RealScout co-founder Andrew Flachner returns to helm as CEO

Amid record growth, outgoing RealScout CEO Arthur Kaneko will relinquish the role to co-founder Andrew Flachner, who served as chief executive for five years upon launching the company in 2012. Continue reading

Hamptons agents Michaela and Paulina Keszler move to Sotheby’s

The mother-daughter duo were leading Hamptons agents for Douglas Elliman before deciding to join Sotheby’s International Realty. In the past 12 months, they jointly closed over $200 million. Continue reading

Anywhere Brands’ Sue Yannaccone aims to get ‘back to action’ in 2025

The Anywhere Brands president and CEO told Inman ahead of her January ICNY appearance that it’s time for agents to move past the upheaval of 2024 and raise the bar for a new era in real estate. Continue reading

Hilton & Hyland brings on Steve Katz as managing director

Katz joins the firm from Anywhere Integrated Services, where he worked exclusively with Sotheby’s as the brand’s primary services manager for greater LA since 2022. Before that, he spent two decades in management at Coldwell Banker. Continue reading

Coldwell Banker, RE/MAX, eXp Realty swept up in Section 8 sting

A consumer watchdog filed complaints with California’s Civil Rights Department against 200 firms after an undercover sting found that the vouchers were refused repeatedly across the state. Continue reading

LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance reveals 2024 top producers

Christa Huffstickler, the EZ Referral Network at Keller Williams Citywide and PorchLight Realty Group have topped the Alliance’s LGBTQ+ Real Estate Top Producers list for sales volume and transaction sides completed in 2023. Continue reading

The top 35 agents in Hollywood today are still setting records

LA’s top luxury agents are continuing to sell at staggering heights despite a variety of market factors working against them, all while keeping their sometimes temperamental celebrity clients happy. Continue reading

Sotheby’s International Realty launches ‘1 of 1’ brand ad campaign

The campaign positions each luxury home sold under the Sotheby’s International Realty banner as one-of-a-kind and the agents who represent those properties as “curators of the unique,” the firm told Inman. Continue reading

Industry leader and brokerage founder Clark Halstead dies at 83

The real estate vet co-founded the Manhattan division of Sotheby’s International Realty in the mid-1970s and co-founded Halstead Property with Diane Ramirez in the mid-1980s. Continue reading

Halfway through 2024, luxury looks stronger than in 2023

Some key factors agents will keep an eye on as the year continues include dream homebuying trends, elections, the economy, and growing and emerging markets, according to new midyear luxury reports from Compass, Coldwell Banker and Sotheby’s Internation… Continue reading