Realogy-Affiliated Sales Professionals Claim 288 of Top 1,000 Spots in Prestigious Ranking by REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal

One-quarter of Top 25 Spots Across All Categories Affiliated With Realogy Brands or Its Company-Owned Brokerage

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Jun 27, 2014, 11:29 ET

MADISON, N.J., June 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 29% of America's top residential real estate sales professionals are affiliated with Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) brands, according to the 2014 REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal "Top Thousand" report released today. The report ranks America's top 1,000 residential real estate agents and teams based on 2013 annual sales volume and transaction sides.

"Year after year, the independent sales professionals affiliated with our franchise brands and company-owned offices provide outstanding service to homebuyers and sellers, and this ranking is a clear indicator of their success," said Richard A. Smith, chairman, CEO and president of Realogy. "We are proud of their significant presence on this list."

Realogy's residential brands include Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, ERA®, Sotheby's International Realty®, and The Corcoran Group®.

The Top Thousand is divided into four categories, each listing their top 250 designees: individual agent by sales volume, individual agent by transaction sides, team by sales volume and team by transaction sides.

Agents and teams affiliated with Realogy brands – specifically the company-owned offices operated by Realogy's subsidiary, NRT LLC, and the independently owned and operated franchisees of the Realogy Franchise Group – accounted for:

116 of the Top 250 Agents by Sales Volume (46 percent)
91 of the Top 250 Agents by Transaction Sides (36 percent)
51 of the Top 250 Teams by Sales Volume (20 percent)
30 of the Top 250 Teams by Transaction Sides (12 percent)

Sales associates affiliated with NRT offices represent 35 percent (87) of the spots within the Top 250 Agents by Sales Volume. In total, NRT accounts for 15 percent (146) of the agents and teams included in the rankings.

Of all brands on the ranking, Coldwell Banker holds the most overall spots in individual agent sales volume (58), and also features the No. 1 performing team based on sales volume ─ The Jills^® of Miami Beach, Fla., with more than $551 million (2^nd consecutive year at No. 1).

As shown below, one-quarter of the Top 25 spots across the four categories are held by agents and teams affiliated with a Realogy brand or company-owned brokerage:

Top Teams by Sales Volume

1.	The Jills^® – Jill Eber and Jill Hertzberg Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate (NRT)	Miami Beach, Fla.	$ 551,745,386
4.	Carrie Chiang/Janet Wang The Corcoran Group (NRT)	New York, N.Y.	$ 338,427,900
9.	Sean Stanfield HOM Sotheby's International Realty	Huntington Beach, Calif.	$ 284,253,546
15.	Malin Giddings-SF Properties Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (NRT)	San Francisco, Calif.	$ 244,717,475
16.	The Smith Group Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (NRT)	Newport Beach, Calif.	$ 244,644,095
18.	The Shemesh Team The Corcoran Group (NRT)	New York, N.Y.	$ 230,443,430
23.	The Jim Allen Group Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.	Raleigh, N.C.	$ 211,232,729

Top Agents by Sales Volume

4.	Tim Davis The Corcoran Group (NRT)	Southampton, N.Y.	$ 422,218,500
7.	Chris Cortazzo Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (NRT)	Malibu, Calif.	$ 325,450,909
11.	Harald Grant Sotheby's International Realty (NRT)	Southampton, N.Y.	$ 267,758,810
15.	Jade Mills Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (NRT)	Beverly Hills, Calif.	$ 228,930,045
16.	Craig Morris Aspen Snowmass Sotheby's International Realty	Aspen, Colo.	$ 227,603,250
17.	Susan Breitenbach The Corcoran Group (NRT)	Bridgehampton, N.Y.	$ 227,159,000
20.	Serena Boardman Sotheby's International Realty (NRT)	New York, N.Y.	$ 205,828,500
22.	Jim McCann The Corcoran Group (NRT)	Palm Beach, Fla.	$ 195,045,750
24.	Gary Depersia The Corcoran Group (NRT)	East Hampton, N.Y.	$ 190,930,500
25.	Linda May Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (NRT)	Beverly Hills, Calif.	$ 186,340,812

Top Agents by Transaction Sides

10.	Scott Cohara ERA Lentz Associates, Inc.	Parma, Ohio	458.25
12.	Mary Berry CENTURY 21 All-Pro Realty, Inc.	Oklahoma City, Okla.	427
17.	Angela Kenny CENTURY 21 Team Feltrim	Windermere, Fla.	398
19.	Mike Phillips CENTURY 21 All-Pro	Kansas City, Mo.	353
20.	Mary Wallace Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (NRT)	Oak Lawn, Ill.	347.30
24.	Diane DiPeppe CENTURY 21 The Real Estate Centre	Westminster, Md.	319

Top Teams by Transaction Sides

The Jim Allen Group

Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.

Raleigh, N.C.

869

11.

Greg Kurzner

ERA Atlantic Realty

Alpharetta, Ga.

842

REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal Top Thousand awards 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. REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal Top Thousand honors America's finest real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends.

About Realogy Holdings Corp.
Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) is a global leader in residential real estate franchising with company-owned real estate brokerage operations doing business under its franchise systems as well as relocation and title services. Realogy's brands and business units include Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, The Corcoran Group®, ERA®, Sotheby's International Realty®, NRT LLC, Cartus and Title Resource Group. Collectively, Realogy's franchise system members operate approximately 13,600 offices with 247,000 independent sales associates doing business in 104 countries around the world. Realogy is headquartered in Madison, N.J.

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