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Top Producers May 2024

“The world’s favorite season is spring. All things seem possible in May.” – Edwin Way Teale

The caveat of saying all things seem possible, is that all things ARE possible. Which, of course, embraces good and bad. Just like every day life, in every possible nuance, profession and industry. The month of May continued being a bit weird: The National Association of Realtors continues to grapple with the settling of commission lawsuits. Interest rates crept up a bit. Housing prices were steady in places, while dropping in others. Home builders decided if they were pushing ahead or scaling back. A lot of uncertainty colored everyday information and made a lot of folks hesitant to make a move to sell or buy.

As with every trend, something speaks to it, and something speaks against it. Despite the uncertainty, our Experts Next Door are showing up, adjusting to every new obstacle they face and doing the work necessary to get a listing and make a sale.

At the top of the trend in North Carolina, Jack Bailey and company at Help-U-Sell Greensboro. The top spot is retained with 16 total sides for May, with a worthwhile 11 coming from sellers.

Debra Schmidt, Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc

Second place is a two way tie between Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota, and Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. Both offices bring seven sides for May.

Richard Cricchio, Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties

In third place, another tie just one side behind: Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii, and Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, Michigan. Both put six per office on the board.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	11	5	16
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	4	3	7
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	5	2	7
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	4	2	6
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	4	2	6
Help-U-Sell Legacy	3	1	4
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Integrity Real Estate	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Winn 4 U Realty	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Sunrise	1	1	2

On the Gross Sales Volume Report, it’s a familiar faces punctuated by surprising ones, which we like!

In the top spot, Richard Cricchio and the crew at Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii. The very merry month of May was just over $8.9 million.

In second place, we’re back to Jack (Bailey that is) and his team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. They closed May with $5.3 million.

Third place goes to Melissa Chan at Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty in Santa Clara. Her office brought $2.2 million for the fifth month.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$8,915,000
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$5,386,500
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	$2,230,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$1,709,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$1,255,665
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$1,133,122
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	$1,101,300
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$1,050,000
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	$925,000

April Top Producers 2024

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it.” – Hal Borland

Outside of “April showers bring May flowers”, it also tends to be the last gasp of winter. So when winter elements are still in play, when things spring back to life exactly is a mystery.

The real estate industry has no doubt been beset by some interesting hiccups and anomalies, with interest rates and concerns about inflation leaving many would-be buyers still on the sidelines. As such, housing market activity for April declined by 1.9% from March 2024. Similarly, existing home sales also declined by 1.9% compared to April 2023. Yet the median sale price went up 5.7% from a year ago. Across the country, unsold listings increased by 9.0% from last month, and it’s taking four more days to sell. Yet demand still currently outpaces inventory. Strange times!

In short, April was a bit tough. But the outlook gets a little brighter every day. Builders continue to create more homes. Innovators are revamping commercial properties into affordable living spaces, and of course, tiny homes remain popular.

Sides are blossoming in North Carolina, rain or shine. Jack Bailey and company at Help-U-Sell Greensboro are still number one. With 15 sides for the month, they make their own rain.

Sprouting into second place, Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills, California. Patrick’s team had seven seller sides for April!

Kimberly Zelena, Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate — Jeff Hedberg, Help-U-Sell Real Masters

Third place thrives with Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan, and Kimberly Zelena of Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate in Waynesboro, Virginia. Each office brought five sides.

Fourth place is flourishing with Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah, and Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota. Both end the fourth month with four sides.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	8	7	15
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	7	0	7
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	3	2	5
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	4	1	5
Help-U-Sell Legacy	3	1	4
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	2	2	4
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Edmond/OKC	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell San Antonio Hill Country	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	1	1	2

On the Gross Sales Volume Report, we flip the script for first and second place.

Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties (Chino Hills,California), springs into first place with $9.9 million for April.

Which means we find Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in second place, tending tenaciously to create a $4 million month.

Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy, cultivated $2.2 million for the month. Utah continues to growing.

Thank you to April for the rain. We always look forward to the flowers.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$9,912,888
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$4,000,500
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$2,200,300
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$1,767,400
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	$1,650,000
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$1,625,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$1,230,000
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	$1,168,500
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	$1,166,500
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	$1,139,900

Top Producers Q1, 2024

“In Winter, I plot and plan. In Spring, I move.” – Henry Rollins

In what is surely one of the weirdest real estate markets yet (and that is saying something), we have arrived at the end of the first quarter. As ever, current extremes are not applicable to all markets. It’s safe to broadly say that homes are sitting on the market a bit longer now before moving into escrow. Otherwise, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of commonality between markets.

That being said, for many years Spring has been accepted as the “best” time to sell and buy a house. Statistics and reports support the notion, but other factors besides cold weather are in play. So Winter might have created some slow down, but between the March report and Q1, it does look like sales are potentially blossoming for the warmer months. So we move!

It is no surprise that Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina is at the top of Q1 Top Producers. With 34 sides, and a whopping 25 sides coming from sellers, there’s nary a dull moment.

Taking second place with 15 sides is Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota. The word “Minnesota” is a Dakota Indian phrase, meaning “sky-blue waters.” For Debra’s team, we take that as a sign of “the sky is the limit”.

Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan pulls into third place with 17 sides. The spring thaw and savings will no doubt motivate people to get ready to spruce and sell for Spring.

Patrick Wood, Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties

Fourth place is a tie between Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California, and Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. Lucky 13 was the magic number.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	25	9	34
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	15	6	21
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	13	4	17
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	9	4	13
Help-U-Sell Legacy	7	6	13
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	8	4	12
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	5	3	8
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	5	3	8
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	4	2	6
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	4	2	6
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	5	0	5

The Gross Sales Volume report for the first quarter of 2024 may not be bringing big surprises, but it’s bringing big numbers.

Must be something special in Chino Hills! First place goes to Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in California. The team brought in just over $11 million for the first three months of the year.

Jack Bailey and the crew at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina are in second place for Q1. The number that brought them here is just over $8.9 million.

Taking third place is Richard Cricchio’s team at Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii. The first quarter brought just over $6 million in gross sales volume.

In fourth place is Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. With $5.9 million for Q1, he continues to demonstrate Utah’s unique market.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$11,041,817
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$8,960,340
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$6,060,200
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$5,985,899
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$4,699,700
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	$4,375,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$3,033,800
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	$2,996,000
Help-U-Sell Wright	$2,526,000
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	$2,279,300
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	$1,666,900
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	$1,662,500

March Top Producers 2024

“March, when days are getting long, let thy growing hours be strong to set right some wintry wrong.” – Caroline May

It seemed fitting to call on something about growing hours and righting “wrongs”, as indicative of the troubles besetting the real estate market in different facets. Fewer houses on the market? Check. Higher mortgage rates scaring off buyers? Check. Headlines brimming with commission scandals and lawsuits against NAR and traditional real estate brokerages? Check. Inflation concerns tempering the impulse to buy? Check. Sellers fear selling because of a lack of inventory to move into after selling? Check.

Despite the challenges, we still sell. Help-U-Sell Real Estate experts know who we are and what we do. We continue to make moves that get results regardless of the market, because helping people with fairness and transparency is what we do, and have always done from the beginning, for 48 years.

First place for Top Producers in March brings us to North Carolina. Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro, and the rest of his team cleared 15 sides, with ten of those sides coming from sellers.

Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota, brings her team to second place with eight sides.

Third place travels all the way to Chino Hills, California, where we find Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties. Patrick’s team brought in six sides for March.

Staying in California for fourth place but headed over to Palmdale, we greet Gary Julian and his son, of Help-U-Sell Julian Team. They break into a top spot with four sides.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	10	5	15
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	6	2	8
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	6	0	6
Help-U-Sell Legacy	2	3	5
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	4	0	4
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Gulf Coast	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	0	2	2
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	1	1	2

The Gross Sales Volume report has a few different offices from the usual in our top four.

In first place, the busiest man on the West coast: Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California. Patrick’s terrific team brought just over $6 million for March.

In second place is the busiest man on the East coast: Jack Bailey’s team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. They have $3.5 million reasons to be happy about March’s outcome.

Third place takes us to California once more to see Melissa Chan at Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty in Santa Clara. Melissa’s office clears the third month with $3.2 million.

We then buzz over to Utah for fourth place to see Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton. March brought a gross sales volume of $2.9 million for his team.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$6,014,940
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$3,538,800
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	$3,235,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$2,940,000
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	$2,557,000
Help-U-Sell Wright	$2,100,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$2,020,400
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	$1,662,500
Help-U-Sell Gulf Coast	$1,250,000
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$1,199,000
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	$765,000

February Top Producers 2024

“If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers… February is for doers.” – Marc Parent

Some days inspiration and motivation are harder to come by. Especially during a gray, overcast day where you may need that thicker sweater and an extra hot coffee to head outside to go and do.

The second half of our inspirational quote seems especially fitting: February is for doers. Anyone can utter promises on the eve of a new year. Taking goals seriously, with the plans and initiative to carry through takes real determination, because not every day turns out how you want or planned. Achievement means giving it your best as often as you can, trusting you will find your way there, or get a tad closer.

Here are the doers from February:

Jack Bailey, Help-U-Sell Greensboro — Debra Schmidt, Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc

A triple tie in first place makes for a great game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina, and Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan, all share the top spot with six sides a piece.

Second place brings another tie between two offices and gentlemen:Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii, and Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. With five sides each, they are making every week count with a closing.

Taking third place is Kimberly Zelena of Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate in Waynesboro, Virginia. Her team closes February with four sides.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	3	3	6
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	5	1	6
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	5	1	6
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	4	1	5
Help-U-Sell Legacy	3	2	5
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	2	2	4
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	1	2	3
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	2	1	3
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	2	0	2

On our Gross Sales Volume Report, competition makes for interesting changes.

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii, returns to first place with another month in excess of two million. This time, it’s $2.2 million! Island time is always a good time to sell in Hawaii.

Another second place feather for the cap of Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. The second month of the year paved the way for $1.8 million in Gross Sales Volume.

Third place is where we find Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California. Patrick’s team put $1.5 million on the board for February.

Thank you for doing what you do.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$2,232,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$1,805,899
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$1,575,800
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$1,560,900
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$1,540,000
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	$1,274,300
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$947,900
Help-U-Sell Capital City	$800,000
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	$737,500
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	$655,000