“December: A month of lights, snow, coziness, and feasts; time to make amends and tie up loose ends; finish what you started and make your wishes come true.” – Unknown
The last two sentiments of this quote, “finish what you started and make your wishes come true”, while words of wisdom for anyone, can be a juggernaut for the real estate professional looking analytically at the year behind them with an intent on improving the year ahead.
Wrap up, assess, plan, reconfigure as needed. Why? Because the market is always changing. The advertising spend that worked last year may not be working now. Mortgage rates change. Expectations shift accordingly. Those who anticipated difficulty and became the agents of change sustained the momentum to keep going.
In the last month of 2023, Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills, California, made a bid for the top spot and takes the lead. A total of ten sides makes for a very satisfying close to this chapter.
For the rest of our report, you will be seeing double. It’s not you! It’s us! There are ties for second, third, fourth, and even fifth places here.
It was the most wonderful time of year, indeed. In second place: Jack Bailey and the team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro, and Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota. Both offices close out the month with six sides.
Michigan takes over third place with Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, and Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron. Each office brought four sides to end the year.
Three sides each snags the fourth place for John Powell at Help-U-Sell The Powell Group in Tucson, Arizona, and Nathan Douglas of Help-U-Sell Santa Maria, in Santa Maria, California.
Suffice to say, our Top Producers finished what they started this month.
| Office | Seller | Buyer | Total |
| Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Help-U-Sell Greensboro | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Help-U-Sell Metropolitan | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell The Powell Group | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Help-U-Sell Santa Maria | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Over here on the Gross Sales Volume Report…
Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills,California, earns the double crown this month by being in first place on both reports. He closes December with nearly $6.5 million.
Seeing double once more, Jack Bailey and the team Help-U-Sell Greensboro, North Carolina, claim second place with $1.5 million for the last month of the year.
As close to a tie as possible in third place, is Kurt Steffien of Help-U-Sell Coast and Valley in Santa Ana, California. Kurt is in third place by a difference of only $39,500. We say that $1,500,00 isn’t a bad way to end the month!
December has the distinct honor of bringing everything to a close with the promise of a new beginning at the same time. Thank you to all who were there with us.
| Office | Gross Sales Volume |
| Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties | $6,488,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Greensboro | $1,539,500 |
| Help-U-Sell Coast and Valley | $1,500,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Real Estate Specialists | $1,375,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. | $1,002,900 |
| Help-U-Sell The Powell Group | $974,700 |
| Help-U-Sell Wright | $899,000 |
| Help-U-Sell 951 Realty | $825,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Legacy | $688,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Metropolitan | $658,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters | $608,400 |