15 Firms In RE/MAX Metro Chicago Real Estate Network Rank Among Nation’s Most Productive

ELGIN, Ill., May 20, 2010 -- Fifteen franchised brokerage firms in the RE/MAX Metro Chicago real estate network, operating a total of 40 offices, along with a RE/MAX firm in Rockford, recently were spotlighted in one of the nation’s most prestigious surveys of real estate office productivity. All sixteen firms are part of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois network.

The 2010 Real Trends 500, an annual report from Real Trends magazine, is a national ranking of the 500 leading real estate offices or office groups with common ownership. The primary ranking is based on prior-year transaction volume, while a second ranking is based on sales volume.

Overall, RE/MAX brokerages led nationwide, holding 122, or 24 percent, of the Top 500 positions, with RE/MAX agents averaging an impressive 14.4 transaction sides each, 45 percent more than any competitor.

The top-ranked RE/MAX organization in northern Illinois was RE/MAX Suburban, which has offices in Arlington Heights, Glen Ellyn, Libertyville, Mt. Prospect, Schaumburg and Wheaton. It was ranked 180th in transactions and 146th in sales volume.

The Real Trends rankings for RE/MAX Northern Illinois offices are:
REAL TRENDS 500

Office	Transaction Sides Rank	Sales Volume Rank
RE/MAX Suburban, Arlington Hts., Glen Ellyn, Libertyville, Mt. Prospect, Schaumburg, Wheaton	180th	146th
RE/MAX TEAM 2000, Orland Park, Palos Hts.	226th	270th
RE/MAX of Naperville, Naperville and RE/MAX Enterprises, Downers Grove	322nd	249th
RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Lake Zurich, Palatine	409th	338th
RE/MAX 10, Oak Lawn, Palos Park, Homer Glen	416th
RE/MAX Professionals Select, Naperville, RE/MAX Professionals South, Plainfield, and RE/MAX Affiliates, Aurora	465th	403rd
RE/MAX Showcase, Gurnee, Lake Forest, Long Grove, Waukegan	470th
RE/MAX Excels, Geneva		430th

Eight other RE/MAX offices and office groups serving northern Illinois were recognized by Real Trends as “Up and Comers” because they closed at least 500 transactions in 2009. They are: RE/MAX City, Chicago; RE/MAX Signature, Chicago; RE/MAX All Pro, Bloomingdale and Sugar Grove/RE/MAX Great American North, St. Charles; RE/MAX Action, Lisle and Oak Brook; RE/MAX 2000, Crete; RE/MAX Central, Roselle/RE/MAX Central West, West Dundee; RE/MAX Property Source, Rockford, and RE/MAX Realty of Joliet, Joliet.

“The sixteen firms in our network recognized by Real Trends, comprise about one-third of the offices all RE/MAX offices in Northern Illinois, and that underscores the overall productivity of our agents,” said Jim Merrion, regional director of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network. “Even though the housing market showed signs of recovery in 2009, the residential real estate market remains a challenging environment, yet it is one in which our affiliates were able to succeed thanks to their experience, professionalism and expertise.”