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North Andover-based The Fermin Group is among the 10 most productive Latino real estate agent teams in the nation, according to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, or NAHREP.
The association released its ninth annual Top 250 Latino Agents Report Wednesday, recognizing outstanding Latino real estate agents and teams from around the country. This year’s report, sponsored by Zillow, includes rankings of top individual agents by volume, top Latino teams and top agents by major market regions, representing over $6.86 billion in combined sales volume in 2019.
“It makes me proud to see the exceptional quality of professionals in the Top 250 Latino Agents Report, who are working hard to elevate our industry and provide the best service to our consumers,” 2020 NAHREP President Sara Rodriguez said in a statement. “Congratulations to these agents who have worked very hard to be in the top percentage of our industry
The Fermin Group, led by Michelle Fermin and affiliated with Century 21 North East, accounted for 215 sales last year, putting it in eighth place.
The top team by number of sales was Mark Dimas Properties’ Mark Dimas Team in Cypress, Texas, with 1,071 sales. For the sixth consecutive year, RE/MAX was the most highly represented brand, with 43 individual agents on the list, followed by Century 21 with 32 honorees and Keller Williams Realty with 28. Among all of their brands, Realogy had 77 agents on the list. The majority of agents on the Top 250 list have been in the industry for 11 years or more. Nominations for the Top 250 came from every major market in the nation, with El Paso and San Antonio, Texas and Chicago, Illinois leading the way as the most represented cities on the list.
The team includes Realtors Nicholas Bueno, Zolgalys Sanchez, Franklin Guzman, Kennia Mejia, Joän Mejia, Kayla Mendoza and Andres Castaneda, plus Assistant Director of REO Tara Hoffman and Assistant Director of Retail Sales Alex Guzman.
The Fermin Group says it has been the top-selling NAHREP team in Massachusetts since 2017 and the top Century 21 team in Massachusetts since 2011.
