Business media company Forbes has launched Forbes Global Properties, a curated luxury residential marketplace that connects buyers directly to the world’s finest homes and the agents who represent them. Established as an invitation-only consortium of leading real estate firms, the start-up will capitalize on Forbes’ audience of more than 140 million monthly global visitors.
Spearheaded by Jeff Hyland, co-founder and president of Hilton & Hyland, and industry veteran Bonnie Stone Sellers, former CEO of Christie’s International Real Estate, Forbes Global Properties is primarily broker-owned and -led. Forbes is also invested in the success of the initiative.
“Unlike other branded real estate groups, Forbes Global Properties is not merely a listing tool for agents — it offers direct and measurable access to potential high-net-worth buyers through Forbes’ worldwide media penetration,” Hyland said, who holds the record for two of most expensive listings sold in the United States.
Reserved for luxury properties, forbesglobalproperties.com showcases thousands of high-value homes available for sale around the world, including homes priced above USD$160 million. More than 200 homes are priced above $10 million, many accompanied by photography and insights that are available exclusively on the portal. Membership in the network is reserved for only the 100 most elite brokerage firms in select cities and second-home destinations across the globe. Members have exclusivity in their local markets.
Hyland and Sellers are joined by Forbes Global Properties CEO Alex Lange, who most recently served as the CEO of UpstreamRE. Representing the brokerages in the United States are John Pfeiffer, president and managing broker of Slifer Smith & Frampton, Vail Valley and Summit County, Colorado; Frederick Warburg Peters of Warburg Realty in New York City and Andrew E. Nelson, president and owner of Willis Allen Real Estate, San Diego, California. International brokerages are represented by Quentin Epiney, director of Comptoir Immobilier, Geneva, Switzerland; Ken Jacobs of Private Property Global in Sydney, Australia and José Ribes Bas, CEO of Rimontgó, Costa Blanca, Spain.
