The Coldwell Banker Real Estate 2012 year-end award recipients have been announced on the brand’s Facebook page. Local agents Jennifer Ames, Patricia Furman, Frank DeNovi, and Mary Wallace were among the elite group honored in the Top Ten Sales Associates in North America category.
“We are thrilled with our agents’ achievements this past year,” Fran Broude, president and COO of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, said. “Their knowledge of the marketplace and dedication to exceptional customer service remains unmatched. To be ranked in the top ten in North America out of 83,000 Realtors is a very high honor.”
President and C.E.O. of Coldwell Banker, Budge Huskey, announced the award winners in a video made at the famed Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The video commemorates the brand’s “Blue Carpet” advertising strategy, which features the new Coldwell Banker “We Believe” commercial that ran during this year’s Super Bowl, Golden Globes, Grammy and Academy Awards, and will run during the Emmys on September 22.
The Coldwell Banker Award Recipients
Coldwell Banker Real Estate’s Jennifer Ames
Jennifer Ames ranked as the No. 8 agent for closed gross commission income. Ames, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker’s Lincoln Park Plaza office, closed over $100 million in sales last year. With more than 19 years of experience, she consistently ranks in the top 10 residential real estate agents in Chicago and was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 100 sales agents in the United States. Prior to her career in real estate, Ames graduated from Yale University, worked as an investment banker and then a film producer.
Coldwell Banker Real Estate’s Patti Furman
Patti Furman ranked as the No. 1 agent in total units. Furman, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker’s Glenview office, has been exclusively selling REO properties since 1981 in the Chicagoland area. In 2011, she was named the No. 1 sales associate in North America in total units for selling 375 units, resulting in $44.5 million in sales, and has consistently been one of the top ten sales associates for Coldwell Banker nationally since 1997.
Coldwell Banker’s Frank DeNovi
Frank DeNovi ranked as the No. 3 agent in total units. DeNovi, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker’s Northwest office, has been in the business for 27 years and specializes in short sales and the sale of REO properties throughout the Chicagoland area. He has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Lore Magazine as one of the top 400 agents in the nation for the past several years.
Coldwell Banker Real Estate’s Mary Wallace
Mary Wallace ranked as the No. 10 agent in total units. Wallace, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker’s Oak Lawn office, has been recognized as the top agent in Oak Lawn in units and sales volume for the past five years. Wallace joined the company in 2003 and quickly paved a path to success, earning numerous accolades along the way, including “Rookie of the Year” in 2004, and her most recent accomplishment as an International President’s Premier member in 2012.