About LAH Sotheby’s International Realty

Jim Lawrence, Keith Arendall and Maurice Humphries founded Lawrence-Arendall-Humphries Real Estate, Inc. in the spring of 1992. Today the company has grown to become one of Birmingham’s largest locally-owned real estate company with over 220 associates.

In the fall of 2011, Tom Carruthers, Mike Graham, Charles Robinson and Maurice Humphries acquired the ownership interest of Lawrence and Arendall. The new owners are committed to continuing the level of professionalism that LAH has become known for in the Birmingham marketplace. On February 21st, 2023 the company transitioned to LAH Sotheby’s International Realty. 

LAH Sotheby’s International Realty focuses on listing and selling homes in the “Over The Mountain” markets of Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills and Hoover in addition to other neighborhoods throughout the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area. 

Advantages of Using Our Real Estate Company

Our focus is more on the quality approach instead of the quantity approach to marketing and selling.  Our growth goal is to remain medium sized, because we are not convinced that big is always better. By controlling our size we can act and react to your real estate needs with greater speed and efficiency. A real estate decision can be one of your most important decisions. Only with all the facts can you make a wise decision. We will not tell you what we think you want to hear, but instead will tell you what you must hear. We want you to trust us.

Our advice will be in your best interests, even though that advice will not necessarily be the best for us. You are our highest priority.  We understand that our reputation is being established by our next transaction with you.

As such, we place a high priority on education and training. Training is constant in our company, whether it is orientation for new agents, or advanced training for experienced agents, or one-on-one direction as the sales situation dictates. Working with trained professional from LAH Sotheby’s International Realty means better service, professional counseling, and a satisfactory transaction

LAH Real Estate, Inc. is proud to announce that it has been named to RISMedia’s 20th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. LAH Real Estate ranked 325 in closed transaction sides and 308 in sales volume in the 2008 Power Broker Report, which identifies and ranks America’s largest residential real estate brokerage companies by transaction sides and sales volume. The key to our ranking is our commitment to serving you.

 

Our focus is more on the quality approach instead of the quantity approach to marketing and selling.  Our growth goal is to remain medium sized, because we are not convinced that big is always better. By controlling our size we can act and react to your real estate needs with greater speed and efficiency. A real estate decision can be one of your most important decisions. Only with all the facts can you make a wise decision. We will not tell you what we think you want to hear, but instead will tell you what you must hear. We want you to trust us.

Our advice will be in your best interests, even though that advice will not necessarily be the best for us. You are our highest priority.  We understand that our reputation is being established by our next transaction with you.

As such, we place a high priority on education and training. Training is constant in our company, whether it is orientation for new agents, or advanced training for experienced agents, or one-on-one direction as the sales situation dictates. Working with trained professional from LAH Sotheby’s International Realty means better service, professional counseling, and a satisfactory transaction

LAH Real Estate, Inc. is proud to announce that it has been named to RISMedia’s 20th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. LAH Real Estate ranked 325 in closed transaction sides and 308 in sales volume in the 2008 Power Broker Report, which identifies and ranks America’s largest residential real estate brokerage companies by transaction sides and sales volume. The key to our ranking is our commitment to serving you.