Fans of “Million Dollar Listing New York” for weeks have been teased with clips of former Town Residential broker Steve Gold receiving the call: he was out of a job. Gold is seen swatting a camera out of the way as he hurriedly walks into Town’s former offices to learn of his fate.
While the outcome of Town Residential is by now widely known, it still makes for an important plot point, as the star broker had huge deals on the line. Gold, who is now plying his trade at the Corcoran Group, was among nearly 400 agents who learned that the firm would be closing its resale and leasing businesses, effectively the backbone of the company.
Four months after the closure, The Real Deal analyzed New York’s Department of State records to find out which firms absorbed the highest number of brokers. While 100 brokers remain without a home, the figures showed that Compass took on 54 new agents. But while the city’s biggest brokerages took the lion’s share of the available brokers, smaller firms also ramped up their own hiring efforts, collectively attracting 69 brokers across the city.
Corcoran, which broke its tradition of avoiding reality star brokers by taking on Steve Gold, welcomed 50 agents to the firm, including Danny Davis, Dana Power, Nicole Hecter, Asaf Bar-Lev, Fabienne Terwinghe, Carol Hagan-Holt and Emma Lester.
At the other major firms, Halstead drew in 36 brokers, Douglas Elliman hired 33, and Citi Habitats attracted 14.
Compass hired fast, and hired big, luring brokers with reportedly high splits and a hyped technology platform. To accommodate the brokers, Rob Lehman, chief growth officer at Compass, said in a statement that the firm was looking for more office space.
A team led by Jared Barnett and Augusto Bittencourt had signed over $10 million in contracts in their first month at the firm, Compass said. Other agents that landed at the VC-backed firm include Susan Green, Sean Hughes, Aeen Avini, Lindsey Stokes and Prince Dockery.
John Ameralis, who juggled a summer marriage to his wife as well as setting up at Compass, said he has closed nearly 10 deals in the past few months. He said he was sold on the firm’s technology and marketing platforms.
But not all brokers were wooed by the venture capitalist-backed firm. “When I interviewed with Compass I wasn’t impressed with their technology and branding,” said Gina Gee, who moved over to Halstead after being contacted by every major firm. “Compass over-expanded so fast. I didn’t want to be at another Town.”
Brooke Davida, who also opted for Halstead, said that leaving behind Town’s perks would take some getting used to. “We were all very spoiled at Town, so any company is going to be a change of sorts.”
Below is a sortable table detailing where every Town agent has landed, if they have signed on with a new firm.
Agent | New Firm |
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Zachery D Emery | Citi Habitats |
Yingyue Yao | Halstead Manhattan |
Ya Wang | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Wilbur Gonzalez | n/a |
Wendy Kantor | n/a |
Wagner Eustaquio Oliveira | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Vyvy Vo | Citi Habitats |
Vladimir Luzader | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales |
Vivian Kuo | Corcoran Group |
Virginia Langford | Compass |
Viktoria Wiberg | Corcoran Group |
Victoria Vasile | ABH Realty Corp |
Victoria Sarenko | Bold |
Vickiana M Maestre | Town Sales & Marketing |
Vicki Zhi Saali | Halstead Manhattan |
Valerie Greenberg | Bioc Commercial Real Estate |
Tycho Dan | Mahadin Samir |
Tushar M Vora | Citi Habitats |
Tracy A Hanna | n/a |
Toni Suaya | Elegran |
Todd Mitchell | Array Property Group |
Thomas V Brady | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Theresa E Desanti | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Thalia Presinal | n/a |
Tetyana Brodsky | Triumph Property Group Ltd |
Teresa Marie Alessandro | Elegran |
Ted Karagannis | Warburg Realty Partnership Ltd |
Tatiana Bunina | STG Realty Group Inc |
Tarrick St. Aubin Stewart | Oxford Property Group |
Tanasha F Pettigrew | Realtyline New York Inc |
Tammy Zelman Caress | Halstead Manhattan |
Tamara Kaplan | Core Group Marketing |
Sylvia C Ang | n/a |
Susan Siegelaub Katz | Halstead Manhattan |
Susan M Singer | Halstead Manhattan |
Susan L Cornicello | Compass |
Susan J Green | Compass |
Susan Grella | Compass |
Suleiman Ahmed Minty | Metropolitan Property Group Inc |
Steven W Gold | Corcoran Group |
Steven Ke | Nest Seekers |
Steven J Berman | Time Equities Brokerage |
Steve Bruman | Warburg Realty Partnership Ltd |
Stephen Drew | n/a |
Stefanie Bower | Corcoran Group |
Stanislav Sokolov | n/a |
Stacey Cohen | Compass |
Sonia Herron | Halstead Manhattan |
Sofia Drekou | n/a |
Simi Teitelbaum | n/a |
Sima Brason | LG Fairmont |
Shaun Dindial | n/a |
Sharon Buckley | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales |
Serri Knight | Core Group Marketing |
Sean M Hughes | Compass |
Scott Maul | Charles Rutenberg |
Scott Hernandez | Corcoran Group |
Sarah Wasserman | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Sarah Kruse | Corcoran Group |
Sang A Evers | Mirador Real Estate |
Salleigh Rothrock | Citi Habitats |
Ryan Wheeler | Highline Residential |
Ruth Mendoza | n/a |
Roselis Cortez | Bold |
Rose Franco | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Rory Nichols | Compass |
Ronald Cavallo | n/a |
Ron Sharir | n/a |
Romana Dillon | Bond New York Properties |
Rodolphe Lombard | Compass |
Robyn Dawn Heiberger | Buttonwood Residential Brokerage |
Robin Lennon | Citi Habitats |
Robin Dinkin | Compass |
Roberto A Cabrera | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales |
Robert E Beacham | n/a |
Robert Badalov | Charles Rutenberg |
Robert Allyn | n/a |
Rimma Doubinskaia | n/a |
Richard S Lebow | Town Sales & Marketing |
Raymond Iii Murphy | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Raushan Bertin | n/a |
Randy Sue Liebenthal | Corcoran Group |
Raija Maria Ajo | Halstead Manhattan |
Rafael Ivan Quinones | Real New York |
Rafael Badalov | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Prince Dockery | Compass |
Phyllis Jaeger | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales |
Peter Wei | Home Ambassadors |
Peter Schwartz | Halstead Manhattan |
Perez Michele Franco | Corcoran Group |
Patrick Emmet Sullivan | Compass |
Patricia Prado | Corcoran Group |
Patricia Donovan Mader | Corcoran Group |
Otto Cedeno | n/a |
Olivia Illouz | Compass |
Noelle Michelle Bailly | Corcoran Group |
Nina Fisher | Oxford Property Group |
Niianteh Aryee | n/a |
Nicole S Hechter | Corcoran Group |
Nicole Marissa Pemberton | Corcoran Group |
Nicole Hay | Halstead Manhattan |
Nicolas Paredes | Warburg Realty Partnership Ltd |
Nicola Zheng | Ready Group |
Nelson Alexis Eusebio | n/a |
Nawal Moussa Aoufeh | Corcoran Group |
Naomi Goldfluss | n/a |
Nancy D Shapiro | n/a |
Namrata Israni | Adomee |
Mughen Nakamura | n/a |
Monika Mikhail | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Monica Mo | Nest Seekers |
Milan Nikolic | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Michelle Roa | Nest Seekers |
Michelle Luhan | Compass |
Michelle Annis | n/a |
Michelle Ann Lefferts | Mirador Real Estate |
Michele Bednarsh | n/a |
Michael Trapani | n/a |
Michael J Decker | Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices New York Properties |
Michael J Cohen | Corcoran Group |
Michael E Bejzak | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Michael A Hamberger | Citi Habitats |
Melissa Kriger | Corcoran Group |
Maxwell Ullman | Compass |
Maxwell Charles Nehrig | Corcoran Group |
Maureen Franklin | Compass |
Mattie Weiser | Compass |
Matthew Dixon | n/a |
Matias Christian Omar Mendez | n/a |
Masayo J Hashimoto | Corcoran Group |
Mary Nealie Cobb | Engel & Volkers New York Real Estate |
Mary L Hall-Mayer | Warburg Realty Partnership Ltd |
Mary K Bezirjian | Compass |
Mary Anne Dinan | Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices New York Properties |
Mark Zimmerman | n/a |
Marina Bernshstein | Halstead Manhattan |
Mariela Paola Stochetti | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Maria Rosales-Rahal | n/a |
Maria Quinn | Bond New York Properties |
Maria P Mainieri | n/a |
Maria Maneida Perry | Highline Residential |
Maria Fotiou | n/a |
Marguerite R Birnbaum | Corcoran Group |
Margo Rogers | Halstead Manhattan |
Marcia A Giordano | n/a |
Marci Merzer | Halstead Manhattan |
Marci Freedman | Corcoran Group |
Marc Z Blum | Citi Habitats |
Marc Menachem | n/a |
Manisha Manglani | n/a |
Manisha Chawhan | Corcoran Group |
Madeline Faber | Halstead Manhattan |
Lutfi C Havlioglu | Compass |
Luisa Juliana Gomez | n/a |
Ludy Michaelin | One And Only Realty |
Luciane R Serifovic | n/a |
Louis Obioha | n/a |
Lorraine F Press | Halstead Manhattan |
Lori H Shabtai | n/a |
Lori Ann Kim | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Loretta Dorazio | Citi Habitats |
Long Nguyen | Corcoran Group |
Livia Stival | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Lisa Balbuena | Corcoran Group |
Lisa A Shapir | Bond New York Properties |
Lindsey S Robinson | Compass |
Lindsey Perez | Bold |
Linda J Elmani | Halstead Manhattan |
Levi Michael Rodriguez | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Les Moore | Sotheby's International Realty |
Leora Aimee Hasas | Compass |
Leda Gorgone | Nest Seekers |
Lawrence Ho | Compass |
Lawrence Grotts | n/a |
Lauren Secchi | n/a |
Lauren Richman | n/a |
Lauren Kronenfeld | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Lauren Feldesman | Compass |
Larry Goldblatt | Weise Meredith L |
Lance Miletich | n/a |
Kristina Fisher | Charles Rutenberg |
Kristina Caitlyn Porto | Halstead Manhattan |
Kristin M Ehrgott | n/a |
Krista Truglio | Compass |
Kimberly Rose | Compass |
Kimberly A Kovac | n/a |
Khine Tun | Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices New York Properties |
Kevin Gomez | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Keren S Tishman | Corcoran Group |
Kelly Elizabeth Sexton | Uptown Flats |
Kelley J Voelker | n/a |
Kaylei Hawkins | n/a |
Kathryn Kellinger | Corcoran Group |
Karina Illesova Burzenski | Oxford Property Group |
Karen M Prager | Majority Capital Advisors |
Karen Anne Fox | Corcoran Group |
Kajsa Hutton | Halstead Manhattan |
Justin Reid Zelin | n/a |
Justin P Stolarczyk | Garber Greg |
Justin Martinez | Gunrick Residential |
Juliet Ouyoung | Corcoran Group |
Juliet A Clapp | Halstead Manhattan |
Julie Christoffersen | Weise Meredith L |
Julia Despin | Compass |
Judith K Levine | n/a |
Juan Dong | Amazing Homes And Properties Inc |
Jr. Allen Lyons | Compass |
Jr Marc Hummel | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Joseph S Snyder | Corcoran Group |
Joseph Ruiz | EXR |
Jose Miguel Estevez | n/a |
Jordyn Silver | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Jordan Weller | Corcoran Group |
Jonathan M Butwin | n/a |
Jonathan Cohen | n/a |
Johnathan Agrelius | Halstead Manhattan |
John Zakowski | Halstead Manhattan |
John William Mclarnon | Corcoran Group |
John Ryan Fitzpatrick | n/a |
John P Carapella | Compass |
John J Sheehan | Compass |
John Fuller | Compass |
John Ameralis | Compass |
Joesph Tartaglia-Malter | Real New York |
Joe M Cruz | Compass |
Joann Wasserman | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Jill A Camac | Compass |
Jessica Stern | Corcoran Group |
Jessica Debarros | n/a |
Jeremy Williams | n/a |
Jennifer E Regenstreich | Compass |
Jeffrey T Carlson | Argo Residential |
Jeanine A Castellano | Town Sales & Marketing |
Jason S Perkal | Compass |
Jason Renock | n/a |
Jason M Brown | n/a |
Jason Homa | Halstead Manhattan |
Jared Barnett | Compass |
Janis D Aurichio | n/a |
Janet G. Kain | Corcoran Group |
Jamie Lee | Arden Group International |
Jamie L Rappaport | n/a |
James J Power | n/a |
James Brettholz | Compass |
Jaime Santiago | Nest Seekers |
Jaime Gillespie | Elegran |
Jacqueline M Fopiano | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Jacob Nicholas Kolb | n/a |
Jaclyn Rattner | Triplemint |
Jackie Soussan | Compass |
Isabell Cecilia Birgitta Elfwing | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Illia Shapovalov | n/a |
Ibrehem M Rahman | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Ian Peters | Citi Habitats |
Holly Harnsongkram | Compass |
Henry James Ferry | n/a |
Gregory S Garwood | Halstead Manhattan |
Gnesha Shain | Adamit Achihud |
Gina Gee | Halstead Manhattan |
Gillian Mckenzie | Compass |
George Kefalogiannis | n/a |
Gary Nurenberg | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Gary M Lacy | n/a |
Gannon Wallach | Warburg Realty Partnership Ltd |
Gabrielle Troia | Town Sales & Marketing |
Gabrielle Rae Marcus | Halstead Feathered Nest |
Frank J Gerage | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Florrie Milan Beldock | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Fern S Hamberger | Citi Habitats |
Fabienne Terwinghe | Corcoran Group |
Eva Sukhoteryna | Oxford Property Group |
Esteban Gomez | Compass |
Erin Stabb | Compass |
Eric Alexander Rohe | Halstead Manhattan |
Enrique Fabian Balino | n/a |
Enrique E Constante | n/a |
Emma Lester | Corcoran Group |
Elyse J Rothenberg | Halstead Manhattan |
Ellen Sussman | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Ellen Penchuk | n/a |
Ellen Kapit | Sotheby's International Realty |
Elkin J Serna | Halstead Manhattan |
Elizabeth Starling Miller | n/a |
Elissa Dawn Drassinower | Halstead Manhattan |
Elanna H Jochimek | n/a |
Elaine S Diratz | n/a |
Elaine Mayers | Corcoran Group |
Elaine Hu | KWNYC Tribeca |
Doty Lisa Michelle Resnick | Corcoran Group |
Dorel Tamam | n/a |
Doorba Krishnaiyer | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Dewayne A Powell | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Devin Shallop | n/a |
Denise L Heller | Halstead Manhattan |
Denae Howard | Citi Habitats |
Debra C Hoffman | Halstead Manhattan |
Deborah L Sabec | Halstead Manhattan |
Dean E Dunbar | n/a |
Davide Callegati | Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales |
David Florentin | Accent Holdings |
David A Borkowsky | Nest Seekers |
Danny Ibragimov | Nest Seekers |
Danielle Pecile | Compass |
Danielle Lenois | Compass |
Danielle Beth Hamburger | Compass |
Daniel Ragone | Corcoran Group |
Daniel Munoz | Charles Rutenberg |
Daniel Mceneaney Mceneaney | Compass |
Daniel E Kayton | n/a |
Daniel C Marrello | n/a |
Daniel Alan Davis | Corcoran Group |
Dana Singer | Compass |
Dana Power | Corcoran Group |
Dana Louise Turner | Maz Group NY |
Cristina Cote | Buttonwood Residential Brokerage |
Cote Victoria A Terri | Buttonwood Residential Brokerage |
Cory Sylvester | n/a |
Connie Lippert | n/a |
Colin Richard Oleary | Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices New York Properties |
Chu Siang Tam | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Christopher Mcginnis | Grand Lux Realty |
Christopher J Whelan | Corcoran Group |
Christopher Coritsidis | Corcoran Group |
Christopher A Massey | Compass |
Christina Rivera | Compass |
Celine Bocquet Gaya Thornton | Corcoran Group |
Catherine Gleeson | Citi Habitats |
Casey Durrence | n/a |
Carol Ann Hagen-Holt | Corcoran Group |
Bruno Reljic | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Brooke Davida | Halstead Manhattan |
Brit Holten | n/a |
Brian M Kelley | n/a |
Brian Daley | Halstead Brooklyn |
Brett A Solomon | Buttonwood Residential Brokerage |
Brandon Trentham | Compass |
Bradley Cooper | Corcoran Group |
Bradbury Loretta M Shanahan | Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group |
Blake Smith | n/a |
Blair Richardson | Citi Habitats |
Beth Davis Davis | Halstead Manhattan |
Bernard M Marshall | n/a |
Benjamin Benalloul | Halstead Manhattan |
Ayanna T Barton | Ivey North |
Augusto P Bittencourt | Compass |
Augustino Piccolo | Corcoran Group |
Asease Korankyi | Mirador Real Estate |
Asaf Barlev | Corcoran Group |
Arlene Sommer | Citi Habitats |
Anthony Distaulo | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |
Anna S Gorokhovskaya | Remax Edge |
Angela L Luttrell | n/a |
Andrew M Feiwel | Corcoran Group |
Andrew Heiberger | Town Williamsburg |
Andrew Heiberger | Town Astor Place |
Anastasiia Grusha | MNS |
Amy Frances Bear | Motion New York |
Amber Marie Roberts | Corcoran Group |
Amber E Wood | n/a |
Amber Cleary | n/a |
Alyssa D. Amato | Corcoran Group |
Alyce Hsueh | Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices New York Properties |
Aliya A Qizilbash | n/a |
Alix Trachtman | Compass |
Alison Bretherick | Bond New York Properties |
Alina Okshteyn | Modern Spaces |
Alfred Tom | Elegran |
Alexandra Bruno | n/a |
Alexander Justin Heydt | Compass |
Alexander Bush | Quantierra Advisors |
Alan H Levy | Warburg Realty Partnership Ltd |
Aileen S Grossmann | Halstead Manhattan |
Aeen Awini | Compass |
Adrienne Wender | Compass |
Adam S Taylor | n/a |
Adalid Escamilla | Bond New York Properties |
Aaron H Ross | Douglas Elliman Real Estate |