NAREB honors Top 100 Black real estate professionals after $5.7 billion year

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers named its Top 100 Black real estate professionals at a July 28 event in Washington, celebrating awardees who generated more than $5.7 billion in 2025 transactions. The list spotlights brokers, teams, brokerages, developers and commercial leaders whose results NAREB says are helping expand Black wealth and homeownership.

Why it matters: - NAREB’s Top 100 Awards put a spotlight on Black real estate professionals whose production reached more than $5.7 billion in 2025. - The awards are designed to recognize performance and elevate Black professionals across residential, commercial and development sectors. - NAREB says the honorees’ work supports Black homeownership, generational wealth and broader community impact.

What happened: - The National Association of Real Estate Brokers announced the winners of its Top 100 Black real estate professionals at the NAREB Top 100 Realtist Royale on July 28 in Washington, DC. - The event honored brokers, agents, teams, residential brokerages, commercial brokerages and developers. - NAREB said the collective 2025 production of the awardees topped $5.7 billion. - The full list is available at the complete Top 100 list.

The details: - The top 10 individual leaders were Tracy Goins, Keith James, Rashidah Martin, Steve White, Monique Slater, Curt Anderson, Eric Allen, Darrell Skillman, Dr. Zakk Varughese and Johnny DeBrito. - Tracy Goins led individual production with $32,604,975. - Keith James posted $31,629,285 as an individual producer and also appeared among the top team leaders with $106,834,003. - Rashidah Martin totaled $27,013,478. - Steve White totaled $25,000,000. - Monique Slater totaled $24,289,216. - Curt Anderson totaled $20,993,112. - Eric Allen totaled $20,906,200. - Darrell Skillman totaled $20,415,000. - Dr. Zakk Varughese totaled $20,176,637. - Johnny DeBrito totaled $18,484,650. - The top team leaders included Claudienne Hibbert-Smith, Terri Marie Gleaton, Keith James, Karen C. Johnson, Bilal Shareef, Lorenzo Murray, Gary Williams, Aderemi Adigun, Larry Bray Taurus Parker, Robert Lewis Jr. and Melissa Hackenberg. - Claudienne Hibbert-Smith posted the highest team total at $287,600,275. - Terri Marie Gleaton followed with $262,160,789. - Kymber Lovett-Menkiti led brokerage production with $2,087,767,781. - Emerick Peace ranked second among brokerage leaders with $769,346,505. - Tya Kennedy led developers with $300,000,000. - Kevin Riles led commercial leaders with $35,000,000. - Darryl Matthews was the other commercial leader named, with $13,400,000. - Citi served as the title sponsor of the program.

Between the lines: - The awards function as both recognition and industry signaling, showing the scale of Black professional production in a market where visibility and access have long mattered. - The results also suggest that Black real estate professionals are operating at high volume across multiple parts of the business, not just residential sales. - NAREB framed the event as part of its broader mission of “Democracy in Housing.”

What's next: - NAREB is expected to keep using the Top 100 program to showcase Black achievement and attract more industry attention to the honorees. - The organization said it will continue working with corporate partners to support future celebrations and recognition programs. - NAREB’s broader advocacy around fair housing, access to credit and business opportunities for Black professionals remains central to its mission.