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About GMAC Real Estate

A division of GMAC Home Services

Fast Facts:

  • More than 1,000 locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico
  • More than 22,000 sales professionals
  • Developer of the Home Selling System™, the Home Buying System™, and the Elegant Homes Marketing System™
  • A division of GMAC Home Services, a subsidiary of GMAC, since July 1998
  • Part of the international referral network servicing GMAC Global Relocation Services
  • GMAC Home Services, offering real estate, relocation and mortgage finance services
  • GMAC, one of the world's largest financial services companies with business lines in automotive finance, commercial and residential mortgages, and insurance

GMAC Home Services, under the direction of longtime industry veteran John Bearden, is well positioned to bring the gamut of home ownership services to real estate brokers, sales associates and consumers. To accomplish this, GMAC Home Services calls on its own real estate, relocation and mortgage divisions, its relationship with parent company General Motors, as well as the strengths of sister companies such as GMAC Mortgage. As a result of these vast resources, GMAC Home Services can bring added services and cost savings to consumers and an industry that's long been promised, "onestop shopping."

These services range from cost savings on automobiles for sales associates, to providing home buyers with the essential home services they want and need - such as mortgages - all from the GM family of companies. GMAC Home Services is the parent company of the following four industry-leading business units:

GMAC Real Estate Franchise Offices
GMAC Real Estate Franchise Business Unit has more than 1,300 real estate offices throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. This unit of the company has more than 22,000 Sales Associates who in 2005 were responsible for $52 billion in sales volume.

GMAC Real Estate Company-Owned
GMAC Real Estate's Company Owned Business Unit includes 95 offices and 3,500 real estate professionals nationwide. Company owned offices are located in major metropolitan markets including the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, metro New York, Boston and elsewhere throughout New England.

GMAC Global Relocation Services
GMAC Global Relocation Services is the leading full-service outsourcing partner of end-to-end employee relocation, assignment management and mobility consulting services for multinational organizations worldwide. The company serves corporations in more than 110 countries and manages nearly $1 billion in relocation related transactions for its clients. With the broad-reaching strength and backing of GMAC Financial Services, GMAC Global Relocation Services offers a combination of business-to-business services, unmatched by any other provider in the industry.

GHS Mortgage
As part of GMAC Mortgage, the sixth-largest mortgage company in the United States, GHS Mortgage provides real estate franchisees with the opportunity to extend their services by offering home buyers a wide variety of mortgage products from one of the world's most-respected lenders: GMAC Mortgage.