HomeServices and BHHS rack up 4,400 RealTrends Verified honors

HomeServices of America and its Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchise network placed more than 4,400 agents and teams in the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings, underscoring the scale of their national sales force. The audit-based list matters because it verifies production in one of residential real estate’s most closely watched benchmarking programs.

Why it matters: - More than 4,400 HomeServices of America professionals were independently verified as top producers in the 2026 RealTrends rankings. - RealTrends Verified audits and confirms sales volume and transaction totals, so the recognition carries more weight than self-reported lists. - The rankings show both HomeServices’ wholly owned brokerages and its Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchise network producing at a national level. - RealTrends Verified covers the top 1.5% of the more than 1.6 million licensed real estate agents in the U.S.

What happened: - HomeServices of America wholly owned companies and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchise network earned strong showings in the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings. - The combined enterprise placed more than 3,046 agents and 1,363 teams among the nation’s independently verified top producers. - The rankings were released July 9, 2026. - The results include both individual-agent and team categories across sales volume and transaction sides.

The details: - RealTrends Verified requires individual agents to close at least 25 residential transactions or $10 million in prior-year sales volume. - Teams must close at least 40 transactions or $16 million in volume to qualify. - HomeServices’ wholly owned companies had top-five individual agents by sales volume led by Cristal Clarke of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties in Montecito, California, and Nelson Gonzalez of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty in Miami. - Other top-volume agents in the wholly owned group included Ellen Mosher and Pollena Forsman of Houlihan Lawrence, plus David Offer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. - Top transaction-side agents in the wholly owned group included Kyle Hause of Long & Foster Real Estate in Newport News, Virginia, and Melissa Greer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Yost & Little Realty in Greensboro, North Carolina. - Team rankings for the wholly owned companies spanned small, medium, large, mega and enterprise categories. - In the enterprise-team category, the top three were The Rob Ellerman Team, The Koehler Bortnick Team and The Briley Team. - The BHHS franchise network also placed multiple agents at the top of national volume and transaction-side lists. - In the franchise network, Paul Grover of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties in Osterville, Massachusetts, led the top-five list by sales volume. - The top transaction-side franchise agents included Malinda Koncar of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and Nikki Lagouros of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty in Reston, Virginia. - Franchise network team rankings also spanned small, medium, large and mega categories. - The franchise network’s mega-team list included The Edrington Team, The Rhodes Team, Spaulding Group and The Toates Team. - HomeServices says Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices operates as a real estate franchise network through HSF Affiliates LLC, a subsidiary of HomeServices of America and a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. - HomeServices operates through brands including Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Long & Foster Real Estate, Edina Realty, and Harry Norman, REALTORS® | Forbes Global Properties. - The BHHS network says it has approximately 40,000 real estate professionals, more than 1,300 offices worldwide and more than USD$128.5 billion in real estate sales in 2025.

Between the lines: - The breadth of the rankings suggests the company’s strength is not limited to one flagship brand or one market. - The mix of wholly owned brokerages and independent franchisees points to a broad distribution model that is still producing at a high level. - Chris Kelly, president and CEO of HomeServices of America, said the recognition reflects a culture of excellence and the company’s all-in-one service model covering brokerage, mortgage, title and insurance. - The result also reinforces how national ranking programs can be used as a credibility signal in a fragmented real estate market.

What's next: - HomeServices is directing readers to more information and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network. - The rankings give the company a new marketing and recruiting tool heading into the next sales cycle. - Future performance will likely be measured against whether the enterprise can repeat this level of breadth in the next RealTrends cycle.

The bottom line: - HomeServices of America and BHHS turned a benchmarking list into a proof point: their agents and teams are producing at scale across both company-owned and franchise channels.