Southwestern Pennsylvania real estate company Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty has acquired Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kovack Realtors in Ohio. Joining forces will allow the combined company to leverage the power of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices name even more.

Kovack Realtors was founded in 1981 in Wadsworth, Ohio. In 1986, Michele Kovack Boyd returned to Ohio to assist in the family business. Since 1996, Boyd has led the company. She has 37 agents in her offices.

With the local support of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwood Realty Services in the Ohio region, Boyd will continue in her role as a managing broker in the office.

The union adds to the more than 1,800 agents and 54 offices serving 22 counties in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio under Preferred Realty and its family of companies. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty is headquartered in Pittsburgh.