“We have the pertinent, up-to-date information.”įor instance, parts of Delaware right now are experiencing a tight inventory in certain price ranges. “Delaware is our core market,” Pluscht said. The company also does not follow mandates set by people unfamiliar with Delaware’s market, which is surprisingly complex for such a small state. The convivial atmosphere makes it easy to support and educate sales associates, many of whom like Pluscht work their way up into leadership roles.īecause Patterson-Schwartz is independently owned and not a franchise, the company can swiftly adapt to local and national trends without waiting for approval from managers outside the area. “Because we don’t have a lot of corporate layers, we’re not big on titles.” “Our leaders have more than 200 years of collective experience with Patterson-Schwartz,” Pluscht said. New sales associates receive a key to symbolize access to any of the locations as well as to the leadership team, who are ready to help. “The founders believed that the associates were the future and the source of growth for the company. Schwartz, now the chairman of the board, agreed. (Like Pluscht, many of the sales associates were raised in Delaware, and they are raising families here.) Chris Patterson joined in 1977, and there are several real estate agents whose parents worked at the company.Īlthough now marketed as Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate, the company still considers its associates on equal footing, said Joseph Pluscht Jr., the current CEO and president, who has been with Patterson-Schwartz for more than 30 years. Schwartz isn’t the only family member to continue the legacy.
By the time he joined, the team had 37 people and a Milltown-area office, where he was based. Schwartz II, who followed in his father’s footsteps in 1973.
When Patterson-Schwartz & Associates began in 1961, the founders emphasized the word “associates” to demonstrate that it was a collective effort, said Charles E. Patterson and Samuel Hanby also worked with Worrall, and from 1955 to 1961, the firm was known as Hanby-Patterson and Schwartz. Patterson-Schwartz evolved from a firm owned by James Worrall, a Kennett Square broker interested in the Delaware market. Some things, however, have not changed. While many agencies founded around the same time have closed or joined mega-corporations with headquarters outside of the state, Patterson-Schwartz remains privately owned and rooted in Delaware. The company now services the entire state of Delaware and parts of Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania. More than 50 years later, the company has grown from 11 associates and staff members to more than 450, and from one office – originally located at 10th and Washington Streets - to nine. Patterson, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, had local ties through marriage. He knew the people, the market and the communities. Schwartz, who was born on the Old Post Farm in Newark, was a lifelong Delawarean. But the company offered another local advantage. They’d been in the business since the 1940s. Patterson were already seasoned veterans by the time Patterson-Schwartz & Associates was formed in 1961. All rights reserved.This story is produced and presented by our advertiser Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate.Ĭharles E. © 2023 New Jersey Multiple Listing Service Inc. Last date updated: 23:39:47 PDT Source: New Jersey Multiple Listing, Inc. Listings of brokers that do not participate in Internet Data Exchange do not appear on this website.Īll information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Some properties listed with the participating brokers do not appear on this website at the request of the seller. are marked with the Internet Data Exchange logo and information about them includes the name of the listing brokers. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than Zillow, Inc. The data relating to the real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the Internet Data Exchange Program of the NJMLS. The listing broker’s offer of compensation is made only to participants of the MLS where the listing is filed. Any such consent must be obtained in writing from the listing broker. 11:5.6.1 (n) for the advertisement of listings exclusively for sale by another broker. Notice: The dissemination of listings on this website does not constitute the consent required by N.J.A.C. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.Ĭopyright © 2023 Garden State Multiple Listing Service, L.L.C.
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