Turpin Joins Others in Online Partnership

Turpin Realtors, which serves multiple New Jersey counties including Somerset and Morris, has joined in a partnership with three other residential brokerage firms in the New York metropolitan area.

The Tri-State Alliance, announced Wednesday, will allow Halstead Property, Houlihan Lawrence, Coach Realtors and Turpin Realtors to share their property listings online with each other.

Each firm’s exclusive listings will be searchable across all four brokerage websites, which collectively receive millions of visitors annually. The Tri-State Alliance brings together 68 office locations, more than 2,900 sales agents, and nearly 8,000 exclusive listings.

“We are excited to be a part of this wonderfully collaborative effort, the result of which is a comprehensive search tool that will prove invaluable to consumers in the tri-state region,” said John Turpin, President of Turpin Realtors, in a release. "In addition to providing high quality listing data from the various regions we cover, each of our websites offers valuable resources like community profiles, property videos and helpful tips for navigating today’s real estate market."

The four owner/brokers of each firm began discussing this unique and forward-thinking collaboration in early 2011. Last August, the four company owners met in the New York City offices of Halstead Property to formally begin the process.

“Months of planning and collaboration went into making this happen, each brokerage, technical and marketing departments worked closely towards a single goal,” said Georgianna Finn, owner of Coach Realtors, in a release.

Turpin Realtors serves Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Essex and Union Counties. Halstead Property serves New York City, the Hamptons; Fairfield County in Connecticut; Hudson and Essex Counties in New Jersey; and Columbia County in New York. Houlihan Lawrence serves Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties in New York. Coach Realtors serves Nassau and Suffolk Counties in Long Island.