Jody Lovell closed $110M+. Behind her, a field of 145 woman-led teams and one hundred agents redrawing the North Carolina market.
The story of residential real estate in North Carolina is, increasingly, a story about women. At the top of the state’s production last year stands Jody Lovell of Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty, who closed $110M+ across 37.5+ transactions out of Highlands. She leads a field deep enough that a place among North Carolina’s top one hundred women required $20M+ in closed volume.
Who leads North Carolina
The names at the top of North Carolina span its biggest markets and its most exclusive ones. These are the five highest-producing women in the state by 2025 closed volume:
| # | Agent | 2025 Volume |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Lovell, Highlands Sotheby's International Realty · Highlands | $110M+ |
| 2 | Susan May, Corcoran HM Properties · Charlotte | $100M+ |
| 3 | Lori Ivester Jackson, Ivester Jackson / Christie's International Real Estate · Cornelius | $90M+ |
| 4 | Liza Caminiti, Ivester Jackson / Christie's International Real Estate · Charlotte | $80M+ |
| 5 | Elizabeth Harris, Cashiers Sotheby's International Realty · Cashiers | $70M+ |
The teams behind the numbers
Individual production is only part of the picture. North Carolina is home to 145 woman-led teams, led by the Mary Cheatham King Real Estate out of Morehead City, a medium team that closed $210M+ last year. On our North Carolina ranking these leaders appear in a dedicated Woman-Led Teams table, so the operators running businesses are counted alongside the soloists.
Where the market lives
Production in North Carolina concentrates where price and pace meet. The top of the list clusters in Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville and Cornelius, the markets doing the heaviest lifting for the state’s highest earners.
The full ranking runs one hundred women deep, updated on the 2025 production year, with brokerage, market, and transactions shown for every honoree.
See the North Carolina ranking
The North Carolina 100 is published in full, ranked by 2025 closed volume, alongside the state’s woman-led teams.
