Compass snags high-performing Rhode Island Sotheby’s team

The Blackstone Team is based in Providence and closed more than $95 million in sales volume last year. The team’s move to Compass comes amid intense competition for top talent. Continue reading

The Agency rides into Kentucky with Louisville franchise

As the luxury brokerage continues to expand its Midwestern presence, it has strategically moved into Kentucky with Managing Partner Jason Farabee leading the new office, according to the company. Continue reading

Tom Ford nabs Jackie O’s former Hamptons summer home at $52M

The deal is just the latest of Tom Ford’s big-ticket transactions, following a $51 million home purchase in Palm Beach at the end of last year and a more recent trading of that home for another mansion in the luxury South Florida market, according to r… Continue reading

Mystery buyer scoops up priciest home in Connecticut for $138.8M

Copper Beech Farm was originally listed for $150 million back in February. Despite a cut, the sales price still puts the estate within the five most expensive residential real estate transactions of 2023. Continue reading

$2B Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty broker partners with Side

San Clemente, California’s top broker, Doug Echelberger, and his team of seven agents has moved to Side, where it will operate as Inhabit Real Estate, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Continue reading

The 20 biggest residential real estate transactions of 2023 (so far)

Luxury buyers have been hot on Palm Beach, with 7 of the year’s top 20 deals coming out of the luxe South Florida market. Overall, this year’s list shows buyers’ thirst for trophy properties. Continue reading

Texas adjusts to growing pains as outside buyers jockey for homes

With an influx of tech and entertainment giants like Tesla and Universal Studios, not to mention a rising tide of millennial buyers, Texas is bursting at the seams as agents rush to find new listings. Continue reading

Texas surged during COVID. Now, its luxury markets are being tested

Droves of people have flocked to Texas for new jobs, tax and affordability purposes, and political reasons, and the demand from this new class of wealthy buyers is stretching the state’s luxury inventory thin. Continue reading

Best practices to showcase design and floor plans in luxury listings

When selling the world’s most spectacular homes, luxury real estate agents need to remember there’s more than meets the eye. There are often design features of architectural, aesthetic, or practical significance that can truly differentiate it in the m… Continue reading

Amid the steel and glass, a warmer, fuzzier Billionaires’ Row emerges

As Billionaires’ Row continues to reshape Manhattan’s skyline one ‘supertall’ at a time, agents say a new class of buyer is gradually reshaping the demographics of New York’s most exclusive block. Continue reading