Lake Homes Realty makes Top Tier of Inc. Magazine’s List of 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies

Lake Homes Realty was the highest-ranked Birmingham-area company to make the 2017 Inc. 5000, the prestigious annual ranking by Inc. Magazine of the 5000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S.

Lake Homes Realty landed in the top fifth of the 2017 list, at number 927, courtesy of its three-year growth of 473 percent.

To be eligible for inclusion in the Inc. 5000, companies are evaluated for growth from 2013 to 2016 and ranked by revenue growth rate.  This was the first year Lake Homes Realty was eligible for inclusion in Inc.’s analysis.

Nationally, Lake Homes Realty was ranked the ninth-fastest growing multi-state real estate brokerage.

The company was the only Birmingham-area business to make the top 1,000, and was the eighth-highest ranked of the 59 Alabama companies on the list.

Glenn S. Phillips, Lake Homes Realty CEO
Glenn S. Phillips, CEO
Lake Homes Realty

“All of us at Lake Homes are thrilled that our hard work has paid off with this kind of national recognition,” said Glenn S. Phillips, CEO of Lake Homes Realty.

“And in many ways, we are just getting started. Our growth this year has been outstanding and we’re excited what our growth has done to genuinely benefit our real estate buyers, sellers and agents,” Phillips adds.

Leveraging Traditional Real Estate with Powerful Web Tools

Lake Homes Realty has grown to become the nation’s largest lake-focused real estate company. The firm’s website, LakeHomes.com, aggregates lake-area real estate listings from more than 60 Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in 13 states.

Increasingly popular with lake real estate buyers and sellers, LakeHomes.com is on track this year for more than 4 million visitors, and that already includes people in from every state and nearly 100 countries on five continents.

Since 2013, the company has expanded it’s licensed real estate brokerages from one state to now thirteen states in the Southwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. Additional states are opening operations this year.

Lake Homes Realty offers a unique combination of services to prospective buyers of lake property: the convenience of using a single website to research all thousands of lake-related listings coupled with its own licensed local real estate agents.

Real Estate Listings from More than 500 Local Lake Markets

LakeHomes.com currently provides visitors with access to view and search real estate listings totaling more than $16.5 billion across more than 500 local lake markets in 13 states.

 

Lake Homes Realty Named One of the Fastest Growing Companies

Birmingham Business Journal Fast Track 30 sign

For the second year in a row, The Birmingham Business Journal named Lake Homes Realty as one of the fastest growing companies in Birmingham, Alabama.

Lake Homes Realty is a licensed real estate brokerage in multiple states. Current operations are in states across the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. Work is underway for new brokerage operations in other regions of the country.

The company’s popular website www.LakeHomes.com helps lake real estate buyers from all over the country locate lake homes and land to purchase. The website is also popular with sellers, as it helps their property for sale to be found more easily.

Currently LakeHomes.com has real estate listings for more than 44,000 lake homes, lake lots and land.

lake homes realty's Fast Track 30 plaque

The 2016 rankings for fastest growing companies are based on company revenue growth from 2014 to 2015.

Lake Homes Realty was recognized as the eight fastest growing company in Birmingham, matching it’s number eight ranking in the 2015 rankings.

Glenn S. Phillips, Lake Homes Realty’s CEO, shared, “Our team of agents and staff work very hard to create the best possible customer experience. To see our business grow rapidly is a compliment to their hard work and service mentality. And we believe the biggest growth is still ahead of us.”

All of the companies in the rankings were honored at an awards breakfast on Thursday August 25, 2016 at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham.

You can read more about this recognition at http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2016/08/25/fast-track-30-lake-homes-realty.html  (Note: To see the full article may require a Birmingham Business Journal subscription login.)

Top 50 Over 50 Recognizes Lake Homes Realty Management Team

Top 50

What do Auburn football coach Gus Malzhan and sportscaster Eli Gold have in common with Lake Homes Realty’s Doris Phillips and Glenn S. Phillips?

They are all among the recently announced 2016 honorees of the Positive Maturity’s Top 50 Over 50.

Past award winners include Alabama football coach Nick Saban, civil rights leader and marketing entrepreneur Shelley Stewart,  meteorologist James Spann and two-time NFL Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr.

Doris Phillips is Lake Homes Realty’s Chief Operating Officer, as well as Director of National Brokerage Operations.

She founded and manages the children-focused non-profit organization The Circle of Love Foundation, which serves thousands of children living in local shelters and rural areas. Doris has been featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine, MyBusiness Magazine, and MSN.com.

Glenn S. Phillips is Lake Homes Realty’s CEO. Glenn is also an adviser to the Auburn University College of Engineering, a board member for Camp ASCCA, speaker and author.

His projects and teams have been nationally recognized for innovation by Harvard University, Auburn University, Microsoft and Dell.

Positive Maturity is an Alabama-based non-profit organization that serves the senior community.

The organization presents this annual award to recognize individuals exhibiting inspiring success in their careers, community involvement or personal lives.

Community impact is important in selection of honorees.

All of the honorees will be recognized at an awards banquet on July 28, 2016 at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Alabama. Each honoree is also featured in the July 2016 edition of B-Metro magazine and by the Birmingham Business Journal.

A complete list of all 2016 Top 50 Over 50 honorees can be found at http://www.top50over50.com/2016-recipients