"We are investing in these changes so that our agents can imagine more, achieve more and set even higher standards." —Robbie Briggs

The CEO of the No. 1 luxury brokerage in North Texas explains a real estate word that is suddenly getting a lot of attention.

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 July 16, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

For a little over a year now, the residential real estate market has witnessed a period of growth unmatched in recent [...]

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 July 16, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

For a little over a year now, the residential real estate market has witnessed a period of growth unmatched in recent memory.

Local homebuyers have looked for more space or to make a change, while others have relocated [...]

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 [...]

The news has been filled with stories of people leaving densely populated metropolitan markets in favor of quieter suburbs and sleepy towns with a much slower pace. But the yang to that yin can be found in the number of homebuyers eager to take advantage of this renewed opportunity to live their biggest big-city dreams. In fact, market research about real estate trends in major markets shows that city living now has major [...]