Exciting news in Atlanta Residential Real Estate today! So proud to call this place home and our future is bright! While many agents are leaving the industry and brokerage offices are closing, we are growing and expanding our geographic reach! There is a difference at Engel & Völkers Atlanta and I made a decision to invest for the benefit of my clients and my business. Everyone deserves a luxury experience and a local expert combined with a true global reach. We are not affiliated with a global brand, we ARE the global brand! 'We wanted to grow:' Engel & Völkers Atlanta takes over two prime markets By Douglas Sams – Editor-in-chief, Atlanta Business Chronicle Engel & Völkers Atlanta, one of the fastest-growing residential brokerages in the city, is expanding its geographic reach into two prime housing markets. Christa Huffstickler, founder and CEO of Engel & Völkers Atlanta, told Atlanta Business Chronicle the brokerage is absorbing existing Engel & Volkers territories in Buckhead and North Fulton. It is also opening a new shop in Sandy Springs, where in recent years its client base has been shifting. Who's leading the markets: Huffstickler will take over the Buckhead market. Sam Morgan , director of sales for Engel & Völkers Atlanta, will become managing broker of the North Fulton office. Morgan has over two decades of experience in Atlanta real estate. The Sandy Springs shop will be led by top producers Matt LaMarsh, Christin Coffin and Kristen Skebe. The moves also follow Engel & Volkers Atlanta’s recent expansion to Blue Ridge, giving it a market reach across the mountains to North Carolina, Huffstickler said. Blue Ridge has been one of Georgia's hottest housing markets tracked by American City Business Journals, the company that owns the Chronicle. Scott Askew, an industry veteran and past president of the Atlanta Board of Realtors, is the qualifying broker over all offices. How it's growing Engel & Volkers Atlanta has been in expansion mode. Last year, it ranked No. 22 based on $644 million in gross residential sales volume out of its Atlanta territories, according to Chronicle market research. It ended the year with 140 sales agents, but that number has climbed to over 200 today, Huffstickler said. It has hired aggressively, including talent laid off in other industries, to build its support teams. Many of those new hires have joined in marketing and design, a strategy to support the sales agents and build the brand, said Huffstickler, who established the brokerage six years ago. Anthony Hitt, president and CEO of Engel & Völkers Americas, said Huffstickler has positioned the brokerage for growth across metro Atlanta. While home values soared in the wake of the pandemic, the market has cooled over the past year. Rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty were to blame. Even so, home values remain much higher than they were before the pandemic.
On the heels of our recent expansion to North Georgia, we could not be more thrilled to announce the expansion of Engel & Völkers Atlanta into three new markets - Sandy Springs, Buckhead, and North Fulton, with new office openings right around the corner. “At Engel & Völkers Atlanta, we have mastered the leverage of our global platform and brand that is synonymous with providing white glove real estate to discerning clientele, with localized expertise and a global network,” said Christa Huffstickler, Founder and CEO of Engel & Völkers Atlanta. “With an incredible on-the-ground team, we have continued to grow our original shop in South Buckhead and take advantage of new opportunities beyond our initial territory, to create a more consistent presence for such a prestigious and well-recognized brand in the Atlanta marketspace.” The Sandy Springs shop will be led by top-producing advisors Matt LaMarsh, Christin Coffin, REALTOR® and Kristen Skebe; and Samuel A. Morgan, Director of Sales for Engel & Völkers Atlanta, will assume the leadership role of Managing Broker at the North Fulton office. The North Fulton and Sandy Springs shops will officially open their doors before the start of September, and more information can be found at www.evatlanta.com. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!
Congratulations Matt and Team!