25 RE/MAX Firms in Northern Illinois Ranked Among Nation’s Most Successful Residential Brokerages in 2014 by REAL Trends

Chicago, IL, July 01, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Twenty-five RE/MAX brokerage firms operating 51 offices in northern Illinois were recognized by REAL Trends magazine in its annual analysis of the nation’s largest residential real estate firms. The REAL Trends 500 highlights the nation’s most productive residential real estate firms based on closed transaction sides and closed sales volume.

Named to the top 50 firms in the nation in terms of percentage gain in both closed transactions over the last five years and percentage gain in sales volume over that same period was RE/MAX Synergy, with offices in Flossmoor and Orland Park, Ill. Earlier this year, that brokerage opened a third office in Frankfort, Ill.

Firms in the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network that placed in the Top 500 are as follows:

RE/MAX Suburban, with offices in Arlington Heights, Glen Ellyn, Libertyville, Mt. Prospect, Schaumburg and Wheaton, ranked 168th in closed transaction sides and 196th in closed sales volume.

RE/MAX Synergy ranked 320th in closed transaction sides.

RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, with offices in Algonquin, Bartlett, Crystal Lake, Huntley, Lake Zurich and Palatine, ranked 382nd in closed transaction sides and 475th in closed sales volume.

RE/MAX 10, with offices in Chicago, Oak Lawn and Palos Park, ranked 395th in closed transaction sides.

RE/MAX of Naperville in Naperville and RE/MAX Enterprises in Downers Grove ranked 434th in closed transaction sides and 430th in closed sales volume.

RE/MAX Showcase, with offices in Gurnee, Long Grove and Waukegan, ranked 482nd in closed transaction sides.

Brokerage firms that closed at least 500 transaction sides but were not among the Top 500 are named to the REAL Trends Up and Comers list. An additional 19 RE/MAX Northern Illinois firms with 27 offices qualified. They are:

RE/MAX Action - Lisle

RE/MAX Professionals Select – Naperville

RE/MAX All Pro – Bloomingdale and Sugar Grove; RE/MAX Great American North – St. Charles

RE/MAX City – Chicago

RE/MAX Excels – Geneva

RE/MAX Signature – Chicago

RE/MAX Vision 212 – Chicago

RE/MAX 2000 – Crete

RE/MAX of Barrington – Barrington; RE/MAX NOW – Lake Barrington

RE/MAX Horizon – Elgin

RE/MAX Plaza – McHenry, Richmond, Wauconda and Woodstock

RE/MAX Advantage Realty – Antioch

RE/MAX Central – Roselle

RE/MAX Sauk Valley – Sterling and Dixon

RE/MAX Ultimate Professionals – Plainfield and Shorewood

RE/MAX Partners – Berwyn

RE/MAX Experts – Buffalo Grove

RE/MAX Center – Grayslake

RE/MAX in the Village, Realtors® – Oak Park

Based on data in the 2015 REAL Trends 500, RE/MAX agents at brokerages included in the survey averaged 16.8 transaction sides each in 2014. That is significantly more than agents with other national franchise brands and more than double the 7.8 transaction sides averaged by agents at all other brokerages in the survey.

RE/MAX agents consistently rank among the most productive in the industry. In the United States, RE/MAX agents averaged 15.6 years of real estate experience and 16.0 transaction sides in 2014. RE/MAX has been the leader in the northern Illinois real estate market since 1989 and is continually growing. The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, with headquarters in Elgin, Ill., consists of 2,200+ sales associates and 105 independently owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of residential and commercial brokerage services. Its mobile real estate app, available for download at www.illinoisproperty.com, provides comprehensive information about residential and commercial property for sale in the region. The northern Illinois network is part of RE/MAX, a global real estate organization with 100,000+ sales associates in 90+ nations.