Searching for your home sweet home can be daunting. The long list of "musts" and "wants" paired with limits of price range and location make it difficult to sort through the many homes listed for sale. The most successful realtors are the ones who alleviate your stress by showing that they have your best interests in mind: the ones who make you feel they are truly working for you.
That's why it's good to know which realtors have a record of success - especially in today's fluctuating housing market. Newsweek partnered with REAL Trends –the trusted source of news, analysis, and information on the residential brokerage industry since 1987– to sort through the data and provide you with a list of America's Best Real Estate Professionals. We highlight the top real estate professionals by volume within each state. You can select the states on the interactive map or in the table below. If your company is listed below, you can get in touch to find out more about the licensing options.
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| Rank | Name | Company | City | State | Transactions | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgie Berkinshaw | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Annapolis | MD | 38.90 | $57,343,375.00 |
| 2 | Anne Killeen | Washington Fine Properties, LLC | Potomac | MD | 36.00 | $50,922,746.00 |
| 3 | Cheryl Bare | CENTURY 21 New Millennium | White Plains | MD | 118.00 | $46,257,697.00 |
| 4 | Kara Sheehan | Washington Fine Properties, LLC | Bethesda | MD | 18.00 | $44,695,450.00 |
| 5 | Scott Schuetter | CENTURY 21 New Millennium | Annapolis | MD | 78.00 | $43,628,128.00 |
| 6 | Noah Mumaw | Monument Sotheby's International Realty | Baltimore | MD | 56.50 | $41,955,680.00 |
| 7 | Lori Leasure | Washington Fine Properties, LLC | Potomac | MD | 30.00 | $39,890,413.00 |
| 8 | Townsend, Snow & Co | Compass | Washington DC | MD | 60.00 | $37,900,000.00 |
| 9 | David DeSantis | TTR Sotheby's International Realty | Chevy Chase | MD | 35.65 | $34,653,499.00 |
| 10 | Lisa Stransky Brown | Washington Fine Properties, LLC | Potomac | MD | 34.00 | $32,892,188.00 |
| 11 | Nancy Reither | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Ocean City | MD | 71.20 | $32,335,327.00 |
| 12 | Alex Goumilevski | RE/MAX Realty Services | Bethesda | MD | 61.00 | $32,129,288.00 |
| 13 | Rina Kunk | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 30.00 | $31,788,702.00 |
| 14 | Casey Aboulafia | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 36.00 | $30,808,935.00 |
| 15 | Cheryl Leahy | Long & Foster Real Estate | Bethesda | MD | 33.41 | $30,683,341.00 |
| 16 | Shaun Murphy | Compass | Alexandria | MD | 52.00 | $30,589,626.00 |
| 17 | Toni Ghazi | Compass | Washington DC | MD | 35.00 | $30,324,900.00 |
| 18 | Barbara Nalls | TTR Sotheby's International Realty | Bethesda | MD | 33.35 | $29,758,400.00 |
| 19 | Pamela Tierney | Long & Foster Real Estate | Annapolis | MD | 33.50 | $29,544,012.00 |
| 20 | Travis Gray | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Annapolis | MD | 20.50 | $29,084,700.00 |
| 21 | Lynda O'Dea | Long & Foster Real Estate | Bethesda | MD | 18.75 | $28,994,750.00 |
| 22 | Jeannette Westcott | Keller Williams Realty | Columbia | MD | 80.50 | $28,831,587.00 |
| 23 | Cornelia C. Heckenbach | Long & Foster Real Estate | St.Michaels | MD | 39.00 | $28,403,490.00 |
| 24 | Michael Matese | Compass | Bethesda | MD | 26.00 | $28,195,046.00 |
| 25 | Lisa Wills | RE/MAX 100 | White Plains | MD | 86.00 | $27,837,738.00 |
| 26 | Brian Wood | Long & Foster Real Estate | Annapolis | MD | 30.30 | $27,677,250.00 |
| 27 | Adam Isaacson | TTR Sotheby's International Realty | Bethesda | MD | 39.50 | $26,856,835.00 |
| 28 | The Shorb | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 19.00 | $26,752,000.00 |
| 29 | Todd Harris | Long & Foster Real Estate | Bethesda | MD | 34.00 | $26,145,500.00 |
| 30 | Brian Smith | Compass | Washington DC | MD | 23.50 | $26,125,979.00 |
| 31 | Kathy Xu | RE/MAX Realty Group | North Potomac | MD | 45.50 | $25,902,165.00 |
| 32 | Jennifer Knoll | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 24.00 | $25,335,299.00 |
| 33 | Liz Burrow | Keller Williams Realty | Frederick | MD | 48.00 | $25,286,626.89 |
| 34 | Jamie Caine | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Ocean City | MD | 66.90 | $24,902,398.00 |
| 35 | Kenneth Germer | Compass | Washington DC | MD | 32.00 | $24,757,411.00 |
| 36 | Robert Lacaze | Long & Foster Real Estate | Easton | MD | 43.55 | $24,400,225.00 |
| 37 | Anna-Louisa Yon | Compass | Washington DC | MD | 32.00 | $24,051,600.00 |
| 38 | Cheryl Kurss | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 25.00 | $23,606,200.00 |
| 39 | Stephanie Myers | Long & Foster Real Estate | Taneytown | MD | 91.20 | $23,449,949.80 |
| 40 | Jeremy Lichtenstein | RE/MAX Realty Services | Bethesda | MD | 20.00 | $23,160,497.00 |
| 41 | Alyssa Crilley | Washington Fine Properties, LLC | Bethesda | MD | 19.00 | $22,726,590.00 |
| 42 | Lindsay Lucas | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 21.00 | $22,474,523.00 |
| 43 | Joy Deevy | Compass | McLean | MD | 26.00 | $22,462,987.00 |
| 44 | Dominique Rychlik | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 23.00 | $22,404,125.00 |
| 45 | Colleen Smith | Long & Foster Real Estate | Annapolis | MD | 36.30 | $22,366,860.00 |
| 46 | Michael Patrick | RE/MAX United Real Estate | Upper Marlboro | MD | 69.00 | $22,285,118.00 |
| 47 | Ashley Richardson | Long & Foster Real Estate | Baltimore | MD | 49.61 | $22,114,729.00 |
| 48 | Jill Schwartz | RLAH Real Estate | Chevy Chase | MD | 12.00 | $21,765,604.17 |
| 49 | Gina Gargeu | CENTURY 21 Downtown | Baltimore | MD | 225.00 | $21,760,157.40 |
| 50 | Andrew Goodman | Goodman, Realtors® | Bethesda | MD | 43.00 | $21,699,300.00 |
| 51 | Susan Van Nostrand | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 21.00 | $21,686,803.00 |
| 52 | Coral Gundlach | Compass | McLean | MD | 25.00 | $21,465,493.00 |
| 53 | Properties by Leah | Compass | Arlington | MD | 40.00 | $21,427,461.00 |
| 54 | Day Weitzman | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Annapolis | MD | 21.00 | $21,426,750.00 |
| 55 | Carol Tinnin | RE/MAX Leading Edge | Annapolis | MD | 69.00 | $21,413,748.00 |
| 56 | Beverly Langley | Keller Williams Realty | Millersville | MD | 52.75 | $21,367,257.00 |
| 57 | Ferguson Group | Compass | Bethesda | MD | 35.00 | $21,121,400.00 |
| 58 | Steven Swank | Compass | Arlington | MD | 28.00 | $21,063,300.00 |
| 59 | Chase Freeman | Keller Williams Realty | Baltimore | MD | 83.00 | $20,809,036.00 |
| 60 | Rose Bartz | Long & Foster Real Estate | Frederick | MD | 61.80 | $20,648,837.00 |
| 61 | Steven Paxton | Keller Williams Realty | Baltimore | MD | 66.50 | $20,557,578.00 |
| 62 | Jennifer Goddard | CENTURY 21 New Millennium | California | MD | 60.00 | $20,538,386.00 |
| 63 | Chris McNelis | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices McNelis Group Properties | Solomons | MD | 46.00 | $20,331,541.67 |
| 64 | Carol Snyder | Monument Sotheby's International Realty | Severna Park | MD | 21.48 | $20,322,988.00 |
| 65 | Martin Signore | Keller Williams Realty | Bethesda | MD | 30.48 | $20,252,254.00 |
| 66 | Aaron Podolsky | Compass | Alexandria | MD | 37.00 | $20,182,513.00 |
| 67 | Daniel Motz | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty | Baltimore | MD | 14.00 | $20,176,708.33 |
| 68 | Maya Hyman | Compass | Chevy Chase | MD | 26.50 | $20,088,640.00 |
| 69 | Andrew Essreg | RLAH Real Estate | Chevy Chase | MD | 29.50 | $20,025,970.00 |
| 70 | Marina Yousefian | Long & Foster Real Estate | Severna Park | MD | 63.01 | $20,000,000.00 |
| 71 | Scott Smolen | RE/MAX Leading Edge | Gambrills | MD | 59.00 | $19,837,016.25 |
| 72 | Jill Coleman | RE/MAX Realty Centre | Clarksburg | MD | 50.00 | $19,836,119.00 |
| 73 | Jeannette Hitchcock | RE/MAX Solutions | Hampstead | MD | 54.25 | $19,682,938.00 |
| 74 | Darren Ahearn | RE/MAX Results | Frederick | MD | 59.00 | $18,769,272.00 |
| 75 | Arnita Greene | Compass | Washington DC | MD | 51.00 | $18,758,569.00 |
| 76 | Shirley Bayer | RE/MAX Achievers | Hagerstown | MD | 82.00 | $18,574,082.00 |
| 77 | Michael Kane | RE/MAX Sails | Baltimore | MD | 77.00 | $18,275,100.00 |
| 78 | Catherine Watson-Bye | RE/MAX Executive | Millersville | MD | 53.00 | $18,054,881.00 |
| 79 | David Dauses | Coldwell Banker Waterman Realty | Chester | MD | 57.82 | $17,346,150.05 |
| 80 | Kate Barnhart | Keller Williams Realty | Baltimore | MD | 92.00 | $16,688,647.50 |
| 81 | Melanie Shoff | Keller Williams Realty | Ocean City | MD | 66.20 | $16,502,500.00 |
| 82 | Maria Strong | CENTURY 21 New Millennium | White Plains | MD | 50.00 | $16,489,480.00 |
| 83 | Bill Harris | Coldwell Banker Jay Lilly Real Estate | California | MD | 68.00 | $15,822,724.00 |
| 84 | Tinamarie Reamy | RE/MAX Vision | North East | MD | 60.00 | $15,716,099.00 |
| 85 | Santiago Carrera | EXIT RESULTS REALTY | Elkridge | MD | 64.70 | $15,674,195.11 |
| 86 | Cindee Sartori | Keller Williams Realty | Frederick | MD | 56.00 | $14,893,892.00 |
| 87 | Doug Perry | RE/MAX Excellence Realty | Silver Spring | MD | 52.00 | $14,866,541.00 |
| 88 | Dan Carson | Long & Foster Real Estate | Bel Air | MD | 53.25 | $14,809,150.00 |
| 89 | James Fegan | RE/MAX Leading Edge | Edgewater | MD | 51.00 | $14,424,045.00 |
| 90 | Margaret Patschak | Coldwell Banker Innovations | Frederick | MD | 66.50 | $14,045,785.00 |
| 91 | Frances Castillo | RE/MAX Excellence Realty | Silver Spring | MD | 57.00 | $13,352,675.25 |
| 92 | Pam Geib | Long & Foster Real Estate | Denton | MD | 76.00 | $13,099,981.43 |
| 93 | Bob Gauger | EXIT LANDMARK REALTY (White Plains) | Mechanicsville | MD | 52.36 | $12,721,348.18 |
| 94 | Deric Beckett | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty | Columbia | MD | 79.00 | $12,184,625.00 |
| 95 | Michael Farabaugh | RE/MAX First Choice | Baltimore | MD | 88.00 | $12,150,814.85 |
| 96 | Rob Payne | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Salisbury | MD | 55.00 | $12,056,800.00 |
| 97 | Diana DiPeppe | CENTURY 21 The Real Estate Centre | Westminster | MD | 68.00 | $11,475,871.11 |
| 98 | Bob Simon | Long & Foster Real Estate | Lutherville | MD | 63.50 | $11,372,474.00 |
| 99 | Dennis Murray | CENTURY 21 Potomac West | Cumberland | MD | 87.00 | $8,614,557.50 |
| 100 | Michelle Haran | Keller Williams Realty | Ellicott City | MD | 50.00 | $7,885,080.00 |
| 101 | Thomas Nwachukwu | CENTURY 21 The Real Estate Centre | Parkville | MD | 73.00 | $7,084,462.34 |
| 102 | Seth Loar | Coldwell Banker Professional Real Estate Services | Cumberland | MD | 55.00 | $6,131,083.00 |
| 103 | Judith Truitt | CENTURY 21 Harbor Realty | Salisbury | MD | 54.00 | $4,655,185.25 |
| 104 | Wanda Jackson | RE/MAX Chesapeake | Elkton | MD | 57.00 | $0.00 |
Methodology: Applicants submit an application; the fee does not guarantee placement. An individual must have closed at least 50 sides OR $20 million in sales volume in calendar year 2019. All supplied figures need to be based on closed residential business for calendar year 2019. Figures submitted can be for closed transaction sides and/or closed dollar sales volume. Applicants must submit verification including business tax returns. The local or state Realtor association must confirm the data. When an agent represents both sides of a transaction, both sides are counted. When one side is handled, only one side can be included. Co-listings count as one-half of a transaction; referrals are not included. All residential sales of 1 to 4 unit buildings, including single family, condominium and co-op units and lots sold for residential uses are included. REAL Trends carefully reviews related websites and other sources to ensure the accurate description of individual sales (as opposed to team or brokerage sales).