The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends Announce America's Top 200 Real Estate Agents and Teams.

A New Yorker is America's Top Agent with More Than $244 Million in Home Sales While the Nation's Top Team Sold $539 Million in San Diego-Area Real Estate

NEW ORLEANS -- America's coastal statesCofrom California to Florida to New YorkCoare where America's top real estate agents and teams ply their craft as they claimed top honors in "The Real Estate Top 200," a new national awards event sponsored by The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends. The Real Estate Top 200 rankings were announced today at the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) Annual Conference and Expo.

The Real Estate Top 200 honored the top 50 residential agents and agent teams in four categories:

* Individual agent - Sales volume

* Individual agent - 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.)

* Agent team - Sales Volume

* Agent team - Transaction sides

The following are the top five winners in each of the four categories in The Real Estate Top 200. Individual Agent: Sales Volume

1. Harald Grant, Sotheby's International Realty, Southampton, NY, $244,901,664

2. Mary Gullixson, Alain Pinel Realtors, Menlo Park, CA, $207,850,628

3. Patricia Choi, Choi International, Honolulu, HI, $200,341,000

4. Cristina Condon, Sotheby's International Realty, Palm Beach, FL, $181,754,920

5. Sean Stanfield, First Team Real Estate, Huntington Beach, CA, $178,726,700

Individual Agent: Transaction Sides

1. Theresa Griffin, ERA Suncoast Realty, Crystal River, FL, 891.5 sides

2. Robert Picciariello, Prello Realty, Chicago, IL, 364 sides

3. C.R. Bankson, ERA American Realty Investments, Homosassa, FL, 308 sides

4. John Diaz, RE/MAX Professionals, Avondale, AZ, 307 sides

5. Ahmad Hage, RE/MAX Team 2000, Dearborn, MI, 303 sides

Team: Sales Volume

1. Team Ruth Pugh, Century 21 Award, San Diego, CA, $539,500,000

2. Team Creig Northrop, Long & Foster Real Estate, Clarksville, MD, $406,000,000

3. Team Ron Rush, Long & Foster Real Estate, Fairfax, VA, $303,459,272

4. Team Frank Liu, RE/MAX Valley Properties, San Jose, CA, $282,000,000

5. Team Mark Fleisher, Long & Foster Real Estate, Washington, DC, $277,668,448