So much of it is just inspiration, it's motivation and it's getting the team leaders to dream bigger, Palmer said. If you look back, the idea of a 1,000-unit team seemed really big and now there are 20 of them on RealTrends. Palmer said LPT's next big goal is helping some of its largest teams achieve $1 billion in sales volume in a year. There are currently five of those on RealTrends, and we think we have who will be the sixth, Palmer said.
For 2025, 24 brokerage firms earned the GameChanger distinction. Each grew transaction sides by at least 75% from 2020 through 2024 some posting triple-digit increases that underscore how quickly ambitious leaders can scale in a competitive industry. Leading the way is Keller Williams Metropolitan, based in Baltimore, which posted an eye-popping 297% increase in transaction sides, growing from just 581 transaction sides in 2019 to 2,625 in 2024.