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The list of real estate agents and teams on the A-List was produced again by leading-industry observer RealTrends in partnership with Bank of America. AREAA honored 167 individual agents and teams a year ago.
Shirley Gary of Ansley Christie’s Real Estate generated 263 transaction sides in 2022 to lead all individual sales professionals on the A-List. She was listed 22nd in the nation on RealTrends’ “The Thousand.”Danielle Moy (204 sides) with @Properties in Orland Park, Ill., Eric Delgado (201) with Keller Williams Encino Sherman Oaks in Encino, Calif., Meghan Clarkson (140) with Long & Foster Real Estate in Chincoteague Island, Va., and Stephanie Vitacco (137.5) with Equity Union in Encino, Calif. followed on the sides list.
Tracy Allen of Coldwell Banker Realty in Honolulu, Hawaii, generated $200.92 million in 2022 volume to lead the A-List. She was 77th in RealTrends’ “The Thousand.”, Gary ($191.42 million) was second followed by Vitacco ($180.47 million), Delgado ($147.64 million), and Zar Zanganeh with The Agency Las Vegas ($112.28 million).
Long Doan’s Realty Group in Minneapolis, Minn., repeated as the top team on the A-List team transaction sides list with 4,412 in 2022. The Advanced Super Team (2,893 sides) led by Calvin Gong in Arcadia, Calif., was second followed by Kenny Truong’s Fast Real Estate (977) with eXp in Oakland, Calif., Kyle Yeatman’s Yeatman Group (919.23) with Long & Foster Real Estate in Midlothian, Va., and Momentum Realty (482), led by Michael Ramos, in San Jose, Calif.
The Advanced Super Team earned top honors in sales volume, generating $2.69 billion in 2022, followed by the Realty Group with $1.5 billion. The next three highest-earners in sales volume were Fast Real Estate ($755.9 million), Andy Tse’s Intero Real Estate Services in Saratoga, Calif. ($712.3 million), and the Yeatman Group ($413.1 million).
For the second straight year, Shashank Shekhar, the founder and CEO of InstaMortgage in San Jose, Calif., was the top loan originator by mortgage units with 400 closed mortgages in 2022. Leading the A-List in mortgage volume was Joanna Yu of US Bank in Los Altos Hills, Calif., with 244.3 million in volume, marking her second straight year leading in her respective category.
“AREAA’s A-List is eagerly anticipated each year,” said AREAA President Kurt Nishimura. “This list not only gives us insight into the growth and success of our members, but it also shows the full impact that AANHPI real estate professionals have on the industry. This professionalism within our AREAA membership is widely known within the real estate industry. This group is a major reason why. Their production is awe-inspiring.”
The A-List was developed using these criteria:
RealTrends identified honorees by cross-tabulating AREAA membership with those on its RealTrends + Tom Ferry America’s Best Real Estate Professionals list.
AREAAallowed for individual submissions allowing individual agents who generated at least 15 transaction sides or $6 million in sales volume in 2022 to be recognized.
Teams needed at least 25 transaction sides and $9 million in sales volume. The team lead must be an AREAA member.
The list of loan officers was generated through self-submissions directly to AREAA.
The top 50 in each real estate category and top 30 in the mortgage categories follow. Click here for the full list of the 2023 A-List:
Individual Real Estate Agents Sides
Rank
Name
Company
City, State
Sides
1
Shirley Gary
Ansley Christie’s Real Estate
Atlanta, GA
263
2
Danielle Moy
@properties
Orland Park , IL
204
3
Eric Delgado
Keller Williams Encino Sherman Oaks
Encino, CA
201
4
Meghan O Clarkson
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Chincoteague Island, VA
140
5
Stephanie Vitacco
Equity Union
Encino, CA
137.5
6
Soomin Kim
eXp Realty
Liberty Hill, TX
114
7
Anthony Domathoti
EXIT Realty Premium
Bronx, NY
88
8
Oscar Garcia
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolina Premier Properties
Wilmington, NC
83
9
Sairavi Suribhotla
Real People Realty
Bolingbrook, IL
81
10
Karen Sorenson
RE/MAX Newport Elite
Racine, WI
79
11
Randy Hatada
XPand Realty & Property Management
Las Vegas, NV
78
12
Christine Do
Keller Williams Realty Easton
Easton, MA
76.8
13
Ruth Manzano Javier
Five Star Realty, Inc.
Ewa Beach, HI
72.9
14
Peter Luu
eXp Realty
Orlando, FL
68.5
15
Dane Gates
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Premier Properties
The Woodlands, TX
62
T16
Zar Zanganeh
The Agency Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
61
T16
Blair Myers
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers
The Delawalla Group – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida
Watersound, FL
$71,962,318
25
Tadashi Kondo
The Kondo Group – Compass
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
$63,790,989
26
Peter Au/Alice Schroeder
Avant Team – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
Irvine, CA
$62,433,779
27
Tim Hur/Helen Nguyen
Point Honors and Associates, Realtors®
Atlanta, GA
$62,332,861
28
Clay Byrne
Byrne Real Estate Group – Keller Williams
Austin, TX
$61,542,826
29
Kayla Lee
Kayla Lee Team
New York, NY
$61,008,822
30
Lily Do
Lily Cai Do – Compass
Contra Costa, CA
$60,744,200
31
Kenneth Er
The Er Group – Compass
Oakland, CA
$60,075,330
32
Crystal Florida
Crystal Florida and Associates – Compass
Oakland, CA
$58,906,773
33
Andrew Peters
The Peters Team – Keller Williams
Peachtree Corners, GA
$57,871,883
34
Amy Kong
Trust Real Estate – SIDE
San Bruno, CA
$55,428,400
35
Connie Van
Connie Van Real Estate Group – Keller Williams
Elk Grove, CA
$54,863,093
36
Dave + Amy Chung
The Dave + Amy Chung Team – Compass
Chicago, IL
$54,105,965
37
Phat Nguyen/Julie Phan
Team Affinity
Orlando, FL
$51,309,695
38
Dave & Liz Goodchild
The Goodchild Team – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Starck Realty
Palatine, IL
$51,058,667
39
Wailani O’Herlihy
The O’Herlihy Group – Sotheby’s International Realty
Malibu, CA
$46,935,962
40
Charan Bajwa
Team Charan Bajwa – RE/MAX
Monmouth Junction, NJ
$45,093,166
41
Scottee Downing
Downing + Ivicic Group – Compass
Austin, TX
$44,578,171
42
Ivona Kutermankiewicz
IKGroup – Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
Chicago, IL
$44,548,542
43
Garrick Yan
Garrick Yan Group – eXp
San Leandro, CA
$42,474,639
44
Smitha Ramchandani
SR Real Estate Group – LeadingRE
Summit, NJ
$41,150,687
45
Michael Saladino
The Saladino Sells Team – Keller Williams
Chicago, IL
$41,106,129
46
Amy Duong Kim
Duong Kim Global – Compass
Chicago, IL
$38,797,886
47
Lisa Nguyen
The International Group at RE/MAX Professionals – RE/MAX
Lakewood, CO
$38,592,985
48
Janet Moore
Tampa Lux Group – Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
Tampa, FL
$35,988,627
49
Yassi Jazayeri
Yassi & Associates – Keller Williams
Bellevue, WA
$35,341,644
50
Jamie Younger
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$34,789,290
Top Loan Originators by Mortgage Units
Rank
Full Name
Company
City, State
# Closed Mortgages
1
Shashank Shekhar
InstaMortgage Inc
San Jose, CA
400
2
Karen Chiu
New American Funding
San Marino, CA
297
3
James Chen
Citizens Bank
Roslyn, NY
261
4
Nathan Sibbet
loanDepot
Sacramento, CA
256
5
Viral Vora
PNC Bank
Cupertino, CA
211
6
Tyler (Tu Ba) Nguyen
Bluegrey Mortgage
Tampa, FL
206
7
Judy Sakata
Sakata Mortgage dba of 247 Mortgage Loan LLC
Houston, TX
198
8
Joanna Yu
US bank
Los Altos Hills, CA
190
9
Choe Hung
US bank
Pasadena, CA
188
10
Kevin Oto
Green Haven Capital Inc.
Sacramento, CA
177
11
Ha Le Dao
DHI Mortgage
Sacramento, CA
146
12
An Le
Lifestyle Home Lending
Southlake, TX
141
13
Sunny (Meixu) Duan
Citi
Rockville, MD
118
14
Jasmine Cheng
US bank
Union City, CA
110
15
Michelle Kim
HSBC
Los Angeles, CA
102
16
Caroline Ke Liu
US bank
San Francisco, CA
101
17
Patrick Ly
Union Home Mortgage
Leesburg, VA
82
18
Daniel Dai
Lemonbrew Lending
Edison, NJ
81
19
Nick Chee Seng Leong
HSBC
Whitestone, NY
79
20
Anne Wiker
US bank
San Diego, CA
78
21
Jennifer Yang
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Torrance, CA
76
22
Meinoh Kim
BluPrint Home Loans
Fairfield, CA
75
23
Hai David Le
US bank
Fairfax, VA
72
24
Greg Louie
GFL Capital Mortgage, Inc
Henderson, NV
71
25
Sunny Kumar
US bank
San Diego, CA
70
26
Ray Zeng
HSBC
New York, NY
69
T27
Gennaro Bizzarro
HSBC
Yonkers, NY
68
T27
Aileen Hom
Wells Fargo Private Bank
San Mateo, CA
68
29
Kamal Sohal
Chase bank
Sacramento, CA
67
30
Bopha Phang
loanDepot
Stockton, CA
65
Top Loan Originators by Mortgage Volume
Rank
Full Name
Company
City, State
Volume Closed Mortgages
1
Joanna Yu
US bank
Los Altos Hills, CA
$244,307,535
2
Viral Vora
PNC Bank
Cupertino, CA
$221,839,038
3
Shashank Shekhar
InstaMortgage Inc
San Jose, CA
$187,048,281
4
James Chen
Citizens Bank
Roslyn, NY
$178,391,673
5
Gennaro Bizzarro
HSBC
Yonkers, NY
$175,517,864
6
Karen Chiu
New American Funding
San Marino, CA
$165,711,007
7
Choe Hung
US bank
Pasadena, CA
$163,943,064
8
Nathan Sibbet
loanDepot
Sacramento, CA
$124,232,591
9
Caroline Ke Liu
US bank
San Francisco, CA
$118,631,590
10
Michelle Kim
HSBC
Los Angeles, CA
$115,654,558
11
Sunny (Meixu) Duan
Citi
Rockville, MD
$106,094,000
12
Jasmine Cheng
US bank
Union City, CA
$101,242,343
13
Aileen Hom
Wells Fargo Private Bank
San Mateo, CA
$96,474,112
14
Kevin Oto
Green Haven Capital Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$82,155,712
15
Tyler (Tu Ba) Nguyen
Bluegrey Mortgage
Tampa, FL
$75,702,929
16
Jennifer Yang
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Torrance, CA
$71,624,460
17
Hai David Le
US bank
Fairfax, VA
$70,711,136
18
Ha Le Dao
DHI Mortgage
Sacramento, CA
$70,124,004
19
Sunny Kumar
US bank
San Diego, CA
$66,618,844
20
Ryan Dang
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
San Mateo, CA
$65,306,558
21
Roger Pei
HSBC
San Francisco, CA
$58,714,459
22
Vanessa Liu
HSBC
San Francisco, CA
$57,556,052
23
An Le
Lifestyle Home Lending
Southlake, TX
$54,609,986
24
Judy Sakata
Sakata Mortgage dba of 247 Mortgage Loan LLC
Houston, TX
$49,708,616
25
Dan Anacker
US bank
Bonney Lake, WA
$49,432,542
26
Leena Sankary
US bank
Monrovia, CA
$49,367,062
27
Ray Zeng
HSBC
New York, NY
$45,997,014
28
Meinoh Kim
BluPrint Home Loans
Fairfield, CA
$43,294,216
29
Bobby Saadieh
loanDepot
Morgan Hill, CA
$43,236,251
30
Nick Chee Seng Leong
HSBC
Whitestone, NY
$40,491,013
ABOUT AREAA
Founded in 2003, the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) is a national nonprofit trade organization with more than 18,000 members dedicated to improving the lives of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community through homeownership. Visit areaa.org for more information.
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