According to HousingWire, a real estate team called The Foundry Group has decided to join forces with Compass Raleigh after operating independently in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The team brings solid credentials to the table, with more than two hundred million dollars in closed sales volume accumulated across Moore County over their time in business. In just this past year, they closed eighty-one and a half transaction sides worth just over thirty million dollars, which ranked them quite respectably in the state.
The team is led by two co-principal brokers, Leigh Amigo and Kristen Moracco, who have spent fifteen years combined in residential real estate. What's interesting about their story is that they actually spent six years competing against each other as top producers before deciding to join together as partners. This shared history in the market gave them real insight into how each other operates and what they each brought to the table.
Moracco comes from a healthcare background as a former NICU nurse with deep roots in Moore County and has personally guided clients through more than one hundred million dollars in property transactions in the region. Amigo brings eight years of real estate experience along with a background in relationship sales from her time in New York, plus she understands the unique challenges of military families having been a military spouse herself.
The full team operating under Compass now includes eight additional members beyond the two principals. By moving to Compass Raleigh, The Foundry Group strengthens the larger company's foothold in the Pinehurst and Moore County area, which has been attracting steady housing activity from military relocations, retirees looking to settle down, and buyers seeking second homes.
What I am seeing locally here in the Bay Area and East Bay is similar to what's happening in places like Moore County. Teams with strong local knowledge and established track records are increasingly choosing to affiliate with larger national brands like Compass to gain resources and marketing reach while keeping their identity intact. For our buyers and sellers here, this trend means more boutique-style teams are becoming accessible through sophisticated platforms and networks, which gives consumers more choices and potentially better service than they might have found working with purely independent operators.
