Keller Williams has launched a new service aiming to keep its top-performing teams under its umbrella as they expand into new markets.

The KW Expansion Network will offer resources for these teams, including physical space at Keller Williams’ existing local offices in order to meet with clients, attend live training events and hold closings. It will also offer these growing teams a simplified, standardized compensation plan.

“Top-producing real estate teams continue to outperform the market substantially, so we’re accommodating their expansion needs under one national brand and one national brokerage,” KW President Marc King said in a statement. “According to REAL Trends’ ‘The Thousand,’ the top-producing, U.S.-based real estate teams ranked by transaction sides saw mean transactions increase by 49.7 percent in 2020 over 2019.”

By early 2022, the KW Expansion Network will be operational in all 50 states, the company said, adding that the network was developed in partnership with KW’s franchise owners and stakeholders.

Matthew Szalecki, formerly director of brokerage operations for Fathom Realty and a regional operations manager for eXp Realty, has been appointed to lead the effort as senior director of strategy and operations at the KW Expansion Network. Along with leading the initial R&D efforts, he will direct the operations, risk management, and strategic policy and vision for the network.

“I’m both honored and humbled by the opportunity to lead the KW Expansion Network,” said Szalecki. “We already lead the industry in the development and success of real estate teams. Now, we’ve made it operationally and financially simple to grow a team without borders.”