The Golden I Club is luxury real estate's highest honor, recognizing the agents and brokers behind the industry's most impressive sales and the clients who trust them.
Seven years in, the Golden I Club has built a reputation for spotlighting the people who actually move the needle in luxury real estate. These are the agents, brokers, and teams closing record sales, running standout marketing campaigns, and raising the bar for everyone else in the business.
2026 Golden I Club
Top Luxury Agent
Winner: Gary Pohrer, SERHANT.
Terry Cohen, Compass
Nelson Gonzales, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty
Martha Johnson, Aperture Global Real Estate
Adam Kaufman, Howard Hanna
Judy McLellan, Crye-Leike
Adam Modlin, The Modlin Group
Deborah Kern, Corcoran Group
Lisa Lippman, Brown Harris Stevens
Rochelle Atlas Maize, Nourmand & Associates
Top Luxury Team
Winner: Jills Zeder Group, Coldwell Banker Realty
Emily Sachs Wong Group, @properties Christie's International Real Estate
Harris & Partners, Carolwood Estates
Kaminsky Real Estate Group, eXp Realty
The Field Team, Sotheby's International Realty
Michael Lorber Team, Douglas Elliman
Noble Black & Partners, Corcoran Group
The Sarkis Team, Douglas Elliman
Team Hatvany Kitchen, Compass
The Umansky Team, The Agency
Top Luxury Brokerage
Winner: Sotheby's International Realty
The Agency
Aperture Global Real Estate
Brown Harris Stevens
Coldwell Banker Warburg
Compass
Douglas Elliman
Howard Hanna
Plus Real Estate
SERHANT.
Top Luxury Tech/Tool
Winner: Agent Image
10xSearch
BLACKLINE
Concierge Auctions
Curaytor
Luxury Presence
Matterport
Rechat
Vesta Home
Best Sales & Marketing Campaign for Luxury Home/Property
Winner: David Lynch Compound, Los Angeles, The Agency
Best Sales & Marketing Campaign for Luxury New Development
Winner: The Grove Bayshore, Tiffany McQuaid, SERHANT.
Best City Sale
Winner: Spelling Manor, 594 S. Mapleton Dr., Los Angeles, Calif., $110 million, Drew Fenton, Carolwood Estates
8 East 62nd St., New York, N.Y., Adam Modlin, The Modlin Group (seller), Michael Balanevsky, Accent Holdings (buyer)
70 Vestry St., New York, N.Y., $57 million, Adam Modlin, The Modlin Group
88 Tuscaloosa Ave., Atherton, Calif., $45.5 million, Joe Piazza, Coldwell Banker
400 Euclid Ave., Highland Park, Texas, $25.5 million, Jason Garcia, Briggs Freeman, Sotheby's International Realty (seller), Genna Skolnik, Compass (buyer)
609 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka, Ill., $34.5 million, Jena Radnay, @properties Christie's International Real Estate
Green Gables, 329 Albion Ave., Woodside, Calif., $85 million, Brad Miller, Compass
Best Beach Sale
Winner: 43 East Dune Lane, East Hampton, N.Y., $72 million, Terry Cohen, Compass with Chris Covert and Adam Modlin, Modlin Group Hamptons
145/151 Kailuana Loop, Oahu, Hawaii, $19 million, Brandon E. Kim, (List) Sotheby's International Realty
1460 N. Lake Way, Palm Beach, Fla., $72 million, Gary Pohrer, SERHANT. (seller), Margit Brandt, Premier Estate Properties (buyer)
3585 Anchorage Way, Coconut Grove, Miami, Fla., $101.5 million, Jills Zeder Group, Coldwell Banker
11465 Old Harbour Rd., Palm Beach, Fla., $97.5 million, Gary Pohrer, SERHANT. (seller), Donna Hutchins, Douglas Elliman (buyer)
28719 Grayfox St., Malibu, Calif., $80 million, Christopher Cortazzo, Compass
"Succession House," 115 Beach Lane, Wainscott, N.Y., $59 million, Natalie Ramú, Coldwell Banker Warburg
Best Mountain Sale
Winner: St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colo., $120 million, Ken and Haley Mirr, Mirr Ranch Group with Michael Latousek, Douglas Elliman
137 Hood Park Rd., Telluride, Colo., $39.4 million, Damon Demas, Telluride Properties
236 Pandora Ln., Telluride, Colo., $28.8 million, Brian O'Neill and Marty Stetina, Telluride Properties
615 E. Hopkins Ave., Aspen, Colo., $40 million, Douglas Elliman (seller), The Agency (buyer)
Roaring Fork, 1310 Red Butte Dr., Aspen, Colo., $53 million, Doug Leibinger, Compass (seller), Layne Shea and Michael Shea, Douglas Elliman (buyer)
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