nd for most 2004 transactions in the real estate trade magazine's 2005 Power Broker Report.

In 2004 , the company exceeded the $2 billion gross sales mark for the first time in its 41-year history, ending the year with $2.3 billion in sales. Prudential Georgia Realty has been honored with a Consumers' Choice Award as Best in Class for Executive Home Sales in metro Atlanta for the last two consecutive years. The company has 21 locations and more than 1,300 Realtors serving metro Atlanta and North Georgia families with their real estate needs.