Getting into Club 1744 is achieved by meeting one or both of two benchmarks — a new distinction that places these real estate advisors among the very top.

Of all the real estate industry awards, one comes with extra wow. Here's why — and here's who just won one. (Spoiler alert: They're all from one luxury brokerage in North Texas.)

"Now you see why I’m suddenly strutting around our office?" (But the credit goes elsewhere, says president and CEO Russ Anderson.)

"No one does it like them. They adapt to every change in the industry, the economy and their clients’ lives." —Russ Anderson

The finest luxury brokerage in North Texas has raised the bar again. See which brokerage and agent accolades were just announced by the real estate industry’s most prestigious rankings organization.

"We are used to sweeping any rankings of best agents. That’s because we have the finest agents in the world. Now, we can add another best to our bragging rights." Read the news that president Russ Anderson is excited to reveal.