By Lauren Hovey and Dale Laplace, Houlihan Lawrence

Apr. 29, 2015:  Houlihan Lawrence has been ranked number 13 in the 2015 REAL Trends 500, based on dollar volume of sales.

The annual research report identifies and ranks the country's largest and most successful residential real estate firms and is the most trusted standard of performance measuring the nation's leading realty firms.

Among those ranked, Houlihan Lawrence achieved standout performance with double‐digit growth, outpacing other top-grossing companies with lower year-over‐year growth.

"We are extremely proud of the collective achievements of the over 1,200 agents in the Houlihan Lawrence family," said Stephen Meyers, president and CEO of Houlihan Lawrence. "The firm's 125-year heritage of success is grounded on providing superior client service with experienced analysis, local knowledge, and continued innovation. Our hardworking and immensely talented agents have placed Houlihan Lawrence as a nationally ranked top-tier brokerage."

This year's REAL Trends 500 rankings, released earlier this month, shows that Houlihan Lawrence's company‐wide sales volume was $5.3 billion in 2014, a 14% gain over sales volume of $4.7 billion in 2013. Moreover, this year's ranking advances the firm to number 13 from number 18 in the previous year's ranking.

Houlihan Lawrence expanded into Connecticut, opening an office in Greenwich, which contributed over $500 million in sales to the firm in 2014. The Greenwich office is currently ranked number 1 in Greenwich based on total dollar volume. Additionally, the firm's agents were responsible for one out of every three homes sold in Westchester County in 2014 and one out of every four homes sold in Putnam County.

Pictured here:  The little white cottage in Bronxville at the corner of Pondfield Road and Valley that houses the Bronxville office of Houlihan Lawrence.

Photo courtesy Cindy Landis