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1973
RE/MAX is born. Gail and Dave Liniger, two 20-something real estate agents from Denver, Colorado, decide to develop a new real estate concept. They create RE/MAX, an acronym for "real estate maximums", a system that encourages quality real estate salespeople to realize and develop their outstanding business potential.
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1974
RE/MAX is growing. With a team of 42 Sales ssociates, Gail and Dave Liniger take the next step to make RE/MAX the success they envisioned.
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1975
A huge company milestone: the first RE/MAX franchise is established outside of Colorado.
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1978
On its 5th birthday RE/MAX boasts to 1,000 Sales Associates and launches its first widely recognized trademark: the RE/MAX hot air balloon. Up to this day the Hot Air Balloon trademark is well known all over the world.
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1979
RE/MAX grows beyond the US borders. Two Austro-Canadians, Frank J. Polzler and Walter J. Schneider, contact Dave Liniger. They want to bring RE/MAX to Eastern Canada. RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada is born.
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1988
The number of RE/MAX Sales Associates skyrockets to 20,000 and RE/MAX becomes the number one real estate organization in Canada.
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1995
RE/MAX lands in Europe. Walter J. Schneider and Frank J. Polzler bring the hot air balloon over the big pond. One year later the RE/MAX sign begins to appear in real estate offices in Spain, Israel and Italy.
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1997
RE/MAX celebrates its 25th birthday with 48,000 Sales Associates in 2,900 offices around the world. RE/MAX's global reach now extends to Australia and Singapore, Germany and Greece. Shortly afterwards Turkey, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK also join the RE/MAX network.
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1999
Austria, Switzerland, Portugal and Southern France become part of the European RE/MAX family.
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2000
The millennium is celebrated with Norway, Sweden and Iceland joining the team and spurring the RE/MAX growth to more than 57,467 sales associates in 3,422 offices in 32 countries over six continents.
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2002 - 2004
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Luxembourg and Malta join the network and RE/MAX hits the 1,000 Sales Associates mark in Europe.
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2005 - 2006
With RE/MAX signs in the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia, RE/MAX undoubtedly is the fastest growing real estate franchising company in Europe.
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2007 - 2008
Poland, Macedonia and Slovenia are the latest addition to RE/MAX in Europe.
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2009
RE/MAX has now more than 7,000 independently owned offices with over 102,000 agents in 80 countries worldwide. RE/MAX Europe is represented by over 10,200 sales associates in more than 1,600 independently owned and operated offices in 36 European countries.
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2011
Newly opened European RE/MAX regions include Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Currently, more than 11,000 sales associates operate out of over 1,480 offices, located in 33 countries, under the RE/MAX of Europe banner.
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2012
The familiar red, white and blue RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon can now be found in more than 80 countries around the world, an international presence greater than any real estate network.
A strong network
"I have never seen such a willingness to share experiences."
Dario Castiglia, Italy
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A History of Success
The RE/MAX story is one of passion and dedication.
It all started in 1973 when the real estate agents Dave & Gail Liniger founded RE/MAX in Denver, Colorado. Later, in 1995 RE/MAX lands in Europe. Walter J. Schneider and Frank J. Polzler bring the hot air balloon over the big pond. Today RE/MAX’s global organization supports over 87,000 sales associates worldwide and more than 11,000 sales associates in 33 European countries. Follow their journey around the world and in the community as RE/MAX is established as the "Leader in Real Estate.
RE/MAX Europe founders Walter J. Schneider and Frank J. Polzler
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