Measuring success can be accomplished in a myriad of ways.

In the real estate industry, the benchmark for success is the number of closed transactions and closed volume sales. These measurements are coupled together in an annual research report known as REAL Trends 500 which identifies the country’s largest and most successful residential firms as ranked by closed transaction sides and separately by closed sales volume.

According to REAL Trends 500, the Allen Tate Company is the top real estate firm based in the Carolinas and ranks #7 among the country’s largest independently owned, non-franchised brokers, and #15 among all brokers, based on closed transactions sides for 2009.

Allen Tate Company closed 12,600 transaction sides in 2009 to earn the rankings. The company also ranked #10 among independent brokers and #21 in the country among all brokers, based on 2009 closed sales volume.

-Genevieve Jooste