Engel & Völkers Americas promotes NYC leader as chief strategy officer

In this role, Stuart Siegel will identify and manage new areas of growth opportunity, and keep his existing roles as a leader at the brand’s New York City office and as global head of Private Office and Development Services. Continue reading

The agent replied to a fishy email. Then Michael Jackson showed up

Over five years, Zar Zanganeh, then a young agent with Las Vegas Sotheby’s International Realty, nurtured a relationship with the musician until his death in 2009. In the process, he inked deals for Jackson, Brittney Spears and Prince, whom he was aske… Continue reading

Luxury home sales plunge to 10-year low, surpassing COVID levels

Luxury home sales in the U.S. dove by 28.1 percent year over year during the three months ending Aug. 31, 2022 — eclipsing the 23.2 percent drop in luxury sales at the height of the pandemic — Redfin data shows. Continue reading

‘Succession’ penthouse at Hudson Yards goes for $35M, reports say

The 90th-floor unit in the 35 Hudson Yards skyscraper is where the fictional character Kendall Roy lives high above the rest of New York City, brooding and plotting his next move against his ruthless father, media mogul Logan Roy. Continue reading

Development expert on Eklund Gomes Team joins Corcoran Group

Broker Ryan Kaplan has been involved in the sale, leasing, development and financing of over $500 million in residential, commercial, retail and industrial real estate assets to date. Continue reading

Cash still king as nearly a third of homebuyers spurn costly mortgages 

All-cash home purchases in the U.S. hit 31.4 percent of all transactions in July 2022, just short of an eight-year high reached in February 2022, according to new data released Friday by Redfin. Continue reading

The number of US billionaires grew in 2022. Here’s where they live

Not surprisingly, America’s billionaires are largely clumped in coastal cities, according to a new analysis showing where they are located in 2022 and how that changed from 2021. Continue reading

Investor Keith Rubenstein sells NYC townhouse for nearly $50M

Rubenstein and his wife Inga Rubenstein have listed the home multiple times, dating back to 2016 when they put it on the market for $84.5 million. Since then, it’s undergone a series of price cuts. Continue reading

Corcoran HM Properties expands to Charleston, South Carolina

The move by the Charlotte-based firm marks the eighth Corcoran affiliate to announce an expansion within the last year and an agent count that ticks up to about 130. Continue reading