RE/MAX affiliates from offices in Chicago, Morris and Plainfield, Ill., recently earned career awards from RE/MAX, the leading international real estate organization and the top residential sales organization in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market.

Vicki Geiger

The three agents most recently named to the RE/MAX Hall of Fame are Mark Batinick of RE/MAX Professionals South, 24014 W. Renwick Road, Plainfield; Paul Fasold of RE/MAX Signature, 2901 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago, and Vicki Geiger of RE/MAX Top Properties, 534 Bedford Road, Morris. Membership in the Hall of Fame goes to those who have closed more than 350 transactions during their RE/MAX careers.

Paul Fasold

Each RE/MAX agent is eligible to earn awards marking important milestones while affiliated with RE/MAX. The first of these awards is induction into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame, while even higher honors are the Lifetime Achievement and Circle of Legends awards. These awards are distinct from the honors that agents can earn each year for their annual sales production.

Across the RE/MAX Northern Illinois region, 125 RE/MAX affiliates have earned career awards so far in 2010.

Mark Batinick

RE/MAX is the leader in northern Illinois real estate sales. It has been number one in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market since 1989, closing more than $6 billion in sales last year. The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network consists of 2,300 associates and 110 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of brokerage services throughout the northern one-third of Illinois. Its www.illinoisproperty.com and www.remax.com websites are leaders in consumer visits among real estate brokerage brands. The northern Illinois network is part of RE/MAX LLC, a global real estate organization with 91,000 sales associates in 83 nations.