Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs 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 September 23, 2022.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

As I write this, 800 agents from around the Sothebys International Realty [...]

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 September 23, 2022.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

As I write this, 800 agents from around the Sotheby’s International Realty global network are mixing it up in Austin, Texas. There may be disco dancing involved. And light-up cowboy hats.

But, the real [...]

Since its founding on December 29, 1845, Texas has been a land of legend. But some of the tall tales you hear about the Lone Star State actually are 100-percent based in fact — even if they sound too farfetched to be true. Because we know you may be planning a move to one of the fastest-growing places in the country, the team at [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and 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 March 19, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

As places to escape, ranches and land are hotter than ever. Since this same time last year — right as the pandemic became a pandemic — we’ve seen a real upswing in people buying ranches in Texas and [...]

Our agents are known for their experience-based advice. If you or anyone you know have been impacted by February’s winter storms, here are resources we’ve gathered from trusted sources — everything from help with home damages to helping those displaced. Structure-damage funds: Talk with your insurance company first, then [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and 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 October 30, 2020.

Ranches and land have taken on deeper meanings as of late.

We’ve always known about their transformative power to calm and center us — to remind us that the world is bigger than us, no matter how gargantuan our own pressures and anxieties can feel [...]