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In 2025, Denver’s residential real estate market continued to stabilize, even amid declining consumer confidence and tariff uncertainties. In a recent report, Amanda Snitker, a local agent and chair of the Denver Metro Association of Realtors Market Trends Committee, wrote that this past year “reflected an industry adapting to a more balanced environment where both buyers and sellers had to adjust their footing.”

That’s where our directory of real estate professionals—all of whom produced among the highest sales volumes in the metro area in 2024, the most current data available at press time—comes in handy. If you’re looking to buy or sell, harnessing the expertise of one of these agents may help you quickly and painlessly reach your ultimate goal: closing day.
Tiers
Qualification based on 2024 sales volumes.
Individual agents:
- Black Diamond: $12 million to $23,999,999
- Double Black Diamond: $24 million or more
Teams of 2 agents:
- Black Diamond: $16 million to $35,999,999
- Double Black Diamond: $36 million or more
Teams of 3 to 5 agents:
- Black Diamond: $27 million to $53,999,999
- Double Black Diamond: $54 million or more
Teams of 6 to 15 agents:
- Black Diamond: $40 million to $74,999,999
- Double Black Diamond: $75 million or more
FAQs
Your questions about the Top Real Estate Producers list, answered.
How do you create this list?
In June 2025, 5280 posted its Top Real Estate Producers survey. The link to the submission instructions was sent out to dozens of real estate brokerages in the seven metro-area counties; it was also shared via social media. Any brokerage with agents who sell homes in the Denver metro area could submit nominations. The survey asked brokerage administrators to provide the names of both individual agents and teams of agents who, based on their sales volumes for 2024, qualified for our list. Nominees in hand, our research department reached out to each agent or team to confirm the sales numbers and to verify basic information.
What qualifies someone to be a Top Real Estate Producer?
We have four categories: individual agents, teams of two agents, teams of three to five agents, and teams of six to 15 agents. Within each category, we have two tiers: black diamond and double black diamond, which signify different levels of (impressive!) sales volumes. To be on the list, an agent or team of agents must have sold real estate within the Denver metro area and attained a certain amount of sales in 2024. Agents must also have an active license with the state’s Department of Regulatory Agencies; that license must be in good standing, without any disciplinary actions within the past five years.
I’m looking at the list and there seem to be teams in, say, the six to 15 category that only have five agents. What’s that about?
As in any business setting, people come and go. Because we want this list to be a useful reference for you, we have only included current members of teams. So, while there may have been seven people responsible for the team’s 2024 sales volume—which would put that group in the six-plus category—only five may still be working with that squad today.
I’ve heard that being on the list requires an agent or a brokerage to advertise with 5280—is this true?
Nope. Inclusion in the Top Real Estate Producers list is not dependent upon the decision to advertise with the magazine. Sometimes agents and brokerages decide to advertise; however, if, when, and/or how much anyone advertises is not taken into consideration when compiling the list.
I’m an agent, but my brokerage didn’t receive the survey this year. How do we participate in the future?
The next Top Real Estate Producers list will likely run in March 2027. The survey should be live and available to metro-area brokerage managers who visit submit.5280.com/top-real-estate-producers in summer 2026. If you have questions about participation, please call 303-832-5280.
Find the directory here: directory.5280.com/real-estate-agents/.

