He was followed by the Corcoran Group’s Vickey Barron with $286.3 million in deals and Elliman’s Fredrik Eklund (also of “MDLNY” fame) and John Gomes, whose team closed $259.2 million...

Corcoran CEO Pam Liebman â€' who hired new development guru Vickey Barron from Elliman in 2017 â€' said that in the last year the firm “really gave an extra push” on the recruiting front...

Meanwhile, with nearly 2,000 New York City agents, no single agent â€' or team â€' accounted for more than 7 percent of Douglas Elliman’s total listings, which topped $4.3 billion. With $322 million in exclusives, Raphael De Niro’s listings represented just over 7.4 percent of Elliman’s total as of Aug. 3. Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes’ team was right behind with $316.6 million worth of listings, or 7.3 percent of the firm total. Janice Chang’s $208 million worth of listings represented just 5 percent of the firm total, and Vickey Barron’s $180 million worth of listings accounted for 4 percent...

The priciest closed sale of the year was hedge-funder Israel Englander’s (left) purchase of the former French Ambassador’s residence at 740 Park Avenue for The priciest closed sale of the year was hedge-funder Israel Englander’s (left) purchase of the former French Ambassador’s residence at 740 Park Avenue for...

From left: the $118.5M penthouse listing at the Ritz Carlton, Israel Englander and his co-op at 740 Park Avenue This year may not be over From left: the $118.5M penthouse listing at the Ritz Carlton, Israel Englander and his co-op at 740 Park Avenue This year may not be over...