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Based on our annual REAL Trends 500 analysis, sales professionals affiliated with the leading U.S. brokerages not only performed better in 2011 than 2010, but, perhaps more significantly, closed more sales volume and sides than all agents nationally. The 318 thousand agents who were affiliated either with REAL Trends 500 firms or Up-and-Comers closed an average of $1.97 million in sales volume in 2011 (on 7.9 transactions), versus $1.93 million and 7.3 transactions in 2010. That compares favorably to the 1.01 million agents nationally (according to data from the National Association of REALTORS?), who closed $1.66 million in sales volume (on 7.8 transactions) last year and $1.6 million and 7.3 transactions in 2010.