Category: Brand
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The Condo Resale Divide: Winners, Losers, and the Future of NYC Real Estate
A new exclusive Brown Harris Stevens report on Manhattan condo resales is challenging assumptions about the city’s investment market. The data reveals one in three condos sold between July 2024 and July 2025 went for less than their purchase price, with mid-2010s buyers feeling the biggest sting. “There was a lot of extrinsic pressure to…
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Nada Rizk Breaks Upper East Side Record with Landmark Sale
Brown Harris Stevens is proud to celebrate yet another milestone in luxury real estate. Nada Rizk of the Greene Rizk Team recently achieved the highest pre-war condominium closing on the Upper East Side this year, with her sale of 988 Fifth Avenue. Consistently ranked among the Top 1% of agents at BHS and recognized as…
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Celebrating International Podcast Day with the MoRE Network
This International Podcast Day, we’re celebrating the incredible success of Brown Harris Stevens’ Mastery of Real Estate Network (MoRE)—the premier podcast and video network for all things real estate. Launched in November 2023, MoRE was created to provide meaningful, relevant content in an era when traditional media outlets are dwindling. From our state-of-the-art Studio 1873,…
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Bess Freedman on the State of the Luxury Real Estate Market: Insights from Bloomberg and CNBC
Last week, Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman recently shared her insights on the luxury real estate market in interviews on Bloomberg Markets and CNBC’s Market Alert. Freedman highlighted how mortgage rates, while a major talking point, have less impact on high-end buyers, many of whom purchase with cash. Still, she emphasized that housing affordability…
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The Fall Reset: How September Sparks Serious Buyers and Sellers in NYC
By Maryann C. Johnson, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson Summer’s easy, breezy, lazy days are over. Some call them dog days, and that may be true—like dogs who know how to play and then rest peacefully, they are the days we hit reset, disconnect, and soak up the sun and fun. These are the days we remember…
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Why There’s No Better Time to Be Privately Held in Real Estate
The recent announcement that Compass will acquire Anywhere Real Estate, combining giant national brands like Corcoran, Sotheby’s, Coldwell Banker, Century 21, and Better Homes & Gardens, marks the largest brokerage acquisition in U.S. history. It’s a headline-grabbing moment that underscores a trend we’ve watched unfold for years: consolidation is reshaping the real estate landscape at…
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Josh Young Reflects on the Legacy of Darin Tansey
By Josh Young, Executive Vice President, New Business Development Last week, I lost one of my closest friends, suddenly, and to natural causes. Darin Tansey was not only an incredibly successful broker but also one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever known. Over ten years ago, I asked Brown Harris Stevens…
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Bess Freedman on the Market, Private Listings, and What’s Ahead for 2026
At Brown Harris Stevens, we’ve long prided ourselves on being steady and consistent — qualities that resonate even more in times of uncertainty. In a recent conversation with Inman, our CEO Bess Freedman shared her perspective on the market, the importance of rebuilding trust in real estate, the ongoing debate around private listings, and what…
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Skyline Advisory Team Joins Brown Harris Stevens
Brown Harris Stevens is excited to welcome the Skyline Advisory Team, led by John Dugan and Mick DiStasio, to our Union Square office! Recognized as one of New York City’s top-producing teams—and previously ranked #1 at Elegran—the Skyline Advisory Team brings a group of eight accomplished agents and more than $400 million in career sales…
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Brown Harris Stevens Sets New Park Slope Record with Nearly $14 Million Townhouse Sale
Park Slope has set a new benchmark in Brooklyn real estate. A meticulously renovated British Regency–style limestone townhouse, located at 535 1st Street, recently sold for $13.9 million, making it the most expensive single-family home ever sold in the neighborhood. Brown Harris Stevens’ Juliana Frei represented the buyer. The five-story townhouse was originally built in…