Ryan Serhant’s brokerage kicks off national expansion with 6 markets

This first wave of expansion will include Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Connecticut. SERHANT. has also brought on local teams across those states. Continue reading

Mauricio Umansky’s winding road from shaky childhood to luxe CEO

After navigating health scares as a child and struggling a bit early in his career, it was The Agency CEO’s wife, Kyle Richards, who suggested he get a real estate license, which he says was the “best decision ever.” Continue reading

The LA ‘mansion tax’ is coming, sending sellers on a sprint to April 1

To make their multimillion-dollar properties more attractive and move them more quickly, some sellers have been cutting their asking prices precipitously and negotiating other add-ons into contracts. Continue reading

Brad Pitt offloads LA estate for $39M in off-market deal

Pitt began shopping for a buyer at a $40 million asking price in January, according to reports. The home, he purchased from actress Cassandra Peterson “Elvira,” was never publicly listed. Continue reading

@properties, Christie’s expand to Madison, Wisconsin, with affiliate

The independent brokerage formerly known as LeGrand Real Estate is the luxury brand’s first affiliate in Madison, and its third in the state of Wisconsin. It is led by the mother-son team of Melissa LeGrand and Brogan Brunker. Continue reading

Nest Seekers expands to Mexico as demand from US skyrockets

The luxury brokerage has added offices in Cabo San Lucas, Riviera Maya and Mexico City as demand for real estate in the accessible and affordable country skyrockets. Continue reading

The Agency launches 3 Canadian offices in March

The offices across Toronto West, Fort McMurray and Ontario’s York region raise The Agency’s number of Canadian offices to 16 and its total number of global locations to 79. Continue reading

Compass Houston founding member Garcia takes team to KW Luxury

Houston real estate veteran Haley Garcia has taken her seven-person team to Keller Williams. Garcia was with Compass from 2018 to early 2023 and generated $205.5 million in sales volume during her last two years with the brokerage. Continue reading

Altman Brothers Team signs new contract with Douglas Elliman

The team closed the priciest sale in Orange County last year with a $55 million property in Crystal Cove and was named the No. 1 large team nationwide in the 2023 Ellie Awards. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Continue reading

At Bespoke Real Estate, racial slurs were part of the job, new suit claims

Jarret Willis, a Black agent who worked at the Hamptons-based luxury brokerage, was smeared by epithets, including “Jafar” in reference to the “Aladdin” Disney movie, a white colleague claims. Continue reading