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Chris Creegan of Creegan Group Named 2025 Broker of the Year at the Annual Orlando Real Producers ORPYs Gala
Central Florida’s Premier Luxury Real Estate Broker Recognized for Unmatched Production, Market Leadership, and a Decade of Defining the Luxury Real Estate Landscape Across Winter Park, Windermere, Maitland, Lake Mary, Bella Collina, Golden Oak, and the Greater Orlando Metro
MAITLAND, FL — 2025 — Chris Creegan, Broker and Owner of Creegan Group, has been named 2025 Broker of the Year at the annual Orlando Real Producers ORPYs Awards Gala — the most prestigious peer-nominated real estate recognition event in the Central Florida market. The award, presented by Orlando Real Producers, the publication and professional network that celebrates and connects the top 2.5% of real estate agents in the region, places Chris Creegan in the highest category of professional achievement recognized by Central Florida’s real estate community.
The recognition follows an extraordinary year of production and market leadership for Creegan Group across the Central Florida luxury real estate market — including significant closed sales in Winter Park, Windermere, Maitland, Lake Mary, Heathrow, Bella Collina, Golden Oak, Dr. Phillips, Winter Garden, and communities throughout Orange, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola counties.
“This recognition means more to me because it comes from within the industry — from colleagues and professionals who see this market every day and understand what it takes to lead within it,” said Chris Creegan, Broker/Owner of Creegan Group. “At Creegan Group, our standard has always been simple: bring elite professional infrastructure, genuine market expertise, and an unwavering commitment to our clients’ outcomes to every transaction, at every price point. Being recognized by Orlando Real Producers as Broker of the Year confirms that the market sees what we are building — and that our clients’ results are speaking for themselves.”
About the ORPYs — Central Florida’s Most Prestigious Real Estate Recognition
The ORPYs — hosted annually by Orlando Real Producers — are the premier real estate awards event in the Central Florida market, recognizing outstanding achievement across brokers, agents, teams, and affiliated professionals who serve the top tier of the region’s real estate industry. Orlando Real Producers connects, informs, and inspires the top 2.5% of real estate agents in Central Florida through its monthly publication and exclusive professional events. Being recognized at the ORPYs places Chris Creegan among a small and distinguished group of Central Florida real estate professionals whose performance and leadership have set the standard for the entire market.
The Broker of the Year distinction is among the most coveted recognitions at the ORPYs — acknowledging not only individual production but the leadership, culture, and market impact a broker brings to the broader profession. It is awarded to the broker who has demonstrated excellence not merely in closing transactions but in elevating the standard of practice across their entire organization and across the market they serve.
A Record of Luxury Real Estate Leadership Across Central Florida
The 2025 Broker of the Year recognition reflects a career built on consistent, documented excellence at the top of the Central Florida real estate market — with particular depth in the luxury segments that define the region’s most significant residential addresses.
Luxury Market Production
- $2 billion+ in total career sales — one of the most significant individual production records in Central Florida real estate history
- 77 closed sales above $1,000,000, representing sustained, consistent luxury market activity across multiple market cycles
- 15 closed sales above $2,000,000, including concentrated activity in Winter Park’s lakefront estate corridor, Windermere’s Butler Chain of Lakes communities, and Bella Collina
- A recent landmark transaction above $5,100,000 — among the most significant residential sales in the Central Florida market
- #41 Nationwide — RealTrends, one of the industry’s most respected and widely cited independent production rankings
- Top 25 Realtor — Orlando Real Producers, reflecting peer and market recognition alongside the Broker of the Year distinction
- Top 25 Brokerage — Orlando Real Producers, distinguishing Creegan Group as an organizational leader, not merely an individual performer
Luxury Market Specialization — The Communities Where Creegan Group Leads
Creegan Group’s luxury real estate practice is active and dominant across every significant luxury address in the Central Florida market:
Winter Park — The 32789 zip code’s most prestigious residential addresses, including The Vias’ lakefront estate corridor along Lake Maitland and the Winter Park Chain of Lakes, where six of the seven highest-priced residential transactions in Winter Park history have occurred. Creegan Group’s leadership lives within this corridor — giving the brokerage a level of embedded local knowledge and relationship access no outside firm can replicate. Recent listings include 1903 Park Avenue, a custom-designed modern luxury residence on Winter Park’s most iconic boulevard, and the successful pending sale of 1560 Woodland Avenue in Comstock Park — placed under contract in just 16 days after sitting unsold with another brokerage for eight months.
Windermere — The Butler Chain of Lakes luxury market, where Creegan Group’s average list price of approximately $2.08 million reflects deep concentration at the top of this market. Communities including Isleworth, Keene’s Pointe, and the private lakefront estates along Lake Butler, Lake Down, and Lake Tibet are within the active scope of Creegan Group’s Windermere luxury practice.
Maitland — Creegan Group’s hometown market and one of Central Florida’s most compelling luxury investment stories — with year-over-year appreciation of 11.5% in 2025, outpacing even Winter Park’s historically strong performance. The brokerage’s headquarters at 439 Lake Howell Road places Creegan Group at the center of the Maitland luxury market it serves. The recent closing of 630 S. Maitland Avenue at $2,950,000 reflects Creegan Group’s dominance across both luxury residential and premium commercial real estate in this corridor.
Bella Collina — Creegan Group has closed more luxury transactions in this exclusive Montverde community than any other brokerage, with 24 sales ranging from $1,000,000 to $5,500,000 across both new construction and resale. The Sir Nick Faldo Signature golf course, 75,000-square-foot Tuscan clubhouse, and Toll Brothers estate residences make Bella Collina one of the most architecturally distinctive and consistently in-demand luxury communities in Lake County.
Lake Mary and Heathrow — Seminole County’s premier luxury corridor, anchored by the Heathrow Country Club’s guard-gated master-planned community and the Markham Woods Road estate market. Creegan Group is the most active luxury brokerage serving corporate executives and relocation buyers targeting this corridor.
Golden Oak — Walt Disney World’s exclusive private residential enclave, where Creegan Group represents buyers and sellers of custom estate homes within one of the most distinctive luxury community concepts in the United States.
Dr. Phillips and Windermere — The southwest Orange County luxury corridor, including the Sand Lake Road restaurant district, the Big Sand Lake and Little Sand Lake waterfront communities, and the executive neighborhoods of Dr. Phillips that have long served as a primary destination for Orlando’s medical, legal, and business leadership.
Winter Garden — The rapidly evolving West Orange luxury market, where Creegan Group’s presence in the Waterleigh, Hamlin, and Stoneybrook West communities captures the leading edge of luxury demand in one of Central Florida’s fastest-growing corridors.
The Creegan Group Luxury Platform — What Broker of the Year Represents in Practice
The 2025 Broker of the Year recognition is an acknowledgment of what Creegan Group has built — not simply Chris Creegan’s personal production, but the full professional and marketing infrastructure that makes every Creegan Group luxury transaction exceptional.
The Buyer Pipeline No Luxury Competitor Can Match
Creegan Group generates 600+ qualified leads per month through the most exclusive and highest-intent platforms in the industry — Zillow Premier Agent (Flex), HomeLight Elite, Dave Ramsey Endorsed Local Provider, and national corporate relocation networks. For luxury sellers, this pipeline means immediate introduction of every listing to a pre-qualified, actively motivated buyer pool that no competing Central Florida brokerage can access at equivalent scale.
Luxury Marketing That Performs at the Level of the Property
Every Creegan Group luxury listing receives the full suite of marketing assets that the top of the market demands:
- Zillow Showcase placement — elevated presentation on the nation’s most-visited real estate platform, backed by 1,000+ verified reviews, Premier Agent designation, and the Top Agent badge that luxury buyers use to evaluate agent credibility
- Cinematic video production — professionally produced, narratively driven property films distributed across YouTube, social media, and the dedicated property website
- Architectural photography — specialist photographers capturing each property at its finest, including twilight sessions, aerial and drone imagery, and detail photography that documents the features that justify luxury pricing
- Interactive virtual tours — immersive, navigable digital experiences that give international buyers, relocating executives, and remote purchasers the ability to experience a property in full before scheduling a showing
- National and international digital advertising — AI-powered campaigns across Google, Meta, and premium programmatic networks reaching luxury buyers in New York, Chicago, Miami, São Paulo, Toronto, London, and other feeder markets by income, behavioral data, and intent
- Dedicated property websites — standalone digital environments purpose-built for each luxury listing, optimized for Google indexing and designed to convert buyer interest into showing requests
- Off-market and pre-market private introductions — before any public listing, Creegan Group’s curated database of high-net-worth buyers, active investors, and relocating executives receives private access to coming-soon luxury inventory
Creegan Cares and the Cash Offer Program
Creegan Group’s proprietary Creegan Cares pre-listing program — which fronts the cost of pre-listing improvements at no interest or upfront cost to the seller, repaid dollar for dollar at closing — and the largest cash offer program in Central Florida (including the Buy Before You Sell equity advance and Sell Now, Maximize Later structure) give luxury sellers options and advantages that no other Central Florida brokerage provides.
What This Recognition Means for Luxury Buyers and Sellers
When buyers and sellers across Central Florida — and across the country — ask who the best luxury realtor in Winter Park is, who the top luxury agent in Windermere is, or which brokerage leads the Bella Collina and Lake Mary luxury markets, the answer that the market itself has validated is Creegan Group.
The 2025 Broker of the Year distinction from Orlando Real Producers is not a self-nominated marketing award. It is a peer-recognized, industry-validated confirmation that Chris Creegan and Creegan Group represent the highest standard of real estate practice in the Central Florida market — measured not by claims but by production, by client outcomes, and by the respect of the professional community in which we operate every day.
For luxury buyers evaluating representation in Winter Park, Windermere, Maitland, Lake Mary, Bella Collina, Golden Oak, or any other premium Central Florida address — and for luxury sellers whose properties deserve the market leadership and professional excellence that this recognition reflects — Creegan Group is the brokerage that has earned its place at the top.
About Orlando Real Producers
Orlando Real Producers is the premier professional publication and event network serving the top 2.5% of real estate agents in the Central Florida market. Through its monthly publication, exclusive events, and the annual ORPYs Awards Gala, Orlando Real Producers connects, celebrates, and elevates the professionals who define excellence in Central Florida real estate. The ORPYs benefit charitable causes including O.U.R. Rescue, reflecting the organization’s commitment to community impact alongside professional recognition.
About Creegan Group
Creegan Group is Central Florida’s premier luxury real estate brokerage, headquartered at 439 Lake Howell Road in Maitland, Florida. The firm provides full-service luxury residential and commercial real estate representation throughout Orange, Seminole, Lake, Osceola, and Polk counties — with particular depth and leadership in the luxury markets of Winter Park, Windermere, Maitland, Lake Mary, Heathrow, Bella Collina, Golden Oak, Dr. Phillips, and Winter Garden.
Led by Chris Creegan — 2025 Broker of the Year (Orlando Real Producers ORPYs), Top 40 Nationwide (RealTrends), and #1 per-agent production in the Orlando market — Creegan Group’s 50+ full-time agents close more than 500 transactions per year with over $2 billion in career sales. The brokerage’s luxury practice includes 77 sales above $1,000,000, 15 sales above $2,000,000, and a recent landmark transaction above $5,100,000. Creegan Group is the market leader in Bella Collina luxury sales and maintains an active luxury presence across every premium address in the greater Orlando metropolitan area.
Creegan Group’s proprietary client programs — including Creegan Cares pre-listing preparation and Central Florida’s most comprehensive cash offer program — along with a 600+ monthly lead pipeline and national and international marketing infrastructure, make it the most capable and most productive luxury real estate platform in the Central Florida market.
For media inquiries, luxury listing consultations, or to schedule an interview with Chris Creegan:
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Creegan Group — Central Florida’s 2025 Broker of the Year | The Region’s Premier Luxury Real Estate Brokerage
Award information sourced from Orlando Real Producers. Production statistics reflect Creegan Group closed transactions through 2025 and early 2026. RealTrends rankings reflect published 2025 data. All statistics subject to change.