In its annual analysis of the nation’s largest residential real estate firms, REAL Trends magazine included 25 RE/MAX brokerage firms in its top 500 ranking. The 500 reviews the nation’s most productive real estate firms based on closed sides and closed sales volume.

RE/MAX Synergy, with offices in Flossmoor and Orland Park, was placed in the top 50 firms in the nation in terms of percentage gain in both closed transactions and percentage gain in sales volume over the past five years.

Firms in the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network that made the cut were:

• RE/MAX Suburban, with offices in Arlington Heights, Glen Ellyn, Libertyville, Mt. Prospect, Schaumburg and Wheaton, ranked 186th in closed transaction sides and 196th in closed sales volume.
• RE/MAX Synergy ranked 320th in closed transaction sides.
• RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest ranked 382nd in closed sides and 475th in closed sales volume.
• RE/MAX 10, in Chicago, Oak Lawn, and Palos Park, ranked 395th in closed transaction sides.
• RE/MAX of Naperville and RE/MAX Enterprises in Downers Grove ranked 434th in closed transaction sides and 430th in closed sales volume.
• RE/MAX Showcase, in Gurnee, Long Grove and Waukegan, ranked 482nd in closed transaction sides.