Matt Garrison Bio

Since 2003, the Matt Garrison and his group have generated over 500 million dollars in residential sales, almost exclusively in the downtown Chicago market. He has appeared as an expert guest on Bloomberg, CNBC, and The Today Show and is frequently quoted in such publications as the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Crain's Chicago Business, the Daily Herald, New Homes and Realtor Magazine. He has been ranked by The Wall St. Journal and RealTrends as one of the top 200 agents in the country for three consecutive years, ranking as high as 7th of all real estate agents nationally in 2006.

Matt sold more units in 2006 than any Coldwell Banker agent in the world, out of 132,000 agents, and is ranked 8th internationally in sales volume. In 2007 and 2008 amid a real estate downturn, Matt maintained a top 10 ranking. In addition to national and International awards, Matt is consistently one of the top performing real estate agents in the Chicago market and the Midwest.

Matt and his residential sales team are focused on providing superb service and representation to homeownwers and buyers. In representing sellers, Matt brings aggresive development style marketing and salesmanship at the point of sale to bear. Matt has a reputation for figuring out innovative ways to get deals done. In representing buyers, Matt and his group use market knowledge and data to ensure that buyers are getting the best possible value for the current market conditions.

Matt has an extensive background in acquiring, developing and marketing residential properties. He has been actively involved in the development of over 1000 residential units in completed projects and handled commercial acquisitions of over 65 million dollars. His role in development projects encompasses not only sales and marketing but acquisition, underwriting, project management and finance.

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Areas of Expertise

•  Marketing
•  Residential Sales
•  Buyer Representation
•  Residential Development
•  Investment
•  Consulting

Awards

• Wall St. Journal/Realtrends Top 200 Agents 2005, 2006 and 2007
•  500 million sold since 2003
• 1500 units sold since 2003
• #1 Coldwell Banker agent internationally in units sold in 2006 (761 units)
•  Realtor Magazine 30 Under 30
• Metro Chicago Real Estate Magazine 40 uner 40
• Numerous Chicago Association of Realtor Awards
• Regular guest on CNBC and Bloomberg Television
• Nationally recognized real estate expert