“Let July be July. Let August be August. And let yourself just be even in the uncertainty. You don’t have to fix everything. You don’t have to solve everything. And you can still find peace and grow in the wild of changing things.” – Morgan Harper Nichols
Summer is usually slow in real estate. School is out. People go on vacation. Parents prepare for the new school year ahead. Folks peek at other jobs to see what’s out there. All perfectly normal stuff that contributes to a real estate slow down in summer. What isn’t normal, is all the other events that unfolded, in addition to normal summer activity. Some buyers are waiting for the mortgage rates to drop. The wait is making some antsy sellers drop prices. The main thing everyone had their eye on: how the new laws and agreements would play out for handling commissions on the sale of home, beginning August 17.
So while all of that shakes out, we’re taking advice from the words above: You don’t have to fix or solve everything. There is going to be uncertainty for a while longer while the bugs get worked out. So we keep on persevering, and doing things the right way, as we have done for 48 years and counting.
Taking the hottest month of summer to number one, so he can grow amongst the changing things is Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. Jack’s team brought 15 sides for July.
Coming into second place is Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. His team brought seven total sides for the seventh month of the year.
Third place brings us a tie!
Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, Michigan and Matt Kellam of Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania share third place. Each team brings four for the month.
| Office | Seller | Buyer | Total |
| Help-U-Sell Greensboro | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Help-U-Sell Legacy | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Help-U-Sell Metropolitan | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell The Powell Group | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Help-U-Sell Capital City | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Help-U-Sell Gulf Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Help-U-Sell Sims Realty | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Help-U-Sell Integrity Real Estate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Over on the Gross Sales Volume report, there has been crowned a “Double Eagle”. Someone who nabs first place on both reports.
Jack Bailey and the tenacious team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina, take first place again. Their efforts put $3.6 million on the board.
Must be something in summer wind, because second place is ALSO Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. Danny’s team managed a $2.9 million month and get second place here also!
Third place is Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills, California. Those folks had a $2.6 million month.
We’re going two more places to celebrate a million dollar plus month.
In fourth place is John Powell at Help-U-Sell The Powell Group in Tucson, Arizona. His office brought just over $1.5 million for July.
We find Zafar Haider from Help-U-Sell Capital City in Sacramento, California in fifth place. His office cleared $1.4 million for our seventh month.
| Office | Gross Sales Volume |
| Help-U-Sell Greensboro | $3,666,800 |
| Help-U-Sell Legacy | $2,915,900 |
| Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties | $2,665,000 |
| Help-U-Sell The Powell Group | $1,581,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Capital City | $1,425,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Metropolitan | $781,900 |
| Help-U-Sell Gulf Coast | $550,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty | $532,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters | $407,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Sims Realty | $399,900 |