REAL Trends Inc., recently released its annual REAL Trends 500, a list of the 500 largest and most productive real estate brokerages in the United States. Several of Midwest Real Estate Data’s (MRED) member companies were cited as being among those with the highest sales dollar volumes and numbers of transactions in the country.

“MRED takes great pride in the success of all of its brokers,” said MRED CEO, Russ Bergeron.  “The real estate brokerages making the REAL Trends list are the cream of the crop in residential real estate.  On behalf of MRED, I heartily congratulate all of them and salute all of the fine companies from MRED who have distinguished themselves in such a turbulent and busy real estate market. It is an honor being able to support them every day.”

MRED customers making the REAL Trends 500 include:

• Coldwell Banker Residential (as part of NRT LLC)
• Baird & Warner
• ZipRealty
• Coldwell Banker Honig Bell
• @properties  <br/>Prudential Rubloff
• Century 21 Affiliated (now Century 21 Affiliated Pro-Team)
• McColly Real Estate
• RE/MAX Suburban
• C21 Pro-Team (now Century 21 Affiliated Pro-Team)
• Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty
• RE/MAX Synergy<br/>RE/MAX of Naperville
• Dickerson & Nieman Realtors
• Keefe Real Estate
• RE/MAX 10
• RE/MAX Professionals Select
• RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest
• RE/MAX Showcase

MRED and the Chicagoland brokerage community have formed a great partnership where the brokers take a keen interest in MRED and how MRED can work best for them. The top two MRED companies on the list, Coldwell Banker Residential and Baird & Warner, each have booths at MRED’s upcoming real estate tech expo, MREDpalooza, on June 18th.  These two firms, along with Century 21 Affiliate Pro-Team, all have representatives serving on the MRED Board of Managers.

MRED has a hybrid ownership structure made up of Realtor® associations as well as brokerage firms. Of the MRED customers making the REAL Trends 500 list, the following are also MRED shareholders:

• @properties
• Baird & Warner
• Century 21 Affiliated Pro-Team
• Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell
• Coldwell Banker Residential
• Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty
• McColly Real Estate
• Prudential Rubloff
• RE/MAX Showcase
• RE/MAX Suburban
• RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest

“Next year we hope to see even more of our customers on the REAL Trends list,” added Bergeron. “We will do our best to assist them in any way we can.”