RE/MAX remained the leader in the Fox Valley real estate residential home sales market during the first half of 2008. RE/MAX agents listed 36.7 percent of all homes sold in the area based on sales data available through Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC (MRED).
Home sales reported by MRED totaled 761 in the Fox Valley during the first six months of 2008. That is 28.5 percent fewer sales than were reported for the same period last year.
The Fox Valley market includes the communities of Batavia, Elburn, Geneva, North Aurora, St. Charles, Sugar Grove and Wayne.
The top five real estate organizations in the Fox Valley during the first half of 2008, in terms of listings sold, were RE/MAX with 279 (36.7 percent), Coldwell Banker with 134 (17.6 percent), Baird & Warner with 80 (10.5 percent), Keller Williams with 33 (4.3 percent) and Kettley with 23 (3 percent). Data maintained by MRED may not reflect all real estate activity in a specific market area.
In the Fox Valley, no one helped more buyers purchase homes than RE/MAX. During the first half of 2008, RE/MAX agents represented buyers who purchased 28.6 percent of all listed homes sold in the area, topping Coldwell Banker (14.7 percent), Baird & Warner (9.7 percent), Keller Williams (4.5 percent) and Kettley (3.7 percent).
During the first six months of this year, RE/MAX remained as the Chicago real estate leader, listing 19.8 percent of all residences sold. Since 1989, RE/MAX has ranked number one in the Chicago metropolitan home sales market based on listings sold.
MRED data for the first half of 2008 also reveals that RE/MAX listed 26.1 percent of all homes sold in the Chicago suburbs.