Four months later: These brokerages took in the most Town Residential agents

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.