The Mary Enck Realty Team, from the Pocono Mountains, had an impressive 355 transaction sides on their way to becoming one of Albrightsville’s top professional teams.

Pocono Mountains, PA, November 12, 2007 -- The Mary Enck Realty Team was named one of America’s top real estate professional teams by The Wall Street Journal, REAL Trends and lore Magazine. The team is now a member of "The Real Estate Top 200," a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by the three respected publications.

The Real Estate Top 200 rankings were announced this month at the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Annual Conference & Expo in Las Vegas at a gala awards presentation and dinner.

The Real Estate Top 200 honored the top 50 residential agents and agent teams in four categories:

Individual Sales Professionals – Sales volume

Individual Sales Professionals – Transaction sides (in each real estate transaction, there are two sides that can be represented by a real estate agent: a buyer’s and a seller’s.)

Team Professionals – Sales Volume

Team Professionals – Transaction sides

According to The Real Estate Top 200, the Mary Enck Realty Team had 355 sides, ranking them 44th in the nation.

"Becoming a member of The Real Estate Top 200 is no small feat, considering these accomplished professionals are competing against more that one million real estate agents nationwide," said Ann Randolph, publisher of lore Magazine. "It is an elite group, and this national recognition is our way of saluting the hard work and accomplishments of America’s top real estate teams like the Mary Enck Realty Team.

"We are extremely inspired by real estate teams like the Mary Enck Realty Team," said Marti Gallardo, vice president of classified advertising for The Wall Street Journal. Their accomplishments serve as a strong reminder of what a dynamic, fun, fast-paced and challenging industry real estate is – and the personal and career rewards that can be attained through perseverance, a great attitude and an unbending commitment to customer service."

Information on the winners can also be found online at www.loremagazine.com and www.RealEstateJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal’s real estate Web site.

Mary Enck Realty Team

Corner of Routes 903 & 534

Albrightsville, PA 18210

About The Real Estate Top 200

The Real Estate Top 200 awards program was developed jointly by The Wall Street Journal’s Business Development Group and REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry, and lore magazine, the "people" magazine for the industry. The Real Estate Top 200 honors America’s elite real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends. Winners were published in a special advertising supplement of The Wall Street Journal, lore Magazine, in www.loremagazine.com and on RealEstateJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal’s real estate Web site.