Better Homes and Gardens Rand acquires Lucille Ritacco Real Estate

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty has acquired Lucille Ritacco Real Estate. The acquisition brings 38 licensed real estate professionals to Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty. Lucille Ritacco, who established Lucille Ritacco Real Estate in 1974 and serves as its broker/owner, will join the company as an associate broker. "I am especially excited to be joining forces with Lucille and her team," said Greg Rand, managing partner with Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty. "They are exactly the kind of professionals who can take our technology and innovative marketing and bring it to the marketplace with their enormous local credibility and goodwill. It's the best of both worlds." As part of the transaction, the Lucille Ritacco Real Estate office at 1315 North Ave. will become a Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty office. The acquisition brings to eight the number of Rand offices in Westchester, and 24 overall in the Greater Hudson Valley. "The Rands are on the cutting edge in the real estate industry and I am really looking forward to working with them to benefit the community," said Ritacco. "With 36 years of real-estate experience in the New Rochelle area, I feel I can help Rand become an even greater force in the southern Westchester real estate market." Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate - Rand Realty, founded in 1984, is one of the top real estate brokerages in the Greater Hudson Valley with 23 offices serving Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster and Sullivan counties. Rand has more than 800 sales associates, as well as a commercial real estate company (Rand Commercial Services), mortgage company (Rand Mortgage), title company (Hudson Abstract Services) and insurance agency (The Hudson Group Insurance Agency). The company's websites are: www.randrealty.com, www.randcommercial.com, www.randmortgage.com and www.hudsonabstract.com.