REAL Trends’ The Thousand Recognizes Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties among the best in the nation.

 
Scottsdale (July 26, 2106) Eight Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices teams and two individual real estate sales executives have been recognized among the leading professionals in American real estate, according to REAL Trends’ The Thousand. REAL Trends, in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal, recently published “The Thousand” list of America’s top 1,000 real estate sales professionals and teams.
“The Thousand,” as advertised in The Wall Street Journal, is an annual, national awards ranking sponsored by REAL Trends and advertised in The Wall Street Journal. Designees are recognized as the top one half of one percent of more than 1.1 million licensed Realtors® 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.
“Our teams were among the top in Arizona for sides, or number of transactions,” said Mark Stark, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties. “And our top six teams represented $258 million in Arizona real estate sales last year. Berkshire Hathaway is the leading name in real estate and it shows with the REAL Trends/Wall Street Journal rankings.”
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties executives recognized in “The Thousand” included:
Individuals by Transaction Sides: 
#54  Olga Griffin ………………………………. 58 transactions
Individuals by Sales Volume: 
#14   Linda Salkow ……………………………… $27 million
Teams by Transaction Sides:
#45   The Chandler Ocotillo Group………… 132 transactions
#49    Team Santistevan……………………….. 129 transactions
#51    Alan Levanson Team……………………. 126 transactions
#68    Sterling Elite Properties Group………. 100 transactions
#97    The Berrett Team………………………….. 79 transactions
#103   The Olberding Team…………………….. 77 transactions
Teams by Sales Volume:
Rank #9     The Power of 4…………………….. $77 million
Rank #23   Sterling Elite Properties Group…… $48 million
Rank #34   Team Santistevan……………………… $38 million
Rank #45   The Chandler Ocotillo Group……… $34 million
Rank #53    Alan Levanson Team……………….. $31 million
Rank #54   Colleen Seymour & Associates……. $30 million
 
“Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is home to some of Arizona’s most successful real estate sales executives and teams,” said Stark. “We’re proud to be their partners in representing their clients and marketing properties both locally and internationally.”
ABOUT BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES ARIZONA PROPERTIES
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties is a part of Americana Holdings, which also includes Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. The firms are leaders in their respective markets with 25 offices and 2,000 agents, comprising the largest independently owned Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchise in the world. Combined, the companies sold $3.1 billion in real estate in 2015.
In 2014, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices was named “Real Estate Agency Brand of the Year” by consumers in the 26th annual Harris Poll EquiTrend® study of the largest real estate networks. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has 54,000 agents in 1,600 offices around the world.
For more information, visit www.bhhsaz.com or call 480-505-6300.
Disclaimer: In composing THE THOUSAND by REAL Trends as advertised in The Wall Street Journal and the REAL Trends Best Real Estate Agents in America rankings we reach out to request applications to virtually every leading brokerage organization, virtually all Realtor® associations and MLS and a variety of other sources. Even given this, we recognize that not every eligible sales professional knows of this ranking report and there are some who prefer not to share their data with us. There are some that are missed. We do verify through third party sources every applicant’s submission.