Sotheby's Market Leaders
Global Luxury Real Estate Network
Sotheby’s International Realty’s top-producer network. Connected by a powerful brand. Amplified by an exclusive collaboration.
Luxury Real Estate’s Best and Brightest at Your Service
Market Leaders, an exclusive Sotheby’s International Realty group, is the first and only global agent association of its kind. Composed of the industry’s most prolific agents across the world’s most prestigious destinations, Market Leaders provides industry intelligence, thought leadership and strategic introductions for its clients. Leveraging insight, access and expertise on local, national and international platforms, the group offers a unified, forward-thinking resource in an industry traditionally dominated by independence.
Market Leaders represent distinguished clientele and world-class properties. We cross-market each other’s listings, convene on industry best practices, and share market intelligence. We provide proprietary marketing initiatives and greater exposure to top feeder markets and qualified buyers.
How Does the Sotheby’s Market Leaders Network Help Buyers and Sellers?
Sotheby’s Market Leaders is a collaborative network of top Sotheby’s International Realty advisors serving the most important luxury real estate markets in the U.S. and the world. For buyers and sellers, it means a single trusted local relationship, with the Laughlin Tanner Group in Sarasota, opens direct access to leading advisors in other major markets around the world.
How Does the Market Leaders Network Help Buyers and Sellers?
Luxury real estate deals increasingly cross city and country lines. A Sarasota seller’s ideal buyer might currently live in New York, London, or Aspen. A Market Leaders agent has a working relationship with colleagues in external markets, shortening the path between a listing and the right buyer.
How does this help buyers specifically?
Buyers relocating to Sarasota get a local agent who understands the lifestyle, neighborhoods and current inventory, while also benefiting from that agent’s relationships if they’re selling a home elsewhere first, or considering additional properties in other Sotheby’s Market Leaders markets.
How does this help sellers specifically?
Sellers get broader exposure without losing the benefit of a dedicated local agent. Instead of a listing only reaching local buyers, it can be introduced directly to qualified luxury agents and their clients in other key luxury markets.
Is this different from a typical real estate referral?
Yes. Referral networks are often loose and transactional. Sotheby’s Market Leaders is built on personal, ongoing working relationships between elite agents. This means faster introductions, more context passed along about the client, and a higher level of care throughout the process.
How do I work with the Laughlin Tanner Group through this network?
Contact the team directly to discuss your Sarasota luxury real estate goals — whether buying, selling or exploring opportunities in another Market Leaders market.
Global Portfolio Review
Designed for property owners who own properties in multiple locations, we are pleased to offer a Global Portfolio Review to our private clients. Prepared by members of Sotheby’s Market Leaders who are local experts in each property’s location, The Global Portfolio Review provides insightful guidance to inform real estate decisions on a local, national and international scale. This portfolio-wide advisory service provides real-time valuations with a combination of intimate local knowledge and expansive global insight.
To request your Global Portfolio Review, contact Andrew Tanner at 941.539.0998.
