Keller Willimas ranks #1 in JD Power and Associates...

Keller Willimas ranked #1 in JD Power and Associate's 2009 Home Buyer/Seller Study in the home buying category. In the home selling category Keller Williams ranked #2, just behind Coldwell Banker.

The 2009 Home Buyer/Seller Study includes more than 3,100 evaluations from 2,801 respondents who bought or sold a home between April 2007 and June 2008.

Among the related findings:

* Home sellers report that, on average, 3.2 open houses were conducted for their property in 2009, compared with 4.5 in 2008.
* Approximately 64 percent of home sellers used a Web site listing to market their home in 2009, up from 61 percent in 2008.


Here are the home buyer rankings on a 1,000-point scale. (The home buyer average score was 791.)

* Keller Williams, 806
* Coldwell Banker, 801
* RE/MAX, 798
* Century 21, 795
* Prudential, 781
* ERA, 744
* GMAC, 731


Here are the home seller rankings on a 1,000-point scale. (The home seller average score was 786.)

* Coldwell Banker, 815
* Keller Williams, 801
* RE/MAX, 784
* Century 21, 770
* Prudential, 753