If you’re preparing to sell your home in Texas, you could go it alone and broker your own sale. It’s a seller’s market, after all. So, why do 88 percent of sellers in the U.S. engage the services of a professional real estate agent? If you’re a first-time seller, you can easily underestimate how demanding it is to list, stage and market your home — and that’s before you reach the technical and legal challenges of closing a sale on your own. Discover the difference a [...]

The hot place to live with 11 groceries, 130 cultural venues and 1,000 green acres. (Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty has the inside story.)

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of August 20, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

“Clients need trusted sources to help them navigate a fast-paced and low-inventory market.”

Those words of wisdom come from Philip White, the president and CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty. Philip knows a [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of August 13, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

We try to always make sure our agents have the best training possible — not only in all things technical, but in motivational, too.

A big part of our strategy has to do with mindset, gratitude and communication. [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of August 6, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Real estate agents aren’t the only ones negotiating one of the hottest markets we have ever seen. Homebuilders are, too. Because there is such a tight supply of existing houses for sale, all eyes are suddenly on [...]

You’ve no doubt heard the famous adage: “Everything’s bigger in Texas.” But, in certain circumstances, it bears repeating. And that includes living on acreage as far as the eye can see. When it comes to land ownership, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty has listings for some of the [...]