Two Howard County real estate agents on top 10 lists
Pat Hiban and Creig Northrop, whose respective real estate teams compete for clients in the pricey Howard County market, both made it on top 10 lists in the past month -- very different sorts.
Northrop's team moved up to No. 1 on the REAL Trends ranking of real estate teams nationwide based on transaction volume. (He and the rest of the agents on his large team were No. 2 last year on the ranking, put together as a special advertising section in The Wall Street Journal.) The team is No. 3 for the number of transactions.
Hiban, meanwhile, just hit the New York Times bestseller list with his new how-to book for Realtors, 6 Steps to 7 Figures. The book was No. 6 in the paperback advice and miscellaneous category for the Oct. 16 NYT Book Review. (The list is compiled in advance.)
Both agents have done Wonk Q&As. Here's Northrop's from last October and here's Hiban's from 2009.
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Quote from Creig Northrop's Q&A from last year - "I'm telling you, you should buy up to September 2011, because at that point, I predict the market will change in the favor of appreciation".
You guys were all wrong and Creig was right – the market is back! My house has already appreciated 20% since last week. I would ask Creig to sell it for me but I hear he's no longer in real estate – he moved to Holland to sell tulips.
I've gotta go – the crew is here to install my new Formica counter tops!
Posted by: Jaded | October 17, 2011 1:56 PM
Jaded, it's a good thing I didn't have a mouthful of water when I saw your comment, because my computer screen would be all wet.
Posted by: Jamie Smith Hopkins | October 17, 2011 1:58 PM