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RE/MAX Has More of “America’s Best” Agents for Fourth Consecutive Year

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REAL Trends Announces “America’s Best Real Estate Professionals” Rankings

Denver, CO – July 10, 2018 (PRNewswire) RE/MAX, the world’s most productive real estate network*, placed more agents than any other brand in the 2018 REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Professionals” rankings. Nearly one in four agents in the survey is a RE/MAX agent.

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“‘America’s Best Real Estate Professionals’ is our industry’s largest ranking of agents based on homes sold,” said RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos. “This is the fourth consecutive year that RE/MAX has qualified more agents for the survey than any other brand.”

The REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Professionals” survey ranks participating agents in the United States based on 2017 residential transaction sides and sales volume. The survey is divided into four categories: individual agents by sales volume, individuals by transaction sides, team leaders by volume and team leaders by sides.

To qualify, an individual must have closed 50 transaction sides or $20 million in sales volume and a team must have closed 75 transaction sides or $30 million in sales volume last year. Individuals ranked in the 2018 REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Professionals” averaged 73.9 transaction sides and nearly $38 million in sales volume. Ranked team leaders averaged 147.4 sides and slightly over $62 million in volume.

Other notable recognitions of RE/MAX agents and team leaders in the 2018 REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Professionals” rankings:

  • RE/MAX qualified 3,146 agents, Keller Williams was second with 2,518 and Coldwell Banker was third with 1,630.
  • 22.7 percent of the agents in the survey are RE/MAX agents, the highest percentage ever for RE/MAX and a significant increase over 19.9% last year. The number of RE/MAX qualifiers grew by 640 agents.
  • 28 percent of the rankings for transaction sides (2,805 of 9,883) went to RE/MAX agents and team leaders.

Industry surveys continue to recognize the RE/MAX network for its high productivity. RE/MAX had more of America’s most productive agents than any other brand in the recent 13th Annual REAL Trends “The Thousand.” RE/MAX agents have claimed the most rankings in the respected survey three out of the last four years. RE/MAX associates also outperformed participating agents with other real estate brands in the 2018 REAL Trends 500 survey. For the eighth consecutive year, RE/MAX agents in the survey on average outsold competing agents – averaging more than twice as many closed sales than agents at other participating large brokerages.

RE/MAX is in more countries and territories than any other real estate brand. From a single office that opened in 1973 in Denver, Colo., RE/MAX has grown into a global real estate network with more than 120,000 sales associates in more than 100 countries and territories.

* When measured by residential transaction sides

About the RE/MAX Network

As one of the leading global real estate franchisors, RE/MAX, LLC is a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX) with over 120,000 agents in more than 100 countries and territories. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX, as measured by residential transaction sides. Dedicated to innovation and change in the real estate industry, RE/MAX launched Motto Mortgage, a ground-breaking mortgage franchisor, in 2016 and acquired booj, a real estate technology company, in 2018. RE/MAX agents have lived, worked and served in their local communities for decades, raising millions of dollars every year for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® and other charities. To learn more about RE/MAX, to search home listings or find an agent in your community, please visit www.remax.com. For the latest news about RE/MAX, please visit www.remax.com/newsroom.

REAL Trends Announces 2018 The Thousand

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DENVER, June 29, 2018 (PRNewswire) Today, REAL Trends Inc., in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal, published the 13th annual The Thousand list of America’s top 1,000 real estate sales professionals and teams. An abridged list of the designees is published in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal and a complete listing is available online at www.realtrends.com/rankings/rt1000.

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REAL Trends The Thousand, as advertised in The Wall Street Journal, is an annual, national awards ranking sponsored by REAL Trends—the Trusted Source—and advertised in The Wall Street Journal. Designees are recognized as the top one-half of one percent of more than 1.3 million licensed real estate professionals nationwide. The Thousand is divided into four categories, each listing the top 250 designees: Individual Agent—Sales Volume; Individual Agent—Transaction Sides; Agent Team—Sales Volume and Agent Team—Transaction Sides.

“The real estate sales professionals ranked in The Thousand have proven that they have the skills to grow their businesses year after year,” said Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends and publisher of The Thousand. “The average U.S. real estate professional closed 8.0 transaction sides in 2017. The average agent ranked in The Thousand closed 204 transaction sides and the average team closed over 533 transaction sides. These kinds of results show that those who commit to being full-time professionals can build meaningful businesses and succeed beyond expectations. Achieving this level of results is simply incredible.”

The top five designees in each category of the 2018 REAL Trends The Thousand are:

Individual Agent—Sales Volume

1. Ben Caballero, HomesUSA.com, Inc., Addison, Texas
2. Chris Cortazzo, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Malibu, Calif.
3. Mauricio Umansky, The Agency, Beverly Hills, Calif.
4. Alexa Lambert, Stribling & Associates, New York, N.Y.
5. Aaron Kirman, Pacific Union International, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Individual Agent—Transaction Sides

1. Ben Caballero, HomesUSA.com, Inc., Addison, Texas
2. Brian Bair, OfferPad, Gilbert, Ariz.
3. Jason Saphire, www.EntryOnly.com, Boston, Mass.
4. John Swartz, RE/MAX Connection, Turnersville, N.J.
5. Sherri Saad, RE/MAX Leading Edge, Detroit, Mich.

Agent Team—Sales Volume

1. Lucido Agency, Keller Williams Realty, Ellicott City, Md.
2. The Serhant Team, Nest Seekers International, New York, N.Y.
3. Halton Pardee + Partners, Halton Pardee + Partners, Santa Monica, Calif.
4. The DeLeon Team, DeLeon Realty, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.
5. Ben Kinney/Home 4 Investment Team, Keller Williams Realty, Bellingham, Wash.

Agent Team—Transaction Sides

1. Mark Spain Real Estate, Mark Spain Real Estate, Alpharetta, Ga.
2. Lucido Agency, Keller Williams Realty, Ellicott City, Md.
3. Ben Kinney/Home 4 Investment Team, Keller Williams Realty, Bellingham, Wash.
4. The Minnesota Real Estate Team, RE/MAX Advantage Plus, Bloomington, Minn.
5. Duffy Realty, Duffy Realty of Atlanta, Alpharetta, Ga.

“In total, this year’s professionals in The Thousand closed 184,407 sides and sold more than $86 billion in 2017—a new record for sales volume with a 9 percent increase over last year,” said Murray. “It is incredible to consider that 1,000 sales professionals and teams could accomplish so much.”

METHODOLOGY

REAL Trends The Thousand awards program was developed jointly by WSJ, Custom Studios and REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry. The Thousand honors America’s finest real estate professionals and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends. Rankings are compiled based on surveys from virtually every national branded network, state and local associations of Realtors®, multiple listing services, all applicants from past years’ rankings, and the 1,752 largest brokerage firms in the United States. Verification from an independent source is required for all submissions. In addition, REAL Trends senior staff reviews every submission for completeness and accuracy.

ABOUT REAL TRENDS

REAL Trends has been The Trusted Source of news, analysis and information on the residential brokerage industry since 1987. The privately held publishing, consulting and communications company is based in Castle Rock, Colorado. Residential real estate leaders look to REAL Trends for timely and trusted information and analysis through its monthly newsletter, news updates, conferences and publications. In addition to creating research studies, REAL Trends is a leading provider of high-level business consulting services to the residential real estate industry. The firm provides a wide range of advisory services to local, regional and national real estate organizations. Areas of expertise include operational analysis, valuations, merger and acquisition advisory services, consumer and business research and strategic planning. For more information, visit www.realtrends.com or call 303-741-1000.

Realogy-affiliated Agents and Agent Teams Represent Nearly a Quarter of the 2018 REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal Top 1,000

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Madison, NJ – June 29, 2018 (PRNewswire) Agents and teams associated with Realogy’s franchise brands and company-owned brokerages represent 24 percent of the 2018 REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal report, The Thousand, that was released today. Realogy brand-affiliated agents and teams have the most placements of any real estate organization in this annual report of the nation’s top 1,000 agents and teams based on their sales volume and transaction sides in 2017.

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“The impressive representation by our affiliated agents and agent teams is a clear indication of our industry-leading national scale and a testament to their industry and market knowledge,” said Ryan Schneider, Realogy’s chief executive officer and president.

Notable Overall Rankings

Overall, agents and teams affiliated with a Realogy brand account for:

  • The most top agents based on sales volume (109) and transaction sides (79), respectively.
  • An 8.5 percent increase in sales volume year-over-year.

Additionally, NRT LLC, Realogy’s company-owned brokerage unit, accounted for 77 (31 percent) of the top agents based on sales volume, including 10 of the top 30.

Brand Highlights

  • Coldwell Banker® led all other real estate franchise brands with 41 agents ranked by sales volume, including the No. 2 ranked agent overall (Chris Cortazzo, Malibu, California).
  • Sotheby’s International Realty® claimed 40 of the top 250 sales agents in the individual sales volume category.
  • ERA® saw an increase in sides (5 percent) and volume (15 percent) from its ranked affiliated professionals in 2017 vs. 2016. Additionally, ERA had four of the top-20 ranked sales associates in individual sides.
  • Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate saw an overall increase in sides (48 percent) over 2017, and had one affiliated agent in the top 20 rankings by sides.
  • CENTURY 21® placed 14 of the top 100 agents for individual sides.
  • The Corcoran Group experienced a 23 percent increase in volume year-over-year, and had more individual agents in the New York metropolitan area markets based on individual sales volume than any other firm.

The REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal Top Thousand program was developed jointly by The Wall Street Journal advertising sales department and REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry. The Thousand honors America’s finest real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends. The full report is available here.

About Realogy Holdings Corp.
Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) is the leading and most integrated provider of residential real estate services in the U.S. that is focused on empowering independent sales agents to best serve today’s consumers. Realogy delivers its services through its well-known industry brands including Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, Corcoran Group®, ERA®, Sotheby’s International Realty® as well as NRT, Cartus, Title Resource Group and ZapLabs, an in-house innovation and technology development lab. Realogy’s fully integrated business model includes brokerage, franchising, relocation, mortgage, and title and settlement services. Realogy provides independent sales agents access to leading technology, best-in-class marketing and learning programs, and support services to help them become more productive and build stronger businesses. Realogy’s affiliated brokerages operate around the world with approximately 190,800 independent sales agents in the United States and approximately 98,200 independent sales agents in approximately 115 other countries and territories. Realogy is headquartered in Madison, New Jersey.

Media Contact:
Nick Renda
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nick.renda@realogy.com