Chicago-Area RE/MAX Brokers and Teams Ranked Among Nation’s Top 1,000 in Wall Street Journal and Real Trends Analysis

Chicago, IL, July 20, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Several RE/MAX brokers and teams serving the metropolitan Chicago real estate market are among the nation’s top 1,000 residential individuals and teams based on 2012 sales achievements, according to a national ranking by Real Trends, Inc., and the Wall Street Journal.

Individual brokers and sales teams were evaluated separately based on transaction sides closed and on closed sales volume. The result was four separate rankings of the top 250 in the nation based on applications received.

The Kombrink Team of RE/MAX Great American North in St. Charles, Ill., was among the top teams in both categories, ranking 62nd in transaction sides and 152nd in closed sales volume.

Also ranking among the top 250 teams in closed transaction sides was the Linda O’Donnell Team of RE/MAX Signature in Chicago, which placed 165th.

Two individual RE/MAX brokers were listed among the top 250 in the category of closed transaction sides. They were Robert Padron of RE/MAX Cityview, Chicago, who ranked 97th, and Ronald Gersch with RE/MAX Realty of Joliet, Joliet, Ill., who ranked 153rd.

RE/MAX has been the leader in the northern Illinois real estate market since 1989. The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, with headquarters in Elgin, Ill., consists of 2,000 sales associates and 100 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of residential and commercial brokerage services. Its www.illinoisproperty.com and www.remax.com websites are leaders in consumer visits among real estate franchise brands. The www.global.remax.com website allows consumers to search properties around the globe; www.theremaxcollection.com is a specialized portal of luxury properties across the U.S., and www.remaxcommercial.com displays commercial properties available nationwide and abroad. The northern Illinois network is part of RE/MAX LLC, a global real estate organization with 91,000 sales associates in 90+ nations. The RE/MAX organization has been recognized for numerous industry honors for excellence, and its Associates continue to lead the industry in professional designations, experience and production. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX. RE/MAX is the official real estate partner of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the national sponsor of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.