John Steinbeck’s former Hamptons retreat sells for $13.5M

The Sag Harbor Partnership has purchased the “Of Mice and Men” author’s part-time abode and will transform it into a space for a writer’s residency program led by The University of Texas. 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

Kamini Lane named president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty

Lane’s appointment comes after M. Ryan Gorman’s abrupt ouster as CEO in December. The brand also announced that Liz Gehringer would take on an expanded role as president and CEO of Anywhere Franchise Brands, the company exclusively told Inman. Continue reading

Sotheby’s brings on LAH Real Estate for newest Alabama affiliate

LAH Real Estate Inc. was originally founded in 1992. The new affiliate brings its four offices to Sotheby’s, ticking the brand’s total office count in Alabama up to seven. Continue reading

Sotheby’s snags leading South-Central Texas team to form affiliate

The team formerly known as the Southern District Properties Group at Compass will now become Sotheby’s newest affiliate in Texas, Southern District Sotheby’s International Realty. Continue reading

‘Our values shot up astronomically’: Behind Coeur d’Alene’s viral ascent

A highly livable city with space to spread out suddenly becomes attractive to wealthy, out-of-state buyers who can now work remotely and have the purchasing power to snatch up the home that suits them. What will happen to the market in 2023? Continue reading

A home touted as the priciest in the US a decade ago returns to market

A Connecticut estate made headlines in 2014 when it sold for a then-record $120 million, making it America’s priciest home sale at the time. Now its owners are giving it a shot on the market for $30 million more. Continue reading

$1.3B Robyn + Rachel Group rejoins Sotheby’s after 1 year at Compass

Brokers Robyn Kimura Hsu and Rachel Schindler have rejoined Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty. The four-person Robyn + Rachel Group has a lifetime sales volume of $1.3 billion. Continue reading

In luxury, agents have to level up their brand

“It’s a different lifestyle, it’s a different language,” Cindy Raney of the Cindy Raney & Team told attendees at ICNY on Wednesday about luxury — and that luxe clients appreciate attention to the details. Continue reading

NextHome lands No. 1 franchise ranking for third straight year

The flexible-spending model real estate franchise beat out a number of other real estate franchises assessed by Franchise Business Review this year, including Keller Williams, Weichert Real Estate, Sotheby’s International Realty and others. Continue reading