EXP Realty

Founded in 2009 by Glenn Sanford, eXp is a cloud brokerage: agents operate remotely and meet in a virtual campus rather than a physical building, which lets the company scale across states without opening branches, and it trades publicly as eXp World Holdings. Kristin Perkins is the principal broker on record for the Utah operation, and the agents listed here cover the St. George market.

Behind the brand

A franchise office is locally owned and locally staffed; what it buys from the network is the name, the referral pipeline and a set of tools. For a seller that matters most when the buyer is out of state, which in Washington County they very often are — eXp Realty carries a listing into a national audience that a purely local firm has to reach some other way. It does not change who negotiates your deal, which is still an agent in St. George.

Placing the office on the map

That address sits on Main Street, the spine of the original pioneer grid, within a couple of blocks of the tabernacle and the temple. The communities we cover that sit closest to it are Foremaster Ridge, Sunbrook and Southgate — a useful bearing if you are trying to place the office on the map rather than on a list.

Where the earnest money sits

Earnest money in Utah goes into a brokerage trust account or with the title company — never to the seller directly, and never into a firm's operating account. It is credited to you at closing, so it is not an extra cost, but getting it back out of a deal that falls apart depends entirely on which contract deadline you are on when it does. Ask whoever you work with at EXP Realty where the deposit will be held and who releases it. The mechanics are the same at every brokerage in St. George; what varies is how clearly it gets explained. More in closing costs in St. George.

If you are choosing between offices, it is worth reading two or three of these pages side by side — the brokerage directory lists them all. Our guide to working with an agent covers what to ask once you have a shortlist.