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 23, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

What is it about water?

“Thousands have lived without love; not one without water,” wrote the great poet W.H. Auden.

North Texans understand this. For a state with a reputation of being hot and dry, the opposite [...]

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 9, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

There is nothing like a house with history.

So many of the homes we represent have been loved for generations. Some are architecturally significant, designed at the height of certain stylistic period. Some are both. 

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

“The only constant in life is change.”

That famous saying applies to what we’ve been doing with our offices — and quite a bit more. In April, we relocated our Fort Worth branch to a custom-designed new space at 4828 Camp Bowie Boulevard, along the famous brick-paved stretch of the street. The ground-floor office is much more accessible for our agents, who are always on the go. It’s got open workspaces, an integrated training room, a café and even a [...]

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

The only constant in life is change.

That famous saying applies to what weve been doing with our offices and quite a bit more. In April, we relocated our Fort Worth branch to a custom-designed new space at 4828 Camp Bowie Boulevard, along the famous brick-paved stretch of the street. The ground-floor office is much [...]

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 May 14, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Well, the secret is out.

Dallas, Fort Worth and the rest of North Texas is one the hottest areas for relocation in the entire United States. Steve Brown, who covers real estate for [...]

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 14, 2021.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Well, the secret is out.

Dallas, Fort Worth and the rest of North Texas is one the hottest areas for relocation in the entire United States. Steve Brown, who covers real estate for The Dallas Morning News, wrote this just last week: “D-FW has surpassed the Houston area to become the country’s fourth-largest metro area, behind only New York, Los Angeles and [...]