Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Bay Street Realty Group, a leading group of realtors in the coastal region, recently announced the hiring of Chuck Newton.

Although Newton obtained his South Carolina real estate sales license in 2015, his experience and passion for real estate began long before. While serving as a management consultant, his exposure to real estate began. Newton was responsible for helping Merrill Lynch launch its own real estate brokerage product, Merrill Lynch Realty. From there, he headed the team for Merrill Lynch that developed and launched the world's first ever home equity loan, Merrill Lynch Equity Access.

Since then, he has been involved in residential real estate transactions as a consultant in ten U.S. states and two foreign countries - Boston, New York, Atlanta, St. Michaels Md, Hong Kong, Singapore, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

"Real estate transactions are fascinating characters," Newton says. "There is a lot of work involved matching a willing seller with a willing buyer, and then managing all the little details with the inspectors, mortgage providers, the attorneys and the other agents. An entire orchestra is necessary to make it happen.”

Newton brings great experience, and a new perspective to the Bay Street Realty Group.