Power Broker Survey Recognizes 14 RE/MAX Brokerages Serving The Northern Illinois Real Estate Market

Annual Ranking Places Them Among Nation’s Most Productive Firms

Fourteen independently owned RE/MAX brokerage organizations serving the northern Illinois real estate market ranked among the 600 most productive residential brokerages in the nation for 2008 based on transactions closed, according to the 2009 Power Broker Report by Real Estate Magazine, a RISMedia publication.

Nationwide, 22.8 percent of the firms ranked in the newest version of the annual Power Broker Report were RE/MAX units.

The 14 RE/MAX brokerages in northern Illinois that were recognized in the 2009 Power Broker Report (which is based on 2008 sales results) are led once again by RE/MAX Suburban, which has offices in Arlington Heights, Glen Ellyn, Libertyville, Mt. Prospect, Schaumburg and Wheaton. It ranked 143rd in transactions and 115th in sales volume.

The 13 other RE/MAX offices in northern Illinois ranked in the Power Broker Report, with their transaction and sales rankings, are:

• RE/MAX TEAM 2000, Orland Park and Palos Heights, 199th and 205th;
• RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Lake Zurich and Palatine, 307th and 243rd;
• RE/MAX 10, Homer Glen, Oak Lawn and Palos Park, 320th and 347th;
• RE/MAX Professionals Select, Naperville, and RE/MAX Professionals South, Plainfield, 394th and 318th;
• RE/MAX Showcase, Gurnee, Lake Forest, Long Grove and Waukegan, 395th and 365th;
• RE/MAX Professionals East, St. Charles, and RE/MAX Excels, Geneva, 401st and 281st;
• RE/MAX Great American North, Wasco/St. Charles and RE/MAX Town & Country, Aurora, 441st and 419th (these offices had joint ownership in 2008 but are now separately owned);
• RE/MAX City, Realtors® Chicago, 456th and 418th;
• RE/MAX Realty of Joliet, Joliet, 482nd and 531st;
• RE/MAX On Track, Aledo and Rock Island, 490th and 750th ;
• RE/MAX Properties, Western Springs, 522nd and 477th;
• RE/MAX Action, Lisle and Oak Brook, 559th and 492nd;
• RE/MAX 2000, Crete, 569th and 725th;

“In what has been a challenging year for the real estate industry, we are proud that 14 of our offices qualified for the Power Broker list,” said Jim Merrion, regional director of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network. “RE/MAX and its outstanding group of agents know how to adapt and succeed in market environments of all kinds.”

Real Estate Magazine listed six other RE/MAX offices in northern Illinois as “Companies to Watch,” a list of future star performers, based on their 2008 sales achievements. They are: RE/MAX Signature, Chicago; RE/MAX South Suburban, Flossmoor; RE/MAX Elite, Darien and Hinsdale; RE/MAX At Home, Rolling Meadows; RE/MAX Hometown Advantage, Geneseo; and RE/MAX North, Northbrook.