Three Associates of Herlong Sotheby’s International Realty were ranked in the Top 100 Sales Volume leaders in South Carolina, according to data released by RealTrends this week.
Joan Herlong, the agency’s CEO and founder, was ranked 10th; Lisa Vogel, an associate in the Clemson/Lakes office was 29h, and Grace Herlong Loveless, an associate in the Greenville, was 62th, according to RealTrends, which identifies the country’s most successful residential real estate brokerages, teams and agents each year. The RealTrends team compiles and verifies transaction sides and closed sales volume for the industry’s trusted annual rankings program.
Herlong was the top ranked Sotheby’s International Realty agent listed in South Carolina. She has been selling real estate full time since 1993, and led all agents in the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors in sales volume between January 2012 and December 2021 with $388 million worth of real estate transactions. She opened her own boutique agency in 2011. Herlong affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty and launched Joan Herlong & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty in 2017, and the company has more than tripled in size since that time. Her book, As Is: an Insider’s Guide to Real Estate, was published by Forbes in 2024.
Born in Greenville, Loveless joined Herlong Sotheby’s International Realty in 2017 after a career in luxury automobiles. In her first year, she sold more than $9 million and was named the company’s Rookie of the Year. She became a member of the President’s Circle, which is for Associates who did more than $5 million in sales, and the Chairman’s Circle, which is for Associates who did more than $10 million in sales, in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Before Vogel joined Herlong Sotheby’s International Realty, she was in the top 5% of agents at different brokerages and a member of the firm’s President’s Circle Society. Prior to that, she was the Broker-in-Charge for one of the largest North Carolina real estate companies. In 2022, Vogel had the largest sale for anyone in the Clemson/Lakes office. In 2023, she was named to the Chairman’s Circle and was the top producer in the Clemson/Lakes office.
“Real estate is more than listing and selling a house at our company,” said Jackson Herlong, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer and the non-compete Broker-in-charge for the Clemson/Lakes office. “We are here to help guide people on some of the biggest decisions of their lives.”