Colorado Springs, CO  – Your Castle Real Estate has acquired award winning boutique brokerage Shorewood Real Estate.  The acquisition allows Your Castle to grow substantially and gain a brokerage known for it energetic culture, high marks from clients and numerous accolades from the business community.  Shorewood was established by Roger Herman and had a sales volume of $645 million in 2016. Your Castle was founded in 2004 by Lon Welsh and had sales volume of $1.65 billion in 2016.

In purchasing Shorewood, Welsh acknowledge the value of the Shorewood brand in the Colorado Springs market.  “We love Shorewood.  We’re excited to increase our presence in Colorado Springs and Northern Colorado.”

Shorewood Real Estate was recognized by the annual research reports, REAL Trends 500, and RIS Media’s Power Brokers as one of the top 500 residential real estate firms in the nation by volume and units in 2016.  Shorewood ranked within the top fifth of the 500 firms recognized.

Your Castle Real Estate  has grown to become the largest independent and sixth overall largest real estate company on the Front Range with more than 590 agents in nine office.  Your Castle supports over a dozen charities selected by its Realtors.

Among Your Castle’s awards:  #1 Small Business Workplace (The Denver Post 2016),  Top 25 Residential Real Estate Brokerages (Denver Business Journal 2009- 2016), America’s Fastest Growing Companies (Inc 5000 four years running ), #154 Ranked brokers by sales volume in (Real Trends 2016).

For more information contact Elizabeth Alexander, Shorewood Real Estate (719) 337-7611.