North Carolina

By Newsweek

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	Melissa Greer	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Yost & Little Realty	Greensboro	NC	157.00	$56,598,791.67
2	Nicklaus Phillips	Landmark Sotheby's International Realty	Wilmington	NC	68.50	$52,052,490.00
3	Jody Lovell	Highlands Sotheby's International Realty	Highlands	NC	38.00	$46,672,900.00
4	Magda Esola	Fielding Homes	Charlotte	NC	74.00	$43,249,739.00
5	Joan Goode	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	55.15	$41,756,751.00
6	Victoria Mitchener	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	21.45	$39,501,484.00
7	Callie Kelly	Cottingham Chalk	Charlotte	NC	29.00	$38,202,000.00
8	Bala Sure	RE/MAX Executive	Charlotte	NC	103.00	$36,473,753.00
9	Aubrey Grier	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	30.30	$35,501,484.00
10	Tori Boysen	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty	Winston Salem	NC	98.00	$34,388,166.67
11	Heather Mackey	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	30.05	$32,515,975.00
12	Cathy Griffin	CENTURY 21 Towne & Country	Salisbury	NC	158.00	$30,660,185.00
13	Frank Sherron	Landmark Sotheby's International Realty	Surf City	NC	53.00	$30,115,300.00
14	Jorge Cure	EXIT REALTY VISTAS	Asheville	NC	7.50	$29,449,378.00
15	Runyon Tyler	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices York Simpson Underwood Realty	Raleigh	NC	27.00	$29,114,625.00
16	Mike Gupton	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Littleton	NC	106.50	$28,936,250.00
17	Lynda Edwards	Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.	Raleigh	NC	29.00	$28,039,044.22
18	Kelly Myers	NextHome At The Lake	Mooresville	NC	66.50	$27,281,999.00
19	Julie Russo	Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage	Wilmington	NC	86.00	$26,683,154.75
20	Lucy Butler	Cottingham Chalk	Charlotte	NC	27.50	$26,282,869.00
21	Dexter Hubbard	RE/MAX Mountain Properties	Murphy	NC	171.00	$26,277,161.70
22	Neil Fischer	ERA Strother Real Estate	Fayetteville	NC	177.15	$26,203,579.00
23	Thomas Harrell	RE/MAX Elite Realty	Franklin	NC	58.00	$26,142,355.00
24	Dorothy Stark	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	17.75	$26,054,791.00
25	Pamela Hale	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Littleton	NC	75.50	$25,944,925.00
26	Monte Grandon	Wilkinson ERA Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	58.00	$25,817,385.70
27	Debbie VanHorn	Long & Foster Real Estate	Cary	NC	53.35	$25,421,077.25
28	Joseph Hodge	Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby's International Realty	Raleigh	NC	28.58	$24,972,324.57
29	Jay Dowdy	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices All American Homes	Fayetteville	NC	101.00	$24,963,708.33
30	David Worters	Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby's International Realty	Raleigh	NC	49.00	$24,939,855.00
31	Jonathan Rivers	Premier Sotheby's International Realty	Linville	NC	24.83	$24,788,781.60
32	Robert Bunzey	Wilkinson ERA Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	43.75	$24,284,026.00
33	Kimberly Conroy	Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.	Raleigh	NC	42.00	$23,926,476.00
34	Suzette Gray	Coldwell Banker Realty	Charlotte	NC	47.00	$23,908,514.00
35	John Merriman	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices York Simpson Underwood Realty	Raleigh	NC	29.00	$23,760,041.67
36	Tony Lee	RE/MAX Southland Realty II	Garner	NC	99.00	$23,669,250.00
37	Nancy Hess	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Yost & Little Realty	Greensboro	NC	53.00	$23,392,916.67
38	Kenneth Barefoot	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Fayetteville	NC	115.00	$22,915,663.00
39	Christopher Kuhn	RE/MAX At the Beach	Oak Island	NC	73.00	$22,794,350.00
40	Leonna Weiss	Keller Williams Realty	Raleigh	NC	61.00	$22,596,765.00
41	Susan Bashford	Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby's International Realty	Raleigh	NC	46.50	$22,437,574.33
42	Marlo Countiss	RE/MAX Diamond Realty	Mebane	NC	75.00	$22,255,455.00
43	Matt Myatt	Keller Williams Realty	Southern Shores	NC	45.55	$22,066,409.00
44	Shahla Rezvani	Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.	Chapel Hill	NC	66.00	$21,866,391.00
45	Isabel Roberts	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	19.30	$21,848,241.00
46	Ramilya Siegel	Keller Williams Realty	Kernersville	NC	87.00	$21,799,684.00
47	Susan Maier Colon	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty	Winston Salem	NC	62.00	$21,625,833.33
48	Laura Bowman-Messick	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty	Huntersville	NC	62.00	$21,526,416.67
49	Jeff Lesley	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Wilmington	NC	99.00	$21,438,244.00
50	Scott Morrison	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Jacksonville	NC	116.35	$21,366,335.00
51	Christina Wright	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hometown, REALTORS	Jacksonville	NC	90.00	$21,224,718.75
52	Mark McClaskey	Wilkinson ERA Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	67.85	$20,784,195.00
53	James Diaz	Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage	Leland	NC	71.00	$20,642,034.00
54	Shelly Rydell	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	36.65	$20,634,386.00
55	Danny Davis Jr.	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices All American Homes	Fayetteville	NC	134.00	$20,623,548.33
56	Chip Jetton	Cottingham Chalk	Charlotte	NC	44.00	$20,570,237.00
57	Lisa Rupp	Cottingham Chalk	Charlotte	NC	19.00	$20,446,909.00
58	Giles Barker	Premier Sotheby's International Realty	Charlotte	NC	22.50	$20,397,700.00
59	Ashley Meredith	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Yost & Little Realty	Greensboro	NC	68.00	$19,292,416.67
60	Chris Tacia	ERA Strother Real Estate	Sanford	NC	106.00	$19,063,163.00
61	Jose Sanchez	Keller Williams Realty	Kannapolis	NC	112.00	$18,904,459.00
62	Jennifer Morton	Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage	Jacksonville	NC	111.00	$18,898,795.00
63	Robert Cavinder	Keller Williams Realty	Burlington	NC	91.05	$18,569,608.00
64	John Newton	CENTURY 21 Champion Real Estate	Jacksonville	NC	106.00	$18,538,001.23
65	Cathy Larose	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Southern Pines	NC	67.74	$18,416,101.68
66	Tony DeLaVega	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Fayetteville	NC	80.00	$18,367,987.00
67	Consuelo Souders	Keller Williams Realty	Charlotte	NC	54.00	$18,309,070.00
68	Harold Chappell	NextHome Cape Fear	Wilmington	NC	54.50	$17,884,966.00
69	Michelle Porter	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Yost & Little Realty	Greensboro	NC	68.00	$17,847,666.67
70	Wallace Peiffer	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Creedmoor	NC	70.00	$17,679,806.92
71	Nicole Gillespie	RE/MAX Realty Consultants	Greensboro	NC	58.50	$17,471,062.00
72	Jennifer Farmer	Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage	Wilmington	NC	58.00	$17,290,913.60
73	Carla Howell	Coldwell Banker Carver-Pressley, Realtors	Belmont	NC	91.50	$17,095,385.59
74	Wes Collins	Dickens Mitchener Residential Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	54.05	$16,797,770.00
75	Ron Kent	CENTURY 21 Mountain Vistas	Boone	NC	62.70	$16,408,000.00
76	Rebecca Bolton	ERA Strother Real Estate	Fayetteville	NC	94.00	$16,218,541.67
77	Tammy Ferebee	Coldwell Banker Willis-Smith Company	New Bern	NC	70.00	$15,970,234.00
78	Beth Sauer	Keller Williams Realty	Greensboro	NC	74.50	$15,519,589.00
79	Lisa Myers	CENTURY 21 Champion Real Estate	Jacksonville	NC	79.00	$15,438,050.00
80	Stephanie Osborne	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Jacksonville	NC	93.50	$15,364,705.50
81	Kathy Vetten	EXIT REALTY MOUNTAIN VIEW PROPERTIES	Murphy	NC	116.00	$15,322,100.50
82	Kim Parker	RE/MAX Home Connections	Jacksonville	NC	92.50	$15,303,087.50
83	Jayne Helms	RE/MAX Leading Edge	Concord	NC	76.00	$15,171,583.50
84	Scott Furtney	CENTURY 21 American Properties	Jacksonville	NC	93.00	$15,127,492.00
85	Beth Fortunato	Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage	Hampstead	NC	61.00	$14,512,402.23
86	Maria Gambella	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Goldsboro	NC	71.00	$14,471,079.00
87	Teresa Wolf	ERA Strother Real Estate	Sanford	NC	70.00	$14,373,705.00
88	Gina Compton	Wilkinson ERA Real Estate	Cornelius	NC	65.60	$13,890,430.00
89	Logan Geddie	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Fayetteville	NC	60.00	$13,807,056.00
90	Jaci Reynolds	RE/MAX Executive	Waynesville	NC	71.00	$13,786,201.00
91	Jeri Lynn Coker	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices McMillen and Associates Realty	Goldsboro	NC	80.00	$13,607,750.00
92	Leigh Saunders	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Wilmington	NC	55.00	$13,606,930.00
93	Jeremiah Barnett	Keller Williams Realty	Wilmington	NC	61.00	$13,575,100.00
94	Ann Hancock	CENTURY 21 Hancock Properties, Inc.	Oxford	NC	60.00	$13,551,850.00
95	Kim Turner	Coldwell Banker Boyd & Hassell, Inc., Realtors	Hickory	NC	51.00	$13,312,210.00
96	Marty Huskins	Keller Williams Realty	Bryson City	NC	62.70	$13,106,650.00
97	Paul Sum	Coldwell Banker Realty	Charlotte	NC	71.30	$13,015,340.00
98	Jackson Lancaster	Coldwell Banker Coastal Rivers Realty	Washington	NC	83.25	$12,964,130.00
99	Enrique Alzate	Wilkinson ERA Real Estate	Charlotte	NC	59.00	$12,933,934.00
100	Sarah Benischek	Keller Williams Realty	New Bern	NC	76.95	$12,918,592.50
101	Mike Garrett	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Henderson	NC	53.00	$12,515,600.00
102	Alan Leary	RE/MAX Ocean Properties	Morehead City	NC	56.00	$12,186,200.00
103	Alexandria Johns	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Jacksonville	NC	58.50	$11,953,130.50
104	Alyson Price	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hometown, REALTORS	Jacksonville	NC	76.00	$11,935,291.67
105	Samuel Nueman	Keller Williams Realty	Charlotte	NC	63.00	$11,858,372.00
106	Ute Belletete	RE/MAX Choice	Fayetteville	NC	67.00	$11,794,413.00
107	Matt Barrett	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Fayetteville	NC	64.00	$11,666,210.00
108	Maria Wilson	Coldwell Banker Coastal Rivers Realty	Washington	NC	50.00	$11,663,050.00
109	Timothy Newton	Coldwell Banker Newton Real Estate, Inc.	Morganton	NC	74.00	$11,493,250.00
110	Melanie Gates	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Goldsboro	NC	65.00	$11,472,400.00
111	Kunny Brothers	CENTURY 21 Elite Properties	Greenville	NC	72.00	$11,450,691.00
112	Meg Underwood	Keller Williams Realty	New Bern	NC	57.70	$11,448,195.00
113	Sandra Owens	ERA Strother Real Estate	Fayetteville	NC	59.00	$11,389,593.00
114	Malcolm McFadyen	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Fayetteville	NC	71.00	$11,244,028.00
115	Kim Chesley	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hometown, REALTORS	Jacksonville	NC	67.00	$11,222,416.67
116	Laci Warren	RE/MAX Diamond Realty	Mebane	NC	56.00	$11,192,419.73
117	Donna Hughes	Keller Williams Realty	High Point	NC	51.00	$11,137,864.00
118	Christie Yarbrough	RE/MAX United	Cary	NC	52.00	$11,017,608.00
119	Doni Crowell	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Fayetteville	NC	52.50	$10,932,697.00
120	Darlene Boyd	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	New Bern	NC	57.00	$10,835,090.00
121	Oscar Garcia	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Wilmington	NC	95.00	$10,674,339.00
122	Marshall Morgan	Keller Williams Realty	High Point	NC	51.05	$10,556,688.15
123	Lynn Bulman	Howard Hanna Real Estate (VA-NC)	Elizabeth City	NC	65.00	$10,535,500.00
124	Bobbi Bell	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Wilmington	NC	92.75	$10,395,085.00
125	Linda Holland	Coldwell Banker Willis-Smith Company	New Bern	NC	52.00	$10,378,610.00
126	Lindsey Jenkins	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Holden Beach	NC	59.25	$10,358,400.00
127	Melony Rice	Intracoastal Realty Corporation	Wilmington	NC	50.00	$10,349,637.00
128	Arthur Ricks	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Wilmington	NC	67.00	$10,292,051.00
129	Steven Montgomery	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty	Winston Salem	NC	93.00	$10,137,208.33
130	Jennifer Washburn	Keller Williams Realty	Greensboro	NC	53.00	$10,094,310.00
131	Kay Loftin	Coldwell Banker Boyd & Hassell, Inc., Realtors	Hickory	NC	51.00	$10,081,884.00
132	Deborah Fedrick	Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.	Raleigh	NC	54.50	$10,038,110.00
133	Bob Warchol	Keller Williams Realty	Mooresville	NC	52.00	$10,019,735.00
134	Paulina Salas	ERA Strother Real Estate	Fayetteville	NC	57.75	$10,006,246.00
135	Lindy Blanchard	Coldwell Banker Realty	Mooresville	NC	65.50	$10,000,000.00
136	Jean Owen	RE/MAX Elite Realty	Franklin	NC	57.00	$9,983,014.00
137	Sharon Schmidt	Coldwell Banker Boyd & Hassell, Inc., Realtors	Hickory	NC	71.00	$9,801,144.00
138	Kat Tapia	ERA Strother Real Estate	Fayetteville	NC	57.00	$9,784,890.00
139	Linda Powers	Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.	Goldsboro	NC	61.00	$9,776,600.00
140	Shane Dietlin	CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates	Jacksonville	NC	57.50	$9,571,050.00
141	Sherry Howell	CENTURY 21 The Realty Group	Greenville	NC	65.00	$9,419,298.00
142	Mandy Mowery	RE/MAX Elite Realty Group	Jacksonville	NC	54.00	$9,411,350.00
143	Randy Dockery	RE/MAX Mountain Properties	Murphy	NC	60.00	$9,005,000.00
144	Cindy Smith	Coldwell Banker Watson Properties	Rocky Mount	NC	52.00	$8,983,377.00
145	Anna Wiseman	RE/MAX Lifestyle	Denver	NC	50.00	$8,912,565.99
146	Michael Rowe	RE/MAX Reliance	Youngsville	NC	58.00	$8,908,947.00
147	Melanie MacDonald	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hometown, REALTORS	Jacksonville	NC	50.00	$8,846,833.33
148	Debra Parsons	Coldwell Banker Preferred Properties	Rockingham	NC	62.00	$8,665,330.00
149	Kimberly Martin	CENTURY 21 Total Real Estate Solutions	High Point	NC	68.50	$8,648,164.00
150	Maureen Vargas-Sullivan 2019 ALC	Keller Williams Realty	Fayetteville	NC	53.75	$8,420,745.50
151	Traci Ratzlaff	RE/MAX Metro Realty	Charlotte	NC	72.00	$8,074,550.00
152	Grace Cunningham	RE/MAX Properties Plus	Statesville	NC	52.00	$7,993,565.00
153	Edith Dominguez	Keller Williams Realty	Asheboro	NC	62.00	$7,915,815.00
154	Big Frank Schuler	EXIT REALTY MOUNTAIN VIEW PROPERTIES	Murphy	NC	51.00	$7,901,002.71
155	J. Berry	RE/MAX Premier Properties	Fayetteville	NC	51.00	$7,856,300.00
156	David Sattelmeyer	CENTURY 21 Liberty	Fayetteville	NC	59.00	$7,818,565.58
157	Jason Robbins	RE/MAX Central Realty	Asheboro	NC	61.00	$7,199,100.00
158	Karen Stainback	Coldwell Banker Advantage	Henderson	NC	58.00	$7,079,997.00
159	Corky Vetten	EXIT REALTY MOUNTAIN VIEW PROPERTIES	Murphy	NC	57.00	$6,489,758.00
160	Jonathan Lewis	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices McMillen and Associates Realty	Goldsboro	NC	51.00	$6,252,900.42
161	Debra Trivette	RE/MAX A-Team	Hickory	NC	53.00	$6,234,056.00
162	Alton Best	RE/MAX Ocean Properties	Morehead City	NC	59.00	$6,080,800.00
163	Donna Dew	CENTURY 21 The Combs Company	Rocky Mount	NC	52.00	$5,914,500.00
164	Scott Harris	RE/MAX Preferred Realty	Greenville	NC	50.00	$5,831,950.00
165	Ellen Becker	Coldwell Banker Alliance Group Realty	Jacksonville	NC	52.00	$5,663,207.00

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).