{"id":11675,"date":"2016-06-24T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/sothebys-international-realty-brand-leads-national-rankings-for-individual-sales-volume-category-in-real-trends-the-wall-street-journal-report\/"},"modified":"2016-06-24T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:25:00","slug":"sothebys-international-realty-brand-leads-national-rankings-for-individual-sales-volume-category-in-real-trends-the-wall-street-journal-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/sothebys-international-realty-brand-leads-national-rankings-for-individual-sales-volume-category-in-real-trends-the-wall-street-journal-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty&reg; Brand Leads National Rankings for Individual Sales Volume Category in REAL Trends\/The Wall Street Journal Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MADISON, N.J.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 24, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/eng\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC<\/a> today announced that the Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty&reg; brand was the No. 1 real estate company represented in two of the six categories that comprise the 2016 <i>REAL Trends\/The Wall Street Journal<\/i> &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/realtrends.com\/rankings\/rt1000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Thousand<\/a>.&quot; The annual report ranks America&#8217;s top 1,000 residential real estate agents and teams based on 2015 annual sales volume and transaction sides, and the top 50 agents and top 50 teams on average sales price&mdash;making it a ranking of the top 1,100 nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> brand claimed 45 of the top 250 sales associates in the <i>REAL Trends<\/i> Individual Sales Volume category, more than any other real estate company. The brand also had the highest combined individual sales volume from sales associates in the same category. In addition, the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> brand had the most individuals represented in the Individual Average Sales Price category, holding 17 of the top 50 spots (34%), including <span class=\"xn-person\">Brenda S. Powers<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Elizabeth L. Sample<\/span> in East Side Manhattan who&nbsp;tied for No.1 at <span class=\"xn-money\">$37.59 million<\/span>. The brand also had the No. 1 Team on the Average Sales Price ranking; <span class=\"xn-person\">Drew Mandile<\/span> and Brooke Knapp Team in Beverly Hills topped that list with an average sales price of <span class=\"xn-money\">$18.3 million<\/span>. This further establishes the strength of the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> brand as a leader in luxury real estate sales.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are thrilled to see that the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> brand is continuing to build off the momentum of the 2015 record-year,&quot; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Philip White<\/span>, president and chief executive officer of Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC.&nbsp; &quot;Having the most sales associates represented in two categories of the <i>REAL Trends\/The Wall Street Journal<\/i> rankings is a huge accomplishment and underscores how many of the top sales professionals are affiliated with the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/i>brand.&nbsp; I am so proud of the companies and the sales associates represented on this list.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> network currently has more than 19,000 affiliated independent sales associates located in approximately 845 offices in 63 countries and territories worldwide.&nbsp; <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> listings are marketed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/en\/home.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sothebysrealty.com<\/a> global website.&nbsp; In addition to the referral opportunities and widened exposure generated from this source, the firm&#8217;s brokers and clients benefit from an association with the Sotheby&#8217;s auction house and worldwide <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> marketing programs.&nbsp; Each office is independently owned and operated.<\/p>\n<p>The complete Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals list can be found on REAL Trends&#8217; website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.realtrends.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>About Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1976 to provide independent brokerages with a powerful marketing and referral program for luxury listings, the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> network was designed to connect the finest independent real estate companies to the most prestigious clientele in the world. Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC is a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation and settlement services.<b>&nbsp; <\/b>In <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 2004<\/span>, Realogy entered into a long-term strategic alliance with Sotheby&#8217;s, the operator of the auction house.&nbsp; The agreement provided for the licensing of the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/i>name and the development of a full franchise system. Affiliations in the system are granted only to brokerages and individuals meeting strict qualifications. Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC supports its affiliates with a host of operational, marketing, recruiting, educational and business development resources. Franchise affiliates also benefit from an association with the venerable Sotheby&#8217;s auction house, established in 1744. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.sothebysrealty.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>CONTACT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Lindsey Scharf<\/span><br \/>Senior Manager, <span class=\"xn-person\">Brand Content<\/span> and Communications<br \/>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC<br \/>175 Park Avenue<br \/><span class=\"xn-location\">Madison, NJ<\/span> 07940<br \/>(973) 407-5596<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Lindsey.Scharf@sothebysrealty.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsey.Scharf@sothebysrealty.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20140311\/MM81288LOGO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20140311\/MM81288LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=NY32878&amp;Transmission_Id=201606241025PR_NEWS_USPR_____NY32878&amp;DateId=20160624\" style=\"border:0px; width:1px; height:1px;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADISON, N.J., June 24, 2016 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC today announced that the Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty&reg; brand was the No. 1 real estate company represented in two of the six categories that comprise the 2016 REAL Trends\/The Wall Street Journal &quot;Top Thousand.&quot; The annual report ranks America&#8217;s top 1,000 residential real estate agents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sothebys-international-realty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}