After San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, Colbert COLDWELL and Benjamin Arthur BANKER began a real estate company dedicated to satisfying customers' needs. Since then, the Coldwell Banker(R) organization has been a premier provider of full-service real estate.

In 2006, Franchise Times magazine's prestigious Top 500 issue ranked Coldwell Banker Number One in real estate and number eight 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(R) division. It is a pioneer in consumer services with its Coldwell Banker Concierge(R) Service Program and award-winning Web site, http://www.coldwellbanker.com/. Coldwell Banker Mortgage is one of the largest telephone/web based lenders in the country and the Coldwell Banker Commercial(R) 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 Real Estate Corporation. Coldwell Banker(R) 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.

Coldwell Banker United, Realtors® was founded in 1970 and currently operates seventy-four residential branch offices and three commercial branch office with a sales force of over 2,400 sales associates and over 330 employees in six states. The company closed over 30,000 transaction sides in 2006 with a sales volume of over $6.7 billion. 

Our company is the largest area residential Real Estate brokerage firm in Houston Texas, ranked by the number of closed transaction sales, ranking it as the Number One Coldwell Banker franchise in the country and the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in Houston Texas!

Coldwell Banker United Realtors was ranked by "Real Trends" Magazine as the 8th largest residential real estate firm in the nation among brokerage companies with over 30,000 closed transaction sides.

Our Mission... "...we, at Richard Smith Company, through its COLDWELL BANKER operating units will aggressively maintain its place in the top two affiliate companies in the nation by providing customer service excellence in all real estate brokerage services to our residential and commercial customers throughout central and southeast Texas. We will insist on the highest standards of ETHICS, ATTITUDE, WORK HABITS, PRODUCTIVITY and PROFITABILITY from all our people, and will serve the civic and charitable needs of the communities in which we live and work..."