The Real Deal New York

From the May issue: Despite a slight drop in its broker ranks, Prudential Douglas Elliman reigns supreme as Manhattan’s biggest residential brokerage. But the Corcoran Group, the second-biggest firm in terms of the number of agents, inched out the archrival this year in exclusive sales listings. In our annual survey of the top Manhattan firms, The Real Deal found that while Elliman secured the No. 1 spot in size, a ranking it has maintained since the survey started in 2004, its workforce dropped 3 percent between April 2007 and April 2008 to 1,464 agents.