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Now in its sixth year, the Golden I Club has honored the top luxury agents and brokers, the most innovative luxury properties and more. The luxury real estate industry is full of innovators who work to raise the bar for colleagues and consumers with cutting-edge marketing, trailblazing tech and platforms, and record-breaking sales. Inman’s Golden I Club honors these professionals who consistently push the boundaries of what’s possible in the industry.

2025 Golden I Club

Top Luxury Agent

Winner: Serena Boardman, Sotheby’s International Realty 

Ralph Arias, One Sotheby’s International Realty

Tracy Campion, Campion and Company

Lisa Chajet, Coldwell Banker Warburg 

Nelson Gonzalez, BHHS EWM Realty

David Kramer, Compass 

Lisa Lippman, Brown Harris Stevens

Shannan McWaters, the FIRM Memphis Real Estate 

Noel Pietsch-Shaw, Hawaii Life

Chris Resop, The Agency Naples

 

Top Luxury Team

Winner: Williams & Williams, Beverly Hills Estates

Campbell & Prebish, William Raveis

Rob Ellerman Team, ReeceNichols

Elliott Team, Nest Seekers International

Heider Group, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Kaminsky Real Estate Group, eXp Luxury 

Perry Wisdom Barrett Group, Allie Beth Allman & Associates

The Umansky Team, The Agency 

 

Top Luxury Brokerage

Winner: William Raveis

The Agency

Amherst Madison 

Brown Harris Stevens

Christie’s International Real Estate (acquired by Compass) 

Corcoran Group

Engel & Völkers

Sotheby’s International Realty

 

Top Luxury Tech/Tool 

Winner: Rechat 

Agent Image 

Concierge Auctions

Curaytor

Luxury Presence

Matterport 

 

Best Sales & Marketing Campaign for Luxury Home/Property

Winner: ‘The Farralone Estate,’ Los Angeles, CA by Craig Knizek and Blair Chang, The Agency

2160 Monterey Blvd, Hermosa Beach, CA, by Ed Kaminsky and Kaminsky Real Estate Group 

1370 S Ocean Blvd, Manalapan, FL, by Jack Elkins, William Raveis

‘La Dune,’ Gin Lane, Southampton, NY, by Concierge Auctions

 

Best Sales & Marketing Campaign for Luxury New Development

Winner: One High Line, Deborah Kern, Steve Gold, and team at Corcoran Sunshine

The Willow, New York, NY by Alex Lambert, Compass

111 West 57th Street, by Nikki Field, Sotheby’s International. 

 

Best City Sale

Winner: 391 N Carolwood Dr, Los Angeles, CA, by buyer’s agent Drew Fenton, Carolwood Estates, and seller’s agent Ben Bacal, Revel Real Estate, for $86M

1028 Ridgedale Dr., Beverly Hills, CA by Kurt Rappaport, Westside Estate Agency and Drew Fenton, Carolwood Estates, for $60M

973 5th Ave, New York, NY by Carrie Chiang, Corcoran Group, for $46M

2990 Broadway St San Francisco, CA by Stacey Caen and Joseph Lucier, Sotheby’s International Realty, for $26.5M 

150 Charles St. duplex, New York, NY by Jim St. Andre, Compass, and Peter Zaitzeff, SERHANT., for $60M

220 Central Park South full-floor condo, off-market sale, New York, NY, by Deborah Kern, Corcoran Group, for $82.5M

630 Nimes Rd, Los Angeles, CA, by buyer’s agents Drew Fenton, Carolwood Estates and Kurt Rappaort, Westside Estate Agency, and seller’s agents Stephen Resnick, Jonathan Nash, David Parnes and James Harris, Carolwood Estates, for $110M

Best Beach Sale

Winner: 4610 Makena Rd, Maui, Hawaii, by Concierge Auctions, for $20.16M

4445 Sabal Palm Rd, Miami, Florida by Stephanie Jourdan Pedron, Consultants Immobilier, for $85M 

88 La Gorce Circle, Miami, Florida by Nelson Gonzalez, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty, for $74.25M 

530 South Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida by Jack Rooney, Douglas Elliman, for $73M

1320 E Oceanfront, Newport Beach, CA, by Paige Charnick, Beach Equities, for $6.75M

Naples, FL three home sale, by Michael McCumber, Gulf Coast International Properties, for $220M 

 

Best Mountain Sale

Winner: ‘Sky Mesa,’ 1525 Star Mesa Dr., Aspen, CO, by Carrie Wells, Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate, for $59M

2965 Trails Edge, Steamboat Springs, CO, by Chris Paoli, The Agency, for $17.45M 

532 E Hopkins Ave, units A and B, Aspen, CO by Alexandra George, AG Aspen, for $39.5M

844 Roaring Fork Rd, Aspen, CO by Marian Lansburgh and Jennifer Engel, Compass, for $32M  

‘Casteel Creek,’ Edwards, CO, by Concierge Auctions, for $22.4M

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