Hollywood’s High 35 Luxurious Actual Property Brokers, Revealed

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It takes a extremely certified actual property agent to carry out on the stage that a number of the world’s wealthiest celebrities demand.

On high of the large personalities and excessive expectations to ship, brokers in Hollywood right this moment have so much to take care of. There’s the excessive rates of interest which can be dissuading sellers from transferring; the Hollywood writers’ strike, which solely lately ended after months and impacted an enormous swath of potential consumers; and the ULA or “mansion” tax enacted this spring, which put a severe curb on transactions over $5 million.

“We had a 13-year run of a sturdy market and are experiencing a essential cycle change,” Rayni Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates instructed The Hollywood Reporter relating to the 36 % decline in luxurious transactions within the second quarter of 2023.

But even with these obstacles, brokers have continued to dealer outstanding offers, like Kurt Rappaport of Westside Property Company’s deft dealing with of either side of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s $200 million buy of an property in Malibu in Could.

“On the finish of the day,” Josh Altman of Douglas Elliman mentioned, “a trophy is a trophy, and if individuals need it, they’re going to purchase it.”

What follows is The Hollywood Reporter’s checklist of the highest 35 actual property brokers serving Hollywood’s celebrities right this moment.

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Heather, Josh and Matt Altman

Douglas Elliman

Celeb purchasers: Movie producer Michael Sugar, Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau

Scorching stats: The staff is poised to hit $1 billion in annual offers this yr

Of their phrases: “Our purchasers belief us and are available to The Altman Brothers as a result of they know we’re the deal guys,” Josh Altman mentioned. “We all know the ins and outs of properties available on the market, what’s coming to the market, being constructed, et cetera. Los Angeles has been our playground for over 20 years, and we delight ourselves in realizing each home on this metropolis.”

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AKG | Christie’s Worldwide Actual Property

Celeb purchasers: Document producer Mikkel Eriksen, Fullscreen founder George Strompolos

Scorching stats: Ambuehl closed $157 million in offers between July 2022 and July 2023

Of their phrases: “Christie’s focuses on serving luxurious clientele, and their class, class and stylish branding align completely with the values of the Cindy Ambuehl Group,” Ambuehl instructed The Hollywood Reporter. “This transition has enabled us to strengthen our present basis and construct upon our accomplishments.”

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Santiago Arana

The Company

Celeb purchasers: Ben Affleck, ex-couple Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello

Scorching stats: Arana closed $513 million in gross sales final yr

Of their phrases: “One of many biggest issues concerning the high-end areas of the LA market is that, with each recession or down market, we’re the final to fall and the primary to bounce again,” Arana mentioned. “I’ve little question within the close to future that LA actual property shall be on hearth once more.”

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Rochelle Atlas Maize

Nourmand & Associates

Celeb run-ins: Atlas Maize repped the vendor of a house purchased by Neil Diamond

Scorching stats: Atlas Maize lately closed $130 million in gross sales over the course of 12 months

Of their phrases: “[AI will be] the following important shift in the actual property business,” Atlas Maize mentioned. “By leveraging AI applied sciences, I goal to ship cutting-edge options and supply a aggressive edge for my purchasers within the luxurious actual property market. The market’s resilience and flexibility will stay key components in its success.”

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David Berg and F. Ron Smith

Compass

Celeb run-ins: The Compass duo are presently representing a Twenties-era property designed by architect Roland E. Coate and as soon as owned by film mogul Howard Hughes

Scorching stats: The staff introduced in $427 million in gross sales quantity during the last 12 months

Of their phrases: “Excessive rates of interest and measures ULA and GS [a recently approved Santa Monica transfer tax] have actually impacted gross sales costs and the variety of offers this yr,” David Berg mentioned.

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Ernie Carswell

Douglas Elliman

Celeb purchasers: Designer Sue Wong

Scorching stats: Carswell is presently representing a $38.5 million Pasadena compound that features a movie show and an artwork museum

Of their phrases: Within the final yr, Carswell repped “a Beverly Hills luxurious itemizing that obtained 17 presents over 4 months however took that a lot market effort and time as a way to discover its good purchaser. It jogged my memory to by no means quit, the client is at all times on the market.”

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Jordan Cohen

RE/MAX

Celeb purchasers: Bret Michaels, Sylvester Stallone

Scorching stats: Jordan Cohen is the No. 1 RE/MAX agent worldwide and sometimes nets $300 million in annual gross sales

Of their phrases: “I’ve bought houses from TMZ, I’ve bought houses from Instagram,” Cohen mentioned. “My job as a Realtor is to essentially maximize the publicity of the house. It’s to get individuals conscious of the properties that they may not change into conscious of in any other case. A very good Realtor goes to attempt to get you conscious of their listings via social media, print, all of the hustle.”

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Aileen Comora and Paul Lester

The Company

Celeb purchasers: Inheritor to the Hamm’s Beer fortune and Get Out producer Edward Hamm Jr.

Scorching stats: The staff sometimes nets greater than $250 million in annual gross sales

Of their phrases: “Whereas final yr right now you might need seen 40 trades above a sure threshold in sure neighborhoods, you’re seeing a 3rd of that exercise,” Paul Lester mentioned. Teammate Aileen Comora added, “It has been fairly a brand new expertise from the previous. Every part that is happening with the financial system makes this enterprise difficult, and in addition one have to be much more artistic and communicative with purchasers.”

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Chris Cortazzo

Compass

Celeb purchasers: Tom Petty

Scorching stats: Chris Cortazzo has netted greater than $8 billion in profession gross sales

Of their phrases: “I construct relationships and my actual property community on integrity, belief and understanding my market,” Cortazzo mentioned.

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Drew Fenton

Carolwood Estates

Celeb purchasers: Cher, Justin Timberlake

Scorching stats: Carolwood, which Fenton launched in November, has transacted $1.3 billion in 2023 up to now

Of their phrases: “The market has seen its highs and lows,” Fenton mentioned. “There have been a number of document gross sales and there’ll proceed to be unbelievable trophy properties that transact at larger and better costs.”

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Sally Forster Jones

Compass

Celeb purchasers: Movie star architectural designer Jae Omar

Scorching stats: Sally Forster Jones has closed greater than $10 billion in profession gross sales

Of their phrases: “After I first began, I want I had identified that it truly is an all-hours, every-weekend enterprise and that I’d typically get even much less sleep than after I was elevating younger children,” Forster Jones mentioned. “Sleep deprivation apart, I actually do love what I do, and I wouldn’t commerce a factor.”

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Josh Flagg

Douglas Elliman

Celeb purchasers: Celeb expertise agent Tracey Jacobs

Scorching stats: Josh Flagg repped either side within the sale of the previous Doris Day property in Beverly Hills earlier this yr for $16.5 million — the third time he’s bought the property

In their very own phrases: “The largest challenges proper now are the ULA tax, the proposed Wildlife Ordinance [to limit development size in hillside areas of LA] and better rates of interest,” Flagg mentioned. “Nonetheless, one thing to bear in mind is that the federal government was printing cash primarily and a pair of % rates of interest have been a fantasy. Individuals simply want to appreciate that was a second in time and that’s gone.”

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Tomer Fridman

Compass

Celeb purchasers: The Kardashian Jenners, clothier Eva Chow

Scorching stats: Tomer Fridman has closed greater than $690 million in transactions within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “I’m extraordinarily hands-on in no matter transpires all through the deal or itemizing,” Fridman mentioned. “On the finish of the day, these are sometimes my purchasers’ houses and never simply funding belongings. I do my greatest to offer trustworthy and efficient recommendation to guard them.”

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Carl Gambino

Compass

Celeb purchasers: Jennifer Lopez, Harry Types, Mark Wahlberg

Scorching stats: Gambino co-represented the sale of Mark Wahlberg’s Beverly Park property for $55 million in February

In their very own phrases: “We’ve achieved record-breaking gross sales in a number of U.S. markets,” Gambino mentioned. “The marketability of those gross sales and the flexibility to service our purchasers on a nationwide scale has been a breakthrough for us. In a single occasion, we bought a shopper’s home in LA for $35 million and their townhouse in New York Metropolis for $23 million.”

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Ginger Glass

Compass

Celeb purchasers: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

Scorching stats: Ginger Glass has 20 years of authorized expertise as an legal professional, and has bought greater than $3 billion in actual property throughout her profession

In their very own phrases: “I began my profession by doing what I do know works in all professions: Working seven days per week, sitting at open homes and asking inquiries to change into a greater agent each single day,” Glass mentioned. “I began humble and can proceed to remain this fashion.”

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Jon Grauman and Adam Rosenfeld

The Company

Celeb run-ins: Grauman repped the vendor of a Beverly Hills Submit Workplace dwelling bought by Adele’s supervisor Jonathan Dickins in March for $11.7 million

Scorching stats: Grauman and Rosenfeld closed $567 million in gross sales within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “I’m hopeful that we’ll see rates of interest begin to creep down subsequent yr, and as that occurs, extra consumers shall be enticed to reenter the market,” Grauman mentioned. “The present stranglehold on the actual property market is just momentary. There’s a pent-up demand for housing that’s rising day-after-day. As consumers start to reengage with the market, we are able to anticipate a surge in each competitors and property costs. This anticipated escalation will probably function the precursor to the following actual property increase.”

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James Harris and David Parnes

The Company

Celeb purchasers: Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford

Scorching stats: The staff helped dealer the sale of the $21 million penthouse at The Century, which was the priciest rental sale in L.A. within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “We additionally broke the document of the highest-priced condominium sale per sq. foot in Los Angeles with the sale of Residence 902 at Pendry Residences West Hollywood,” Parnes mentioned.

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Juliette Hohnen

Douglas Elliman

Celeb purchasers: Actor Eric Idle, writer-producer Chris Weitz, director Tom Shadyac

Scorching stats: Hohnen bought Eric Idle’s Hollywood Hills dwelling this yr in a $6.5 million all-cash deal to a British heiress

In their very own phrases: “The factor that broke via for me was presenting my listings by way of way of life and concentrating on a particular kind of purchaser for every property,” Hohnen mentioned. “You possibly can’t simply rent a stager; you need to transcend what is obtainable to each different Realtor. I decide furnishings for my stager and she or he buys it for my listings. I exploit actually unbelievable photographers, and if different brokers begin utilizing my photographers, I discover new ones. I don’t need my listings to seem like everybody else’s.”

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Marci Kays and Jonathan Mogharrabi

Carolwood Estates

Celeb purchasers: Brad Pitt

Scorching stats: The staff has bought $137 million within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “We every convey a novel fashion and character to the combination,” Kay mentioned. “To have the help of one another makes what we do that rather more pleasant.”

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Aaron Kirman

AKG | Christie’s Worldwide Actual Property

Celeb purchasers: Tinder co-founder Sean Rad, designer Tyler Ellis

Scorching stats: Within the final yr, Kirman bought $1.7 billion in gross sales quantity

In their very own phrases: “There’s nothing we received’t do for our purchasers,” Kirman mentioned. “We’re in a service-based enterprise and cater to each want, from promoting their houses to aiding with personal jet charters. I’m related to a number of the world’s most influential individuals, and I leverage these connections to help my purchasers in numerous methods, guaranteeing each their skilled and private lives thrive.”

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Hilton & Hyland

Celeb purchasers: DJ Zedd, Formulation 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone

Scorching stats: Kramer repped the $37 million sale of Ecclestone’s property to LA Clippers participant Russell Westbrook final October

In their very own phrases: “I really feel that understanding a shopper’s wants is the primary a part of going above and past for a shopper,” Kramer mentioned. “Our shopper base could be very numerous and discerning, so everybody goes to have completely different wants. Having had a variety of remedy in my life was most likely probably the most useful issues in studying the way to be an actual property agent. It permits me to grasp their wants and have empathy at a number of the most hectic occasions in individuals’s lives.”

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Brett Lawyer

Carolwood Estates

Celeb purchasers: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

Scorching stats: Lawyer closed $202 million in gross sales quantity within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “I proceed to be very impressed by serving my present and evolving shopper base,” Lawyer mentioned. “Every day is an journey and discovery of extraordinary individuals and structure.”

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Linda Could

Carolwood Estates

Celeb run-ins: Could is co-representing, with Brett Lawyer, Castillo del Lago, the previous Lake Hollywood dwelling of Madonna

Scorching stats: Could closed $286 million in gross sales quantity within the final yr

In their very own phrases: “Listings are at all times crucial a part of your actual property follow,” Could mentioned. “Sellers shall be extra reluctant in the event that they don’t have a transparent imaginative and prescient of the place they’re going. It’s very a lot a two-part course of, now greater than ever.”

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Tyrone McKillen

Official

Celeb purchasers: Beyoncé and Jay-Z

Scorching stats: McKillen is presently representing The Cantilever Home, a contemporary 11,100-square-foot dwelling in Malibu, for $69.5 million

In their very own phrases: “We’ve actually began to market the truth that we run a luxurious growth firm in addition to market and promote luxurious properties,” McKillen mentioned. “That is certainly one of our greatest differntiators and has helped us win and promote a variety of product up to now yr.”

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Drew Meyers

Westside Property Company

Celeb purchasers: Music exec Scooter Braun

Scorching stats: Meyers grew to become a companion at Westside Property Company this yr and co-repped either side of the sale of Santa Monica’s former Broad Artwork Basis Constructing to Scooter Braun for $25.9 million

In their very own phrases: Of the situation of the previous Mary Tyler Moore home in Bel-Air Nation Membership, for which he repped the client, Meyers mentioned, “You possibly can at all times replicate a house, however you’ll be able to’t replicate land. Proudly owning on one of many high 5 most unique golf programs in Los Angeles is like proudly owning gold, and it’ll solely go up in worth over time.”

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Jade Mills

Coldwell Banker

Celeb run-ins: Jade Mills repped a Malibu property bought by Byron Allen for $100 million, and the sellers of one other Malibu dwelling bought by Kim Kardashian for $70 million

Scorching stats: Mills has bought greater than $8 billion in actual property over the course of her profession

In their very own phrases: “I constantly try to exceed shopper expectations by prioritizing their consolation and safety all through the shopping for or promoting course of,” Mills mentioned. “To me, luxurious isn’t nearly lavishness; it’s about creating an environment the place purchasers really feel genuinely comfy.”

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David Supply

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties

Celeb purchasers: Actor Alexandra Daddario

Scorching stats: Supply was the No. 2 particular person agent in Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ international community in 2022, and has bought over $4.4 billion in actual property over the course of his profession

In their very own phrases: “I usually don’t market myself as a lot as most different brokers on the market,” Supply mentioned. “[I] are likely to work with individuals I’ve labored with up to now or their referrals.”

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Jason Oppenheim

The Oppenheim Group

Celeb run-ins: Lately, Oppenheim has change into a celeb in his personal proper, having gained extra widespread recognition on the Netflix collection’ Promoting Sundown and Promoting the OC, which spotlight brokers and properties from The Oppenheim Group

Scorching stats: Oppenheim has bought $419 million in actual property within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “The mansion tax and excessive rates of interest have actually stalled the luxurious market,” Oppenheim mentioned. “This has been my slowest yr in over a decade, however it may solely go up from right here.”

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Tami Pardee

Pardee Properties

Celeb purchasers: Singer Doja Cat

Scorching stats: Pardee has bought $521 million in actual property within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “It’s very attention-grabbing,” Pardee mentioned. “It’s each a purchaser’s and a vendor’s market. That is uncommon — there may be low stock, so it’s a vendor’s market, but the excessive rates of interest make it a purchaser’s market. It’s actually case-by-case on what technique to make use of when promoting or shopping for proper now.”

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Kurt Rappaport

Westside Property Company

Celeb purchasers: Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Seacrest

Scorching stats: Rappaport lately represented either side of California’s priciest deal to shut ever — the $200 million buy of a compound in Malibu by Beyoncé and Jay-Z

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Joyce Rey

Coldwell Banker

Celeb purchasers: Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford

Scorching stats: Rey has closed greater than $6 billion in profession gross sales

In their very own phrases: “Our market depends on each profitable enterprise entrepreneurs and celebrities, and, sadly, the variety of gross sales is dramatically down,” Rey mentioned. “Clearly the dearth of stock and the excessive rates of interest are taking a big toll on the luxurious market.”

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Morgan Trent

AKG | Christie’s Worldwide Actual Property

Celeb purchasers: NBA participant Russell Westbrook, MLB participant Mookie Betts, designer Tyler Ellis

Scorching stats: Trent lately co-represented the $25 million sale of the late American TV author Steven Bochco’s Pacific Palisades property

In their very own phrases: “I began promoting houses in LA organically,” Trent mentioned. “I met a couple of purchasers taking part in golf that requested me to promote their houses off market … and I did. After a few large gross sales, I used to be on my manner.”

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Tracy Tutor

Douglas Elliman

Celeb run-ins: Tutor represented a property in Malibu by architect John Lautner that she ended up promoting to director Edward Norton in 2017 for $11.8 million

Scorching stats: Tudor is presently representing the fashionable Villa Kuro in Joshua Tree for $1.749 million

In their very own phrases: On her current growth into Texas, Tutor mentioned, “The migration to Texas from California has been [palpable] up to now three years. Offering our purchasers in California with seamless illustration within the Texas market was the neatest transfer I’ve made within the final yr.”

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The Umansky Crew

The Company

Celeb purchasers: Michael Jackson, Prince

Scorching stats: Mauricio Umansky is co-representing developer Nick Sweet’s $85 million-listed property in Holmby Hills

In their very own phrases: “We genuinely have a good time and love supporting one another,” Umansky says of his actual property staff, which incorporates a number of of his relations. “It’s nice to have a bunch of individuals you belief to bounce concepts off of and speak via offers with.”

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Branden and Rayni Williams

The Beverly Hills Estates

Celeb purchasers: Drake, Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin

Scorching stats: Branden and Rayni Williams closed $1.4 billion in transactions within the final 12 months

In their very own phrases: “I received my begin from the underside and used my work ethic to suit puzzle items collectively and crack the code to get to the highest,” Rayni Williams mentioned of her profession beginnings. “I had no formal coaching or guidebook on the way to do it — merely was led by instinct and laborious work. I don’t want I knew something then I do know now as I wouldn’t have made it realizing how laborious it could be.”

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