When Teddy Piper returned home after college in 2012, he wasn’t certain what direction his career would take. Fourteen years later, he is broker-owner of one of Maine’s top-producing real estate firms — helping guide the David Banks Team at REMAX by the Bay through a record-setting year. The Portland-based operation ranked No. 40 for […]
Ivan & Mike Team, a Compass-affiliated ultra-luxury real estate group serving South Florida’s high-end housing market, finished No. 19 among medium-sized teams by sales volume in RealTrends Verified’s 2026 rankings — recording $298.32 million in transaction volume during 2025. Led by co-founders Ivan Chorney and Michael Martirena, the team has spent the past decade building
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When Joe McNally earned his real estate license at age 18, he became the youngest licensed agent in Maine. That distinction was notable — but early success proved elusive. “My mother got her real estate license, and I got mine a year later,” McNally told HousingWire. “I was so young, and I never closed a
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When Kelli Salter launched Anchor Real Estate in 2020, the military spouse and real estate professional was searching for a better way to serve members of the armed forces who form the backbone of the Jacksonville, North Carolina, housing market. Six years later, that decision has helped propel Anchor Real Estate to national recognition. The
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Eric Gedalje has been a staple of the Lake Havasu City, Arizona, real estate scene since he made his first commercial real estate investment at the age of 19. “No one in my family had ever owned a home, let alone invested in real estate, but I did it. And then I did like six
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Despite yet another year of sluggish home sales, the nation’s top-performing real estate agents and teams continued to produce strong results in 2025. Over 50,000 agents and teams earned a spot on the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings, published on Friday. While this is roughly 5,000 more qualifiers than last year, those ranked in the RealTrends
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For Travis Baron, it was a strong commitment to his agents and pursuing organic growth that led to his firm, REMAX Premier Realty, closing 1,813 transaction sides and $530.57 million in sales volume, according to RealTrends Verified data. Between 2021 and 2025, Baron’s firm recorded 171% transaction-side growth, earning it the No. 3 rank in
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LPT Realty founder and CEO Robert Palmer took the stage Tuesday at HousingWire’s The Gathering in Austin, Texas — outlining growth strategy built on team empowerment, agent retention and a deliberate separation from mortgage origination. Palmer, who spent roughly 20 years in the mortgage business, has made a pointed decision not to attach a mortgage
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Growing up in poverty in Chicago, Realty of America founder and CEO Eddie Garcia, remembers going to the Archdiocese of Chicago on Tuesdays each week as a child to pick up a small box of food for his family. “I came from extreme poverty,” Garcia said. “Both of my parents were homeless, living under highway
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Over the past year, consolidation has consumed the real estate industry, with many questioning if mid-sized regional independent firms would be able to survive, let alone contend in this emerging environment dominated by national monoliths like eXp Realty and Compass International Holdings. The 2026 RealTrends Verified Rankings, however, make these concerns seem irrelevant. Independent brokerages