Residential Properties Ltd. is proud to recognize Sales Associates Jim DeRentis, Gerri Schiffman, Rachael Dotson, and The Sweeney Advisory Group, composed of Michael J. Sweeney, Ali Bazar, and Christina Rosciti, for being named to the 2024 RealTrends Verified list of the country’s best real estate professionals! To qualify for inclusion, an individual agent must have closed at least 40 residential transaction sides or $16 million in sales volume in 2023. For sales teams, the minimum was 60 residential transaction sides or $24 million in closed sales volume last year.
Nationwide, agents and teams in the 2024 RealTrends Verified rankings (based on 2023 data) had a total of 201,674 transaction sides (down from 233,330 last year) and sales volume of $110 billion, down from $169 billion in 2023 (based on 2022 data). Top-performing real estate agents closed an average of 192 sides in 2023, down from 212 transaction sides in 2022. The top individuals averaged 192 closed transaction sides and sales volume of $179 million, down from $225 million last year. The average sales price, which was $723,273 last year, was down this year at $544,299. Teams, of all sizes, averaged 603 transaction sides per team and the average team closed $357 million in sales volume.
In March of this year, Residential Properties also earned inclusion as a member of the RealTrends 500 ‒ an independently verified list of the top 500 most successful real estate companies in the entire nation. This was the 12th consecutive year that the company earned this prestigious designation.
This marks the 10th consecutive appearance on this list for both DeRentis and Schiffman. DeRentis again ranked as the #1 individual agent in Rhode Island for transaction sides with 87 and also ranked as #3 for sales volume during the year with $88,870,707. Schiffman ranked #7 in transaction sides with 50 and #5 in Rhode Island sales volume with $41,271,601 in sales. Dotson was #13 in transaction sides with 43 and #10 in the state for volume with $26,178,500.
The Sweeney Advisory Group appeared on the list as Rhode Island’s #4 Small Team for overall sales volume with $33,845,502 during 2023. Working alongside Ali Bazar as his Director of Client Services and Sales Associate Christina Rosciti as Senior Associate on The Sweeney Advisory Group, Michael J. Sweeney has now been a member of the #1 East Side & Providence Sales Team six years in a row.*
Residential Properties President & CEO Sally Lapides was impressed by the dedication and commitment of these expert Realtors®, saying, “What a major accomplishment for our agents! I am so grateful to them for helping to foster a culture of knowledge and professionalism at RPL. They have been recognized as being among the most successful sales associates in the entire country, a distinction earned through exceptional levels of hard work, transparency, and trust. Congratulations to our colleagues for continuously redefining what it means to help buyers and sellers reach their real estate goals.”
The RealTrends Verified ranking report honors America's elite real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by RealTrends. RealTrends a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry.
Residential Properties congratulates our resilient, smart, caring agents on their incredible accomplishments in 2023! We look forward to celebrating our agents and teams and their successes in the years to come. If you would like to find out more about RealTrends or view the full 2024 RealTrends Verified list, please visit RealTrends.com.
*Information based in whole or in part on data supplied by State-Wide Multiple Listing Service. The MLS does not guarantee and is not in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. Based on information from State-Wide MLS as of May 2024.
*Michael J. Sweeney appears on the list as a member of both his current team, The Sweeney Advisory Group, and his former team, Greene | Sweeney.
