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 January 14, 2022.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

And we thought 2020 was a wild year.

The 365 days that came next were as unusual, challenging and exhilarating — if not more so.

Our nearly 400 agents knocked it out of the park — again — in a market that stayed red-hot through all of 2021. In the end, we surpassed our projections and ended the year with $3 billion in sales to the best clients in the [...]

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 November 12, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Our agents and our brokerage are keenly focused on helping people who need a shelter or a home.

In my mind, that’s because we’re all lucky to have one.

Though they give of their time and money all year long, our agents go into overdrive at the holidays — helping charities that help so many who need food, shelter, clothing or care. (Or, all of [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO ofBriggs Freeman Sothebys International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section ofThe Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of June 11, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Of all the awards that our agents and our brokerage earn in any given year [...]

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 June 11, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

“Of all the awards that our agents and our brokerage earn in any given year — something that still thrills me, after my 40-plus years in this business — one honor comes with a little extra excitement.

Each year, [...]

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 May 21, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

I’m going to take a minute to brag.

We don’t focus a whole lot on numbers when it comes to our business — because ours is a business of relationships. And service. And expertise.

You can’t put numbers to any of [...]

They may have won the D Best honors — but they’re not resting on any laurels. Every day, our agents help find homes where everyone feels safe and sound. And included. And inspired. That way, everybody wins. See our winners — part of our family of 400-plus expert agents across North Texas — in the September issue of D Magazine and at dmagazine.com, coming soon. They are, by far, the best agents in the business.