Wall Street Journal/Real Trends Names Hans Brings Among Nation's Top Real Estate Professionals

Hans Brings, an award-winning sales associate in the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Waltham office, has once again been ranked among the country’s top real estate agents and teams. Brings ranked No. 138 on The Wall Street Journal/REAL Trends list of top 250 real estate sales professionals in the United States based on sales volume, closing more than $68.9 million in sales in 2012.

Brings was also ranked among The Wall Street Journal/REAL Trends list of top 250 sales professionals by transaction sides, coming in at No. 158 on the list. 

“Hans’ sales achievements are extraordinary. His extensive knowledge of the local real estate market and his superb marketing and negotiation skills continually set him apart. This honor reflects how exceptional Hans is on a national level as well,” said Pat Villani, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New England. “I am proud to have Hans on my team.”

The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals rankings feature four separate categories honoring the Top 250 Agents by Sales Volume; Top 250 Agents by 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.); Top 250 Teams by Sales Volume; and Top 250 Teams by Transaction Sides.

Coldwell Banker placed more agents and teams than any other brand on the nationwide rankings, with 155 spots across the four categories, and held the most overall spots in individual agent sales volume (53) and team sales volume (36).  Coldwell Banker also features the No. 1 performing team based on sales volume.

Sales associates affiliated with NRT, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, represented 35 percent (88) of the spots within the Top 250 Agents by Sales Volume. In total, NRT accounted for 16 percent (161) of the agents and teams included in the rankings.

This is the latest honor in a long list of achievements earned by Brings during his real estate career. Brings ranked among the top three sales professionals out of more than 3,000 agents at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New England this year. In April of this year, he was presented with the Coldwell Banker® International President’s Premier award, a distinguished honor awarded to the top 1 percent of approximately 82,200 sales associates worldwide in the Coldwell Banker® system.  

A longtime Waltham resident, Brings has gained expertise in sales, marketing and negotiation during his more than 20 years in the real estate industry.  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage named Brings vice president in 1996 in recognition of his sales achievements and agent training. 

Active in the community, Brings formed the “Hans Brings Results for Children’s Charities Fund” to continually provide financial assistance to children’s charities such as Toys for Tots, The Home for Little Wanderers, The Genesis Fund, YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, Stanley Snowflake Program, and other worthy organizations.

Brings graduated cum laude from Bentley College in Waltham. He is affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Waltham office located at 867 Main St. and can be reached at (781) 893-0808 or Hans.Brings@NEMoves.com. 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is the largest residential real estate brokerage company in New England. With more than 3,600 sales associates and staff in approximately 80 office locations, the organization serves consumers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company.