- 18 May, 2006 -

In its 19 th year of publication, the REAL Trends 500 measures the performance of the nation's leading realty service firms for the previous year and again for 2005, RE/MAX topped the list with 145 firms, garnering 25.7 percent of the positions in the survey. Also, 130 RE/MAX firms were identified in the annual "Up-And-Comers" list (those with 500 or more closed transaction sides.) "Rankings are produced in several ways," according to Steve Murray, REAL Trends editor. "We continue to rank firms on the basis of closed transaction sides, then by sales volume. Firms ranked by sales volume may not appear in the rankings by transaction sides due to differences in mean sales price of homes across the country. The REAL Trends 500 report is based on voluntary submission of mostly privately owned firms' transactions and other data." NRT, Incorporated with 1,082 offices again ranked as the number one firm in 2005. Four RE/MAX operations held positions in the top 25, RE/MAX Equity Group, Portland, OR (#16), RE/MAX Allegiance, Woodbridge, VA (#20), RE/MAX Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (#21) and RE/MAX Alliance, Arvada, CO (#25). "The annual REAL Trends 500 is always a source of pride for everyone in our organization," commented Margaret Kelly, RE/MAX chief executive officer. "It reminds our entire membership why we are in this business to help buyers and sellers realize their real estate and homeownership goals. Certainly, it is rewarding to see statistics identifying the results of the daily effort of thousands of individual brokers and agents for their clients." ### The RE/MAX franchise network is a global real estate system with more than 6,300 independently owned offices engaging 118,500 member sales associates who lead the industry in professional designations, experience and production while providing real estate services in residential, commercial, referral, relocation, and asset management. For more information visit www.remax.com .

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