Residential real estate is big business in Montgomery County and Upper Northwest D.C. Last year, 8,965 detached single-family homes were sold in those areas for a total of about $6.3 billion, according to Bright MLS.
Not surprisingly, a large number of real estate agents live in Montgomery County—8,909 associate brokers, brokers and salespeople, according to the Maryland Real Estate Commission.
But real estate agents don’t all perform equally. A small percentage of the agents sell a large percentage of the homes.
The individual agents with total sales in the county and Upper Northwest D.C. (ZIP codes 20015 and 20016) of at least $8 million from Nov. 1, 2020, through Oct. 31, 2021; and teams with at least $16 million in sales during the same period. Agents are eligible to appear on the list individually and as part of a team.
In the list, we tag an elite group of agents and teams as “top tier producers.” Agents with that designation generated at least $15 million in sales, and teams recorded average sales of at least $7.5 million per licensed team member.
The list reflects the brokerage affiliation for the agents/teams and includes any changes that were reported to Bethesda Magazine by Jan. 25, 2022.
The sales data was provided by the real estate brokerages and offices that are listed.
