Yair Tavivian is a residential real estate broker and part of the Tavivian Sporn Team at Douglas Elliman, a real estate firm in New York. The team came in 26th on The Real Deal Top Agents list in summer of 2014 for its $134 million in listings for the year, including a trio of penthouses at Cassa NY (70 West 45th Street) which sold for $45 million. Later that year Tavivian and his team closed on a unit in 157 West 57th Street for $31 million. Previously, in 2013, the team sold a Harlem development site to Waterbridge Capital for $37 million.

Tavivian is often tapped by publications to comment on the real estate market, and in 2011 New York Times told a reporter if you have a good product, which has unique features and its priced right...if its not selling in two or three weeks theres something wrong with the broker.

Tavivian was born in Israel and served in the IDFs Air Force Intelligence Unit before beginning his American real estate career.  -WP