Ben Lee, a Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Property Specialist affiliated with the Beverly Hills office of Coldwell Banker Realty, has earned the distinguished achievement of being ranked among the top 1,000 real estate agents and teams in the United States, as announced in the 2020 REAL Trends “The Thousand” report published in The Wall Street Journal.
REAL Trends ranked Lee No. 85 on the list of the Top 250 real estate agents in the U.S. based on achieving $108,694,890 in closed sales volume in 2019.
“Ben truly understands the Los Angeles’ Westside property market and offers his clients impeccable service,” said Jamie Duran, president of Coldwell Banker Realty Southern California. “This recognition is a direct result of his wonderful work, which has led him to become a leading affiliate agent with Coldwell Banker.”
“The Thousand” ranking consists of all real estate agents and teams throughout the United States who took part in residential real estate transactions in 2019. The individual rankings are divided into two top 250 categories, based on closed transaction sides and closed sales volume. This year, team rankings are divided into three categories by team size, based on closed transaction sides and closed sales volume. To qualify, an individual agent had to achieve or exceed 50 closed transaction sides or $20 million in closed sales volume for the prior year. A team must have attained or surpassed 75 closed transaction sides or $30 million in closed sales volume for the prior year.
Most recently, Lee was ranked in the Top 10 based on gross commission income for 2019 among sales associates/representatives throughout North America in the Coldwell Banker® system. He was also named to Coldwell Banker Realty’s International Society of Excellence. A second-generation Los Angeles native, he is a real estate broker who specializes in the Los Angeles’ Westside property market and is also a licensed attorney. Last year, REAL Trends ranked Lee No. 55 on the list of the Top 250 real estate agents in the U.S. based on achieving $157,874,800 in closed sales volume in 2018.
Coldwell Banker Realty in Southern California, the No. 1 residential real estate brokerage in Southern California, operates 64 offices with approximately 4,524 affiliated agents. Real estate agents affiliated with the company are independent contractor agents and are not employees of the company. Coldwell Banker Realty is owned by a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), the largest full-service residential real estate services company in the United States. For more information, visit ColdwellBankerHomes.com. CalBRE #01908304.
