Prudential Americana Group Receives National Recognition

Online, September 14, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The 2012 edition of the Wall Street Journal/Real Trends Thousand has listed seven Prudential Americana Group teams among the top 250 producing real estate teams in the United States. The Wall Street Journal/Real Trends Thousand is an annual listing that identifies the country's most successful residential real estate sales executives and teams.

The Wall Street Journal/Real Trends Thousand lists the country's top 250 real estate professionals by transaction sides, top 250 real estate professionals by transaction volume, top 250 sales teams by transaction sides and top 250 teams by transaction volume. The resulting 1,000 listed comprise the Thousand.

Shapiro & Sher Group was named the 23rd top producing team in the country by transaction volume. Six other Prudential Americana Group teams were named among the top 250 real estate teams in the country, listed by transaction sides. They were: Woolston Team, #64; Beeten Team, #126; The Craig Tann Group, #131; The Napoli Group, #156; The Brian Wedewer Team, #216; and The Tonnesen Team, #226

"We are incredibly proud of the hard work these teams have put in to their businesses and to represent the Prudential brand," said Mark Stark. "For Prudential Americana Group to have more teams in the top 250 in the country says quite a bit about our business and the resurgence of the real estate industry in Southern Nevada."

This year Americana Holdings LLC was ranked #20 in RIS Media's 24th Annual Power Broker Survey of the country's top 300 real estate companies.

Americana Holdings LLC, is the sixth largest Prudential franchise in North America. In 2011, it achieved a record-breaking year with $2.2 billion in sales. Combined, it has 21 offices and 2,000 real estate sales executives between the two states. The award-winning company is home to some of the country's top-selling real estate executives and teams and has been recognized by JD Power and Associates multiple times for its commitment to customer service. In 2012 Prudential Americana Group was named a "Best Place To Work" in Southern Nevada. Prudential Americana Group also houses a fully accredited real estate school with free Continuing Education classes every month.

Through its real estate brands, Prudential Real Estate has nearly 80,000 real estate professionals in more than 2,800 locations across North America. Its global footprint spans North America, the United Kingdom, France, China, Singapore, India, Brazil and Australia, and includes more than 2,500 employees worldwide. It is a division of Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset manager with approximately $150 billion of assets under management.