The Loken Group named one of America's Top 100 Real Estate Professionals

HOUSTON - June 26, 2015 - PRLog -- HOUSTON, Texas – The Loken Group with Keller Williams was named one of America’s top real estate professional teams by REAL Trends, as advertised in The Wall Street Journal.  The team is now a member of the “The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by the two respected publications. The Loken Group is now ranked in the top one half of 1 percent of the more than 1,100,000 REALTORS® nationwide.

The Thousand real estate professionals was announced on June 26, 2015, with four separate categories honoring the top 250 residential agents and agent teams for excellence in:

• Individual Sales Professionals—Sales volume

• Individual Sales Professionals—Transaction sides (in each real estate transaction, there are two sides that can be represented by a real estate agent: a buyer’s and a seller’s.)

• Team Professionals—Sales volume

• Team Professionals—Transaction sides

According to The Thousand, The Loken Group had 658 transaction sides, totaling $137.3 in transaction volume, ranking them 20th in the nation for sides, and 79th in the nation for transaction volume.

“The best individual agents and teams—including The Loken Group’s award-winning efforts—were nothing short of phenomenal considering the recovering real estate market,” said Steve Murray, founder of Denver-based publishing and communications company REAL Trends, which compiled the list.

“Becoming a member of such an elite group as The Thousand is an incredible accomplishment in any market, but what The Loken Group did during these challenging times is impressive on so many levels,” said Marti Gallardo, vice president of classified advertising for The Wall Street Journal.  “Their efforts topped 99.99 percent of the more than 1,100,000 REALTORS nationwide.”

“We are absolutely thrilled to be named to The Thousand,” said Lance Loken, CEO of The Loken Group, who serves clients in the Greater Houston Area. “Our team is passionate about being a Real Estate Solution to the people of Houston, and I think that dedication shows in our numbers. We’re so grateful to our clients, whose support molded us into the team we are today.”

The ranking of The Thousand can be found at: www.thethousandrealestateprofessionals.com

About The Loken Group - The Loken Group, a team of specialists out of the Keller Williams Realty Signature office, serves real estate buyers, sellers and investors in all 9 counties in the Greater Houston Area. They were recently named #3 (Ranked by Number of 2014 Closed Transactions - 662) and #4 (Ranked by 2014 Gross Dollar Volume - $137.64) in the Houston Business Journal’s Top 25 Residential Real Estate Teams; and #20 (Teams by Transaction Sides in 2014 - 658). For more information about The Loken Group, please visit our website, www.thelokengroup.com.

About The Thousand - This awards program was developed jointly by WSJ. Custom Studios (and is not affiliated with the Editorial Department) and REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry. REAL Trends The Thousand honors America’s elite real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends with a special ad section included in The Wall Street Journal.