The largest single market residential real estate brokerage firm in the U.S. has established itself in the Lehigh Valley region with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach Realtors acquisition of Prudential, Patt White Real Estate.

The acquisition represents HomeServices' expansion in the Mid Atlantic region and more specifically into the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys, and comprises 65 real estate offices throughout the area, including the Bethlehem Office located near the William Penn-Route 33 interchange. This represents nearly 4,000 sales associates in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware real estate market.

The transition took effect Nov. 12 and realtors have been busy changing building and yard signs from blue to cabernet as the new brand is introduced.

In addition, Berkshire Hathaway affiliate HomeServices Inc. acquired Prudential Fox and Roach Realtors and it's subsidiary The Trident Group, which is comprised of the financial service companies Trident Mortgage Group, Trident Insurance and Trident Land Transfer Company.

Berkshire Hathaway is among the holdings of American businessman Warren Buffett.