"Now you see why I’m suddenly strutting around our office?" (But the credit goes elsewhere, says president and CEO Russ Anderson.)

Have you heard about the new high-rises designed in partnership with fashion brands? What about the upswing in home libraries? Can you imagine that TV shows are influencing where millennials are buying homes? You will, after this.

Fresh from the first look at the new Gallery Penthouse at HALL Arts Residences: "I saw lots of dropped jaws."

"No one does it like them. They adapt to every change in the industry, the economy and their clients’ lives." —Russ Anderson

"I’ve never experienced a home more considerate. It is grand, but it is gracious. And, at more than $32 million, it is rarefied. But I guarantee this: You will have many special feelings here." —Russ Anderson

"Brokerages are getting bigger. Their methods are getting standardized. Every house gets the same 1-2-3 selling plan. All the boxes are getting checked — but at what price?" —Russ Anderson, industry insider