It took just north of $500 million in brokered residential sales in 2022 to crack the top 25 for the region, according to data provided by the local listing service.
Denver metro’s top 25 real estate brokerages sold $27 billion worth of homes last year, or 42 percent of the total, according to MLS data compiled by REColorado.
The agents at those companies handled 40 percent of the total transactions, and 42 percent of the total valuation, recorded by the MLS during 2022’s volatile market.
Also of note: Denver’s residential real estate market has changed dramatically in the past five years, with new companies like Compass and Redfin dominating the market. For example, Compass-Denver’s $4.1 billion in total sales is nearly double what second-place company HomeSmart generated and rocketed the firm to the No.1 slot.
Compass was founded in 2012 and opened its first Denver metro office in 2019. It went public in 2021 with an $8 billion valuation. But the past two years have been challenging. Its stock, which traded at about $20 per share at launch, is down 80 percent to below $5 per share. And the company has been slashing jobs.
Redfin, meanwhile, closed RedfinNow, its “iBuyer” and home-flipping business in November. The company also laid off about 1,400 employees nationally in 2022.
Here’s a look at the metro area’s top realtors, according to REColorado data.
A few caveats: Some firms have similar names but are different brokerage offices. And the volume of home sales is provided by the listing service and is not exhaustive, as some private sales do not show up in the data.
Compass-Denver
Address: 200 Columbine St., Suite 500, Denver
Managing broker: James Keith, sales manager and Colorado managing broker
Total volume: $4.1 billion
Listed: 2,354.5
Closed: 2,850.5
Total: 5,205
HomeSmart (board member realtors)
Address: 8300 E. Maplewood Ave., Suite 100, Greenwood Village
Managing broker: N/A
Total volume: $2.2 billion
Listed: 1,844
Closed: 1,690.5
Total: 3,534.5
Kentwood Real Estate
Managing broker: Gretchen Rosenberg
Total volume: $2.1 billion
Total: 2,249
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Cherry Creek
Address: 100 St Paul St., Unit 200, Denver
Managing broker: John Watts, vice president and managing broker
Total volume: $1.7 billion
Listed: 776
Closed: 776
Total: 1,552
EXp Realty
Address: 9800 Pyramid Ct., #400, Englewood
Managing broker: Todd M. McManus
Total volume: $1.6 billion
Listed: 1,183.5
Closed: 1,447
Total: 2,630.5
Your Castle Real Estate Inc
Address: 2755 S. Locust St., Suite 150, Denver
Managing brokers: Shawna Alford, Serena Billmayer and Faith Tharan
Total volume: $1.4 billion
Listed: 1,057.5
Closed: 1,230
Total: 2,287.5
Milehimodern
Address: 2015 W. 32nd Ave., Denver
Broker/owner and managing broker: Francie Martinez
Total volume: $1.3 billion
Listed: 543
Closed: 769
Total: 1,312
RE/MAX Masters Millennium
Address: 6020 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., #100 in Greenwood Village
Broker/owner: James T. Wanzeck
Total volume: $1.1 billion
Listed: 1,302.5
Closed: 309.5
Total: 1,612
Redfin
Address: 8055 E. Tufts Ave., #1430 in Denver
Market manager: Kevin Kudrna
Total volume: $1 billion
Listed: 768
Closed: 810
Total: 1,578
Keller Williams DTC
Address: 6300 S. Syracuse Way, #150 in Centennial
Operating principal: Pam Kiker
Total volume: $1 billion
Listed: 776
Closed: 856.5
Total: 1,632.5
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Denver Tech Center office
Address: 8000 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 200, Greenwood Village
Managing broker: Shyla Rogers, vice president and managing broker
Total volume: $978 million
Listed: 387.5
Closed: 414
Total: 801.5
Madison & Company Properties
Address: 1221 S. Clarkson St., #400, Denver
Founder, broker/owner: Todd Narlinger
Total volume: $881 million
Listed: 592.5
Closed: 615
Total: 1,207.5
RE/MAX Professionals DTC
Address: 10111 Inverness Main St., Suite P, Englewood
Broker owners: Alan Smith, Brad Whitehouse and Michael Burns
Total volume: $854 million
Listed: 644
Closed: 525.5
Total: 1,169.5
HomeSmart Realty (non-board member realtors)
Address: 8300 E. Maplewood Ave., Suite 100, Greenwood Village
Managing broker: N/A
Total volume: $832 million
Listed: 638.5
Closed: 740
Total: 1,378.5
Keller Williams Realty Downtown
Address: 917 Auraria Parkway in Denver
Team leader/employing broker: Justin Juarez
Total volume: $800 million
Listed: 578.5
Closed: 799
Total: 1,377.5
8z Real Estate
Address: 2809 Larimer St., Denver
Managing brokers: Brad Klein and Marcia Cotlar
Total volume: $769 million
Listed: 464
Closed: 706
Total: 1,170
Coldwell Banker Realty 24
Address: 6501 E. Belleview Ave, Suite 500, Englewood
Managing broker: Karen Ricci
Total volume: $763 million
Listed: 536
Closed: 583.5
Total: 1,119.5
West + Main Homes
Address: 2010 Youngfield St., Lakewood
Founder and CEO: Stacie Staub
Total volume: $720 million
Listed: 441
Closed: 665
Total: 1,106
Porchlight Real Estate Group
Address: 201 University Blvd, Suite 200, Denver
Managing broker: Thaddeus Howells
Total volume: $703 million
Listed: 412
Closed: 579
Total: 991
Brokers Guild Homes
Address: 7995 E. Hampden Ave., Denver
Managing broker: N/A
Total volume: $642 million
Listed: 481.5
Closed: 637.5
Total: 1,119
Colorado Home Realty
Address: 2509 Main St., Littleton
CEO/Principal: Matt Hudson
Total volume: $615 million
Listed: 468.5
Closed: 491
Total: 959.5
RE/MAX Professionals
Address: 1745 Shea Center Drive, Suite 100 in Highlands Ranch
Broker owners: Alan Smith, Brad Whitehouse and Michael Burns
Total volume: $596 million
Listed: 504
Closed: 349.5
Total: 853.5
Keller Williams Integrity Real Estate
Address: 50 S. Steele St., Suite 700 in Denver
Owner: Brendan Bartic
Total volume: $584 million
Listed: 380
Closed: 531.5
Total: 911.5
Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Denver
Address: 201 Columbine St. Ste 200 in Denver
Managing broker: Lane Lyon
Total volume: $577 million
Listed: 313
Closed: 350
Total: 663
It took just north of $500 million in brokered residential sales in 2022 to crack the top 25 for the region, according to data provided by the local listing service.
Denver metro’s top 25 real estate brokerages sold $27 billion worth of homes last year, or 42 percent of the total, according to MLS data compiled by REColorado.
The agents at those companies handled 40 percent of the total transactions, and 42 percent of the total valuation, recorded by the MLS during 2022’s volatile market.
Also of note: Denver’s residential real estate market has changed dramatically in the past five years, with new companies like Compass and Redfin dominating the market. For example, Compass-Denver’s $4.1 billion in total sales is nearly double what second-place company HomeSmart generated and rocketed the firm to the No.1 slot.
Compass was founded in 2012 and opened its first Denver metro office in 2019. It went public in 2021 with an $8 billion valuation. But the past two years have been challenging. Its stock, which traded at about $20 per share at launch, is down 80 percent to below $5 per share. And the company has been slashing jobs.
Redfin, meanwhile, closed RedfinNow, its “iBuyer” and home-flipping business in November. The company also laid off about 1,400 employees nationally in 2022.
Here’s a look at the metro area’s top realtors, according to REColorado data.
A few caveats: Some firms have similar names but are different brokerage offices. And the volume of home sales is provided by the listing service and is not exhaustive, as some private sales do not show up in the data.
Compass-Denver
Address: 200 Columbine St., Suite 500, Denver
Managing broker: James Keith, sales manager and Colorado managing broker
Total volume: $4.1 billion
Listed: 2,354.5
Closed: 2,850.5
Total: 5,205
HomeSmart (board member realtors)
Address: 8300 E. Maplewood Ave., Suite 100, Greenwood Village
Managing broker: N/A
Total volume: $2.2 billion
Listed: 1,844
Closed: 1,690.5
Total: 3,534.5
Kentwood Real Estate
Managing broker: Gretchen Rosenberg
Total volume: $2.1 billion
Total: 2,249
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Cherry Creek
Address: 100 St Paul St., Unit 200, Denver
Managing broker: John Watts, vice president and managing broker
Total volume: $1.7 billion
Listed: 776
Closed: 776
Total: 1,552
EXp Realty
Address: 9800 Pyramid Ct., #400, Englewood
Managing broker: Todd M. McManus
Total volume: $1.6 billion
Listed: 1,183.5
Closed: 1,447
Total: 2,630.5
Your Castle Real Estate Inc
Address: 2755 S. Locust St., Suite 150, Denver
Managing brokers: Shawna Alford, Serena Billmayer and Faith Tharan
Total volume: $1.4 billion
Listed: 1,057.5
Closed: 1,230
Total: 2,287.5
Milehimodern
Address: 2015 W. 32nd Ave., Denver
Broker/owner and managing broker: Francie Martinez
Total volume: $1.3 billion
Listed: 543
Closed: 769
Total: 1,312
RE/MAX Masters Millennium
Address: 6020 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., #100 in Greenwood Village
Broker/owner: James T. Wanzeck
Total volume: $1.1 billion
Listed: 1,302.5
Closed: 309.5
Total: 1,612
Redfin
Address: 8055 E. Tufts Ave., #1430 in Denver
Market manager: Kevin Kudrna
Total volume: $1 billion
Listed: 768
Closed: 810
Total: 1,578
Keller Williams DTC
Address: 6300 S. Syracuse Way, #150 in Centennial
Operating principal: Pam Kiker
Total volume: $1 billion
Listed: 776
Closed: 856.5
Total: 1,632.5
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Denver Tech Center office
Address: 8000 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 200, Greenwood Village
Managing broker: Shyla Rogers, vice president and managing broker
Total volume: $978 million
Listed: 387.5
Closed: 414
Total: 801.5
Madison & Company Properties
Address: 1221 S. Clarkson St., #400, Denver
Founder, broker/owner: Todd Narlinger
Total volume: $881 million
Listed: 592.5
Closed: 615
Total: 1,207.5
RE/MAX Professionals DTC
Address: 10111 Inverness Main St., Suite P, Englewood
Broker owners: Alan Smith, Brad Whitehouse and Michael Burns
Total volume: $854 million
Listed: 644
Closed: 525.5
Total: 1,169.5
HomeSmart Realty (non-board member realtors)
Address: 8300 E. Maplewood Ave., Suite 100, Greenwood Village
Managing broker: N/A
Total volume: $832 million
Listed: 638.5
Closed: 740
Total: 1,378.5
Keller Williams Realty Downtown
Address: 917 Auraria Parkway in Denver
Team leader/employing broker: Justin Juarez
Total volume: $800 million
Listed: 578.5
Closed: 799
Total: 1,377.5
8z Real Estate
Address: 2809 Larimer St., Denver
Managing brokers: Brad Klein and Marcia Cotlar
Total volume: $769 million
Listed: 464
Closed: 706
Total: 1,170
Coldwell Banker Realty 24
Address: 6501 E. Belleview Ave, Suite 500, Englewood
Managing broker: Karen Ricci
Total volume: $763 million
Listed: 536
Closed: 583.5
Total: 1,119.5
West + Main Homes
Address: 2010 Youngfield St., Lakewood
Founder and CEO: Stacie Staub
Total volume: $720 million
Listed: 441
Closed: 665
Total: 1,106
Porchlight Real Estate Group
Address: 201 University Blvd, Suite 200, Denver
Managing broker: Thaddeus Howells
Total volume: $703 million
Listed: 412
Closed: 579
Total: 991
Brokers Guild Homes
Address: 7995 E. Hampden Ave., Denver
Managing broker: N/A
Total volume: $642 million
Listed: 481.5
Closed: 637.5
Total: 1,119
Colorado Home Realty
Address: 2509 Main St., Littleton
CEO/Principal: Matt Hudson
Total volume: $615 million
Listed: 468.5
Closed: 491
Total: 959.5
RE/MAX Professionals
Address: 1745 Shea Center Drive, Suite 100 in Highlands Ranch
Broker owners: Alan Smith, Brad Whitehouse and Michael Burns
Total volume: $596 million
Listed: 504
Closed: 349.5
Total: 853.5
Keller Williams Integrity Real Estate
Address: 50 S. Steele St., Suite 700 in Denver
Owner: Brendan Bartic
Total volume: $584 million
Listed: 380
Closed: 531.5
Total: 911.5
Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Denver
Address: 201 Columbine St. Ste 200 in Denver
Managing broker: Lane Lyon
Total volume: $577 million
Listed: 313
Closed: 350
Total: 663