The Smith Group led by Tim Smith, a Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Property Specialist affiliated with the Newport Beach office of Coldwell Banker Realty, has been named one of the top real estate teams in California by the REAL Trends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals report.
America’s Best, published by REAL Trends and Tom Ferry International, separately ranked the most productive agents and teams in each state by their closed sales volume and transaction sides in 2019. The Smith Group achieved the No. 5 spot in California based on attaining $379,411,583 in closed sales volume and No. 39 based on 151.5 closed transactions in 2019, within the large team size category.
“It is no surprise that The Smith Group continues to lead in Orange County, with its cutting-edge luxury real estate marketing,” said Jamie Duran, president of Coldwell Banker Realty Southern California. “Tim and his team are most deserving of this ranking.”
According to REAL Trends, agents and teams who achieved a place among America’s Best were among the top half of 1% of 1.4 million licensed real estate professionals in the United States. Nearly 14,000 real estate agents and teams from across the country were featured in America’s Best. To qualify for this elite list, individual agents had to achieve or exceed 50 transactions or $20 million in sales volume for 2019. Teams needed 75 closed transaction sides or $30 million in closed sales volume for 2019. See the full list of winners here: https://www.realtrends.com/rankings/americas-best/
Most recently, REAL Trends ranked The Smith Group No. 12 in the U.S. based on achieving $379,411,583 in closed sales volume in 2019, within the large team size category. The team was ranked in the Top 3 Large Teams with four or more members based on gross commission income for 2019 throughout North America in the Coldwell Banker® system. The team also was ranked the No. 1 Team in California for Coldwell Banker Realty based on gross commission income for 2019 and was named to Coldwell Banker Realty’s International Society of Excellence. The Smith Group consists of more than 25 support members and affiliate agents with the Newport Beach office of Coldwell Banker Realty. REAL Trends ranked The Smith Group No. 18 on the list of the Top 250 real estate teams in the U.S. based on achieving $429,307,835 in closed sales volume in 2018. In addition to “The Thousand,” The Smith Group ranked as the No. 1 Coldwell Banker Team in California and No. 2 out of all teams of four or more team members in North America for Coldwell Banker Real Estate based on highest closed adjusted gross commission (AGC) income in 2017. Additionally, the team ranked 17 out of the top 250 sales teams in the U.S. by REAL Trends and one of the top Video Influencers by Tom Ferry for three years in a row. The Smith Group also was named to the Society of Excellence in 2016 and 2017, the highest award presented by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, which only the top sales professionals attain.
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.
