Real Estate Services | Domestic Relocation

Customized Real Estate Services

For your employees on the move, housing is most likely going to be one of the biggest areas of concern and potential stress, and often comprises the largest portion of the relocation budget.

But the right support can turn this part of the process into a win – for you, your employees and their families.

From marketing support and guidance with negotiating offers, to formal home sale or guaranteed price schemes, we can take your employees through every essential step of home selling, buying or renting on both sides of their move.

Customized Real Estate Services

For your employees on the move, housing is most likely going to be one of the biggest areas of concern and potential stress, and often comprises the largest portion of the relocation budget.

But the right support can turn this part of the process into a win – for you, your employees and their families.

For you

We can design programs that save you real-estate related costs and reduce tax liabilities, minimize the time needed for and expense of temporary accommodation and help your employees get quickly up to speed in their new role.

For your employees

We can put our dedicated consultants and a vetted network of experienced real estate professionals to work, helping them at both origin and destination locations, and minimizing the expense and stress of managing multiple properties.

For families

We know how important it is that everyone on the moving journey is happy and settled into the new location – and ready to call it home.

Options include:

Home Marketing Assistance

With our home marketing assistance program, we will:

Select vetted professionals from our database of partners who are experts in your employee’s local market, and who have proven track records of securing the highest sales prices in the shortest marketing times
Order two broker’s market analyses (BMAs) to give you and your employee all the essential market and property data to help you arrive at the best listing price
Recommend home inspections for any necessary updates or repairs
Conduct preliminary title work
Give you and your employees tips and strategies on how to best market the property
Help guide your employees through the negotiation process and ultimate sale

Options include:

Home Marketing Assistance

With our home marketing assistance program, we will:

Select vetted professionals from our database of partners who are experts in your employee’s local market, and who have proven track records of securing the highest sales prices in the shortest marketing times
Order two broker’s market analyses (BMAs) to give you and your employee all the essential market and property data to help you arrive at the best listing price
Recommend home inspections for any necessary updates or repairs
Conduct preliminary title work
Give you and your employees tips and strategies on how to best market the property
Help guide your employees through the negotiation process and ultimate sale

As a bonus...

We also offer a real estate rewards program, which gives your relocating employees cash back when they buy or sell a home through our participating agent network.

And who doesn’t love a bit of extra cash, especially when you’re moving?

See an estimate with our rewards calculator

Home Sale Programs

Taking a home marketing assistance program one step further, our home sale programs are designed not only to help simplify the process for you and your employees, but also to offer a benefit that is tax-efficient to your company and your employees, including:

Guaranteed Offer or Buyer Value Option (BVO) Programs

There are nuances to each type, largely centered around how the offer/value amounts are determined, using professional broker market analyses, real estate appraisals and bona fide outside buyer data.

But simply put, both programs manage the home sale process for you. With two distinct transactions of the sale from your employee to us and us to the ultimate buyer, they provide relief from tax liability for the payment of the closing costs and real estate commissions – treated as taxable income in a direct reimbursement model, and frequently “grossed up” by employers to offset the financial burden to the employee.

These costs must still be paid, but when structured properly and following 11 well established industry guidelines, they are not considered taxable income to the employee, which can save you significant amounts in tax gross-up payments.

Home Search/Settling in the Destination Location

We can also help your employees and accompanying family members select the right neighborhoods and secure their new homes in the destination locations, by carefully assessing their needs, lifestyle priorities and budget, and putting our local market and real estate expertise to work.

Learn more about our destination services