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Residential real estate brokerages: ranked by dollar volume of L.A. county sales.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SKYROCKETING home prices helped the 25 largest residential real estate brokerages increase sales volume in L.A. County by 10.2 percent, to $55.8 billion, for the 12month period ended June June: see month.  30.

The increase came despite a 1,479-unit decline in the number of units sold over the same period. All told, the largest brokerages sold 75,917 units in the 12-month period.

The top three firms kept their places, led by Coldwell Coldwell may refer to:
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  • Coldwell Banker, American real estate franchise
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Shorewood Shorewood, village (1990 pop. 14,116), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, a suburb of Milwaukee; settled c.1835, inc. 1900. It is mostly residential.  Realtors Inc., No. 6 this year, fell two spots, though sales volume increased by $55.1 million, to $2.3 billion.

Only two firms reported lower dollar volume compared with the prior 12 months. Costa Mesa-based Moran Moran

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 & Co., No. 24 this year, fell five spots after sales volume declined by $169 million to $223.3 million.

The 25 largest residential brokerages employ 10,609 brokers and agents in 165 L.A. County offices.

THE PACESETTER

COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE

WITH nearly $24 billion worth of transactions in the 12 months ended June 30, Coldwell Banker is the largest residential real estate brokerage in L.A. County.

Deal volume rose by $2 billion from the year-ago period despite a 4.1 percent decline, to 27,583 units.

"Builders are tightly watched," said Betty Bet´ty

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 Graham, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 for Coldwell's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  office, noting that homebuilders must limit volume to keep prices high.

While low interest rates helped fuel growth for Coldwell, its Web site is changing the way the company sells homes. "People who go online want to see pictures and educate themselves before meeting with agents," said Graham. The company has developed software that notifies agents by cell phone within 12 seconds when a listing has been viewed on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
.

The firm has expanded by adding international listings. Its Coldwell Banker Preview To see ahead of time. Page layout and word processing programs often have a preview function that lets you see how all the pages will appear before they are printed. In the days of character-based interfaces, a preview was absolutely necessary to see how different fonts would look or how  International division attracted Ivana Trump Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková IPA: [ˈɪvana ˈmarɪjɛ ˈzɛlɲi:tʃkova:] , former wife of real estate mogul Mogul: see Mughal.  Donald Trump Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . She developed property on the Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia.  in Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop.  and asked Coldwell to have it listed. The firm also has a development in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America.  listed.
Rank   Company                                 Employees
       (Ranking in 2004)                       * employee
       * name                                  benefits
       * address                               * total
                                               (L.A. County/
                                               company wide)

   1   Mercer Human Resource Consulting (2)    173/NA
       777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1900         249/15,000
       Los Angeles 90017

   2   Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)               166/7,821
       2 350 S. Grand Ave.                     1,781/120,000
       Los Angeles 90071

   3   Aon Consulting (3)                      132/7,000
       3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5700        991/47,000
       Los Angeles 90017

   4   Watson Wyatt Worldwide (4)              125/5,000
       10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 3500     225/5,900
       Universal City 91608

   5   Keenan & Associates (5)                 70/150
       2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200          390/650
       Torrance 90501

   6   Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. (8)     63/850
       505 N. Brand Blvd., Sixth Floor         270/7,400
       Glendale 91203

   7   Mullin Consulting (6)                   63/102
       644 S. Figueroa St.                     80/134
       Los Angeles 90017

   8   ABD Insurance and Financial Services    61/212
       21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600        86/771
       Torrance 90503

   9   Price Raffel & Browne Inc. (7)          60/85
       1925 Century Park East, Fourth Floor    85/170
       Los Angeles 90067

  10   Louis Kravitz & Associates Inc. (9)     43/same
       15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 910          60/same
       Encino 91436

  11   Buck Consultants, an ACS company (11)   37/2,000
       1801 Century Park East, Suite 500       47/2,000
       Los Angeles 90067

  12   Polycomp Administrative Services        31/105
         Inc. (15)                             31/105
       6400 Canoga Ave., Suite 250
       Woodland Hills 91367

  13   Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance     31/same
       Services Inc.                           35/same
       21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1900
       Woodland Hills 91367

  14   Lockton Benefit Group (13)              29/165
       725 S. Figueroa St., 35th Floor         260/1,820
       Los Angeles 90017

  15   Stone Tapert Employee Benefits and
       Financial Svcs. 20/22                   20/23
       3452 E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 1100
       Pasadena 91107

Rank   Company                                 L.A.
       (Ranking in 2004)                       Clients
       * name                                  (partial list)
       * address

   1   Mercer Human Resource Consulting (2)    Northrop Grumman
       777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1900         Corp.,
       Los Angeles 90017                       County of Los Angeles,
                                               Computer Sciences
                                               Corp.

   2   Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)               WND
       2 350 S. Grand Ave.
       Los Angeles 90071

   3   Aon Consulting (3)                      WND
       3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5700
       Los Angeles 90017

   4   Watson Wyatt Worldwide (4)              WND
       10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 3500
       Universal City 91608

   5   Keenan & Associates (5)                 WND
       2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200
       Torrance 90501

   6   Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. (8)     WND
       505 N. Brand Blvd., Sixth Floor
       Glendale 91203

   7   Mullin Consulting (6)                   WND
       644 S. Figueroa St.
       Los Angeles 90017

   8   ABD Insurance and Financial Services    WND
       21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600
       Torrance 90503

   9   Price Raffel & Browne Inc. (7)          Temple Hospital,
       1925 Century Park East, Fourth Floor    Wexler Video, Felina
       Los Angeles 90067                       Lingerie, Brandeis
                                               Institute

  10   Louis Kravitz & Associates Inc. (9)     Munger Tolles & Olson
       15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 910          LLP, Reliance Steel &
       Encino 91436                            Aluminum Co.,
                                               Healthcare Partners
                                               Medical Group

  11   Buck Consultants, an ACS company (11)   Northrop Grumman
       1801 Century Park East, Suite 500       Corp., L.A. Fire and
       Los Angeles 90067                       Police Department of
                                               Pensions, County of
                                               Los Angeles

  12   Polycomp Administrative Services        WND
         Inc. (15)
       6400 Canoga Ave., Suite 250
       Woodland Hills 91367

  13   Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance     Belkin Corp.,
       Services Inc.                           J.D. Power &
       21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1900            Associates, Dick Clark
       Woodland Hills 91367                    Productions

  14   Lockton Benefit Group (13)              WND
       725 S. Figueroa St., 35th Floor
       Los Angeles 90017

  15   Stone Tapert Employee Benefits and      WND
       Financial Svcs. 20/22
       3452 E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 1100
       Pasadena 91107

Rank   Company                                 Employee Benefits
       (Ranking in 2004)                       Consulting Services
       * name                                  Offered
       * address                               (partial list)

   1   Mercer Human Resource Consulting (2)    welfare plan
       777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1900         benefits consulting,
       Los Angeles 90017                       communications,
                                               benefits administration
                                               consulting, HR
                                               administration, M&A

   2   Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)               retirement and savings
       2 350 S. Grand Ave.                     plan, welfare plan
       Los Angeles 90071                       consulting, benefits
                                               communications, HR
                                               operations,
                                               compensation consulting

   3   Aon Consulting (3)                      retirement and savings
       3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5700        plan, welfare plan
       Los Angeles 90017                       consulting, benefits
                                               communications,
                                               benefits
                                               administration,
                                               compliance selection,
                                               management consulting

   4   Watson Wyatt Worldwide (4)              retirement and savings
       10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 3500     plan, welfare plan
       Universal City 91608                    consulting, benefits
                                               communications

   5   Keenan & Associates (5)                 retirement and savings
       2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200          plan, welfare plan
       Torrance 90501                          consulting, benefits
                                               communications,
                                               benefits administration

   6   Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. (8)     retirement and savings
       505 N. Brand Blvd., Sixth Floor         plan, welfare plan
       Glendale 91203                          consulting, benefits
                                               communications,
                                               benefits administration

   7   Mullin Consulting (6)                   retirement and savings
       644 S. Figueroa St.                     plan, benefits
       Los Angeles 90017                       communications,
                                               benefits administration,
                                               executive benefit
                                               consulting

   8   ABD Insurance and Financial Services    retirement and savings
       21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600        plan, welfare plan
       Torrance 90503                          consulting

   9   Price Raffel & Browne Inc. (7)          retirement and savings
       1925 Century Park East, Fourth Floor    plan, welfare plan
       Los Angeles 90067                       consulting, benefits
                                               communications,
                                               benefits administration

  10   Louis Kravitz & Associates Inc. (9)     retirement and savings
       15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 910          plan, benefits
       Encino 91436                            communications

  11   Buck Consultants, an ACS company (11)   retirement and savings
       1801 Century Park East, Suite 500       plan, welfare plan
       Los Angeles 90067                       consulting, benefits
                                               communications,
                                               benefits administration

  12   Polycomp Administrative Services        retirement and savings
         Inc. (15)                             plan, welfare plan
       6400 Canoga Ave., Suite 250             consulting, benefits
       Woodland Hills 91367                    communications,
                                               benefits administration

  13   Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance     retirement and savings
       Services Inc.                           plan, welfare plan
       21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1900            consulting, benefits
       Woodland Hills 91367                    communications,
                                               benefits
                                               administration, HR
                                               consulting

  14   Lockton Benefit Group (13)              retirement and savings
       725 S. Figueroa St., 35th Floor         plan, welfare plan
       Los Angeles 90017                       consulting, benefits
                                               communications,
                                               benefits
                                               administration, HR
                                               consulting

  15   Stone Tapert Employee Benefits and      retirement and savings
       Financial Svcs. 20/22                   plan, welfare plan
       3452 E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 1100      consulting, benefits
       Pasadena 91107                          communications,
                                               benefits administration

Rank   Company                                 Other Services Offered
       (Ranking in 2004)                       (partial list)
       * name
       * address

   1   Mercer Human Resource Consulting (2)    human capital strategy,
       777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1900         international,
       Los Angeles 90017                       investment

   2   Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)               audit, taxation,
       2 350 S. Grand Ave.                     internal audit, Delodta
       Los Angeles 90071                       Touche Tohmatsu M&A,
                                               corporate finance, IT
                                               solutions

   3   Aon Consulting (3)                      compensation, human
       3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5700        resources outsourcing,
       Los Angeles 90017                       talent

   4   Watson Wyatt Worldwide (4)              N/A
       10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 3500
       Universal City 91608

   5   Keenan & Associates (5)                 workers' compensation,
       2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200          property and liability
       Torrance 90501                          claims administration,
                                               insurance brokerage

   6   Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. (8)     property and casualty
       505 N. Brand Blvd., Sixth Floor         risk management,
       Glendale 91203                          investment consulting,
                                               captive services

   7   Mullin Consulting (6)                   nonqualified benefit
       644 S. Figueroa St.                     plan financing
       Los Angeles 90017

   8   ABD Insurance and Financial Services    property and casualty
       21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600
       Torrance 90503

   9   Price Raffel & Browne Inc. (7)          estate planning, 401
       1925 Century Park East, Fourth Floor    (k) planning, executive
       Los Angeles 90067                       compensation

  10   Louis Kravitz & Associates Inc. (9)     401 (k) vendor
       15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 910          selection, actuarial
       Encino 91436                            services for executive
                                               retirement plans

  11   Buck Consultants, an ACS company (11)   compensation
       1801 Century Park East, Suite 500
       Los Angeles 90067

  12   Polycomp Administrative Services        self directed IRAs,
         Inc. (15)                             association trust
       6400 Canoga Ave., Suite 250             administration
       Woodland Hills 91367

  13   Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance     property and casualty
       Services Inc.                           lines, workers'
       21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1900            compensation
       Woodland Hills 91367

  14   Lockton Benefit Group (13)              N/A
       725 S. Figueroa St., 35th Floor
       Los Angeles 90017

  15   Stone Tapert Employee Benefits and      deferred compensation,
       Financial Svcs. 20/22                   estate planning,
       3452 E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 1100      buy-sell agreements
       Pasadena 91107

Rank   Company                                 Profile
       (Ranking in 2004)                       * parent
       * name                                  company
       * address                               * headquarters
                                               * Web site

   1   Mercer Human Resource Consulting (2)    Marsh & McLennan Cos.
       777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1900         New York
       Los Angeles 90017                       mercerhr.com

   2   Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)
       2 350 S. Grand Ave.                     New York
       Los Angeles 90071                       deloitte.com/us

   3   Aon Consulting (3)                      Aon Corp.
       3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5700        Chicago
       Los Angeles 90017                       aon.com

   4   Watson Wyatt Worldwide (4)              Watson Wyatt & Co.
       10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 3500     Holdings Arlington, Va.
       Universal City 91608                    watsonwyatt.com

   5   Keenan & Associates (5)                 same
       2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200          Torrance
       Torrance 90501                          keenan.com

   6   Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. (8)     Arthur J. Gallagher &
       505 N. Brand Blvd., Sixth Floor         Co.
       Glendale 91203                          Itasca, III.
                                               gallagherbenefits.com

   7   Mullin Consulting (6)                   same
       644 S. Figueroa St.                     Los Angeles
       Los Angeles 90017                       mullinconsulting.com

   8   ABD Insurance and Financial Services    same
       21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600        Redwood City
       Torrance 90503                          cybersure.com

   9   Price Raffel & Browne Inc. (7)          Union Central Life
       1925 Century Park East, Fourth Floor    Ins. Co.
       Los Angeles 90067                       Cincinnati
                                               N/A

  10   Louis Kravitz & Associates Inc. (9)     same
       15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 910          Los Angeles
       Encino 91436                            Ikravitz.com

  11   Buck Consultants, an ACS company (11)   Affiliated Computer
       1801 Century Park East, Suite 500       SvCs.
       Los Angeles 90067                       Dallas
                                               acs-inc.com

  12   Polycomp Administrative Services        same
         Inc. (15)                             Woodland Hills
       6400 Canoga Ave., Suite 250             polycomp.com
       Woodland Hills 91367

  13   Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance     same
       Services Inc.                           Woodland Hills
       21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1900            pcfoy.com
       Woodland Hills 91367

  14   Lockton Benefit Group (13)              Lockton Cos.
       725 S. Figueroa St., 35th Floor         Kansas City, Mo.
       Los Angeles 90017                       lockton.com

  15   Stone Tapert Employee Benefits and      same
       Financial Svcs. 20/22                   Pasadena
       3452 E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 1100      stonetapert.com
       Pasadena 91107

Rank   Company                                 Top Local Executive
       (Ranking in 2004)                       * name
       * name                                  * title
       * address                               * phone

   1   Mercer Human Resource Consulting (2)    Glenn Meister
       777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1900         L.A. market leader
       Los Angeles 90017                       (213) 346-2200

   2   Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)               David Lusk
       2 350 S. Grand Ave.                     mng. dir., Pacific
       Los Angeles 90071                       Southwest
                                               (213) 688-0800

   3   Aon Consulting (3)                      John Evans
       3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 5700        sr. vice president
       Los Angeles 90017                       (213) 630-2900

   4   Watson Wyatt Worldwide (4)              Thomas Grass
       10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 3500     managing consultant
       Universal City 91608                    (818) 623-4500

   5   Keenan & Associates (5)                 Sean K. Smith
       2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200          coo, president
       Torrance 90501                          (310) 212-3344

   6   Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. (8)     Norbert H. Chung
       505 N. Brand Blvd., Sixth Floor         exec. v.p. western
       Glendale 91203                          region
                                               (818) 539-2300

   7   Mullin Consulting (6)                   Peter Mullin
       644 S. Figueroa St.                     chairman
       Los Angeles 90017                       (213) 488-8500

   8   ABD Insurance and Financial Services    Bob Volkel
       21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600        sr. vice president
       Torrance 90503                          (310) 543-9995

   9   Price Raffel & Browne Inc. (7)          Leo Thomas
       1925 Century Park East, Fourth Floor    managing partner
       Los Angeles 90067                       (310) 551-3125

  10   Louis Kravitz & Associates Inc. (9)     Daniel G. Kravitz
       15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 910          president
       Encino 91436                            (818) 995-6100

  11   Buck Consultants, an ACS company (11)   Harold A. Loeb
       1801 Century Park East, Suite 500       principal, office
       Los Angeles 90067                       manager
                                               (310) 282-8232

  12   Polycomp Administrative Services        Harry Veldkamp
         Inc. (15)                             ceo
       6400 Canoga Ave., Suite 250             (818) 716-0111
       Woodland Hills 91367

  13   Peter C. Foy & Associates Insurance     Peter C. Foy
       Services Inc.                           ceo, president
       21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1900            (818) 703-8057
       Woodland Hills 91367

  14   Lockton Benefit Group (13)              Timothy J. Noonan
       725 S. Figueroa St., 35th Floor         ceo
       Los Angeles 90017                       (213) 689-0500

  15   Stone Tapert Employee Benefits and      Tom Means
       Financial Svcs. 20/22                   director of marketing
       3452 E. Foothill Blvd., Suite 1100      (626) 844-3300
       Pasadena 91107

N/A - Not Applicable

WND - Would Not Disclose

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