The second annual High Producers listing honors 325 brokers and staff leaders who raked in $4.85 billion in 2021, alone, reflecting the rising affect of LGBTQ+ brokers within the trade, the Alliance says.
The LGBTQ+ Actual Property Alliance launched its second annual High Producers listing on Wednesday, with 325 particular person member brokers and groups finishing 10,028 sides price $4.85 billion in 2021.
Brokers certified for the listing by finishing a minimum of 25 transaction sides or producing $10 million in gross sales quantity in 2021. In the meantime, groups with leaders who’re Alliance members made the minimize by finishing a minimum of 40 transaction sides and producing $15 million in gross sales quantity.
The yr’s awardees would have ranked on the RealTrends 500 because the sixty fourth and 62nd largest brokerages within the nation by sides and quantity, LGBTQ+ Actual Property Alliance Nationwide President and Chairman Dave Gervase stated.
“The collective numbers posted by the members of the Alliance are extraordinarily spectacular and validate that our member brokers are a number of the hardest working individuals within the enterprise,” Gervase famous in a written assertion. “Power like that is contagious, and we look ahead to our brokers persevering with to rise to the challenges of {the marketplace}, regardless of market circumstances.”
“We look ahead to offering distinctive content material at our convention this September to allow all brokers to attain their desired outcomes,” he added.
Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta agent Shirley Gary and Keller Williams Citywide The EZ Gross sales Staff led by Alliance member Michael Zinicola nabbed the No. 1 spots of their respective classes for the second consecutive yr, with each brokers rising their annual manufacturing by double digits.
Gary accomplished 574.4 transaction sides in 2021 price $257.3 million — an 89 % enhance in gross sales quantity from 2020. In the meantime, Zinicola’s staff completed 1,438.4 transaction sides price $382.6 million — a 24 % enhance in gross sales quantity from 2020.
“The LGBTQ+ Actual Property Alliance continues to develop in measurement and stature, and we’re led by unimaginable members like Shirley, Mike, his teammates, and this distinguished group,” LGBTQ Actual Property Alliance CEO Ryan Weyandt stated of the pair’s accomplishments.
Weyandt stated the Alliance’s membership development and manufacturing, which has elevated 20 % from final yr, is vital in an more and more hostile socio-political ambiance for LGBTQ+ customers.
“There isn’t any denying how necessary our members are to LGBTQ+ patrons and sellers, particularly at a time when rhetoric and actions towards the LGBTQ+ group are on the rise, and governing officers throughout the nation are introducing lots of of state and native payments and legal guidelines to limit our freedoms,” he stated. “In April we printed alarming numbers in our annual report which present that regardless of DEI initiatives, 20.7 % of surveyed Alliance members determine actual property brokers because the main offender in how housing discrimination happens towards the LGBTQ+ actual property house purchaser.”
“So, it’s solely pure for LGBTQ+ of us to wish to work with an allied or LGBTQ+ actual property skilled who understands their wants, challenges, and objectives through the homebuying and promoting course of,” he added.
Wherever Manufacturers President and CEO Susan Yannaccone echoed Weyandt and praised the Alliance for its work in making a extra equitable trade for professionals and customers.
“It’s so gratifying to see the expansion not solely within the Wherever illustration on the LGBTQ+ Actual Property Alliance High Producers listing, but in addition of the listing as a complete,” she stated. “The presence of extra high-producing, influential LGBTQ+ brokers than ever is a measure of progress within the Alliance’s mission to construct a extra consultant and equitable actual property trade.”
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