Local Berkshire Hathaway real estate franchise expanding into Metairie

Baton Rouge-based Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices-United Properties is expanding to Metairie, with its merger with The McCarthy Group Realtors, a 25-year-old residential real estate firm.
It’s the latest expansion for Chase Muller and Jonathan Starns, who launched under the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices flag in 2016, after buying out the residential division of Donnie Jarreau Real Estate, where they had both been brokers.
Just a little more than two years later, they have offices in Baton Rouge, Central and now Metairie. The firm now has more than 90 agents, compared to just 15 when they started. Sales volume for 2018 is projected to top $200 million, not counting volume from McCarthy’s Metairie-based firm.
Muller and Starns have been eyeing the booming Metairie market for some time and made no secret of their plans to expand regionally.
“Metairie is a strong market that includes an assortment of rooftops, re-development, and commercial growth,” Muller says. “It encompasses what we are looking for in a market as we cover all of the bases with our sales teams, marketing and resources.”
Teaming up with McCarthy was a good fit. Firm president Shaun McCarthy is a veteran of the New Orleans and Metairie markets and one of the top producing agents in the state.
“This creates a huge opportunity for all involved,” Starns says.
The rapid growth of BHHS-United Properties parallels that of the parent company of which they are a franchise. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is the country’s fastest growing brokerage network, with more than 46,000 agents and 1,400 offices in 47 states since its launch in Sept. 2013.