RealTrends #1 in Plano Goes National: AP News, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and 450+ Outlets

RealTrends #1 in Plano Goes National: Featured on AP News, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and 450+ Outlets

The Good Home Team's RealTrends Verified number 1 ranking in Plano, Texas just went national. On August 30, 2026, the announcement was picked up by AP News, Barchart, StreetInsider, NewsBreak, and hundreds of ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliate news sites, landing across more than 450 outlets in total. For a Dallas-Fort Worth real estate operator, that kind of third-party reach is not a vanity metric. It is validation at scale, and here is why it matters to you.

The core fact has not changed. The Good Home Team powered by PLACE at eXp Realty closed 162 transaction sides and $65.6 million in volume in 2025 and was named the RealTrends Verified number 1 team in Plano, Texas for both volume and sides, based on independently audited data. What changed this week is how far that verified fact traveled.

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Where the Story Ran

The release was distributed across national news, financial, and local affiliate networks. A few of the notable placements:

• AP News, one of the most trusted news brands in the world, with a domain rating of 91.
• Barchart, a leading financial data platform.
• StreetInsider and NewsBreak, both major financial and news aggregators.
• ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliate station websites across multiple markets.
• The FinancialContent network, syndicated to regional business portals nationwide.

The affiliate reach matters just as much as the headline names. The story ran on local ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliate news sites in markets across the country, which is what stands behind an "as seen on" claim that is real rather than decorative. When a national ranking is echoed by hundreds of regional outlets at once, it stops looking like a press release and starts looking like news.

Why National Coverage of a Local Ranking Matters

Anyone can claim to be a top producer. The reason I invest in independent verification, and then in getting that verification in front of a national audience, is simple: proof beats promises. A self-reported award is a marketing line. An audited RealTrends ranking that AP News and hundreds of other outlets are willing to publish is a fact with a paper trail. When you are choosing who to trust with the largest financial transaction of your life, or deciding which team to build your real estate career on, that distinction is everything.

For DFW home buyers and sellers, it means the team you are considering has closed at a verified, top-ranked level in your own market, on the record. For agents weighing a move, it is a signal about the systems and mentorship behind the numbers, not just the numbers themselves.

There is a second reason this coverage matters in 2026, and most real estate operators are not paying attention to it yet. National press releases like this one are indexed by the systems that power AI search: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude. When a buyer, seller, or agent asks an AI assistant who the top real estate team in Plano is, the answer is assembled from exactly this kind of verified, widely published source. Getting an audited fact onto AP News and 450 other sites is not just traditional PR. It is how you become the answer AI gives.

Verify It Yourself

Here is the part I care about most: you do not have to take my word for any of it. Read the coverage on AP News, then cross-check the underlying ranking on the RealTrends Verified team profile. The whole reason to publish audited numbers across national outlets is so a skeptical buyer, seller, or agent can confirm the claim in two clicks. That is the standard I hold my own business to, and it is the same standard I tell every agent to demand before they trust a team or brokerage with their career. If a team cannot show you audited numbers, and cannot point to third parties who published them, be skeptical of everything else they tell you.

The Same Discipline Runs Every Business

The ranking sits at the center of a broader DFW ecosystem built on the same operating principle. That includes Homeward Property Management for landlords who want professional rental management, home services, investing, and agent revenue share education. One market, one standard, applied to different problems for 22 consecutive years.

If you are a DFW agent who wants to build on a proven, verified model, here is exactly what that looks like: how we grow agents. And if you are buying, selling, or renting out a home in Dallas-Fort Worth, let's talk about what working with a verified number one team looks like for you.

National headlines are not the finish line. They are a receipt on 22 years of showing up, and proof you can verify for yourself. That is the whole point.

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