One great year makes an agent a headline. Three straight years makes him the market. Per MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) Market Share reports, I've been the #1 agent in Lowell for transactions in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — three consecutive years — and #1 in sales volume for the last two. Here's the streak, year by year, with the margins the other agents don't put on their flyers.
2023: The Streak Begins — #1 in Transactions
In 2023, I closed 46 transaction sides in Lowell — #1 in the city, edging the runner-up's 44 sides by 4.5%. Statewide that year, I closed 68 sides and $18,237,047 in volume across Massachusetts. It was a strong year. It also turned out to be the floor.
2024: #1 in Transactions AND #1 in Volume
2024 removed all doubt:
- Transactions: 75 sides in Lowell — #1, and 56.3% more than the #2 agent's 48 sides.
- Volume: $17,537,555 — #1, and 27.3% ahead of the #2 agent's $13,776,400.
- Market share: 2.21% of every dollar of real estate sold in the city.
- Statewide: 102 transaction sides, $24,681,104.
A 63% jump in Lowell sides in one year (46 to 75) isn't market lift — the whole city's market didn't grow like that. It's share taken, deal by deal. The year in detail: 2024 By the Numbers.
2025: The Three-Peat
- Transactions: 71 sides in Lowell — #1 for the third straight year. The runner-up had 23. That's 209% more transactions — better than triple the #2 agent.
- Volume: $16,854,695 — #1 for the second straight year, 21.7% ahead of #2's $13,849,332.
- Market share: 2.01% of Lowell's $836,570,424 total market volume.
- Statewide: 107 transaction sides and $30,196,995 — 42.7% more sides than the state's top individual agent by volume closed all year.
The full 2025 recap: 2025 By the Numbers. And the flagship breakdown of the whole run: Lowell's #1 Real Estate Agent — The MLS Numbers Prove It.
Why the Streak Matters More Than Any Single Year
Consistency is the hardest thing to fake in this business, because the MLS re-publishes the truth every January. Markets shift — rates spiked, inventory vanished, buyers vanished and came back — and through all three environments, the same name stayed on top of both boards in Lowell. For a seller, that means your agent isn't riding a hot spring; he's a system that performs in the market you're actually selling into. For a buyer, it means the agent across the table has closed in every condition your deal might meet.
It also compounds. Each year at #1 brings more listings, more buyers, more off-market calls, and more data — which produces the next year at #1. Three years in, that flywheel is the business.
What Comes Next
The streak doesn't retire. It's the standard my team at Doherty Properties works against every morning: defend the Lowell boards, grow the statewide sides count, and keep every client's deal handled like it's the one the ranking depends on — because it is.
Want your transaction on the #1 agent's board this year? Chris Doherty, Doherty Properties — 978-857-9580, [email protected], dohertyproperties.com.
The margins also widened as the streak went on, which is the detail competitors least like to discuss. In 2023, my transactions lead over #2 was 4.5% — a nose. In 2024 it was 56.3%. In 2025, on transactions, the gap became 209% — my 71 sides against the runner-up's 23 — while the volume margin held at 21.7% over the #2 agent. Streaks built on widening margins aren't coasting; they're separation, increasing year after year.
Statistics per MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) Market Share reports, all property types combined, Lowell MA and Massachusetts, calendar years 2023–2025.
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