In 2012 I sold a Tribeca loft to my client after we won a five-way multiple bid. Staying in touch as I do with most of my clients, I was surprised to hear in April that my client was transferring to California for work and needed to sell. With high transaction costs it was hard to predict the final outcome but 2013 has been a record-breaking year for large luxury homes in Tribeca and this unit was not an exception.

As a luxury real estate expert with an international upbringing, my view is global. Since 2006 I’ve attended and spoken at some of the top real estate seminars in California and thus know many of the southern California’s top brokers by name and have a clear sense of each of their knowledge base and area of expertise.

After connecting my client with one of my top West-LA brokers with a similar design aesthetic and film background as my clients, I flew to LA and we toured nine houses from Malibu to Silver Lake in one day, having prepped my West Coast broker with insight about my my clients’ aesthetic and needs. Last week, my clients moved to California super happy to move into their new Malibu home, which we toured together in May – Thrilling also because I negotiated an over-ask offer for their Manhattan loft sale in one day after helping them finalize staging it.

Today’s market calls for agents with local expertise and global real estate knowledge who empower their clients to move make successful and balanced real estate decisions quickly. I’m sad my clients left New York, but I can’t wait to visit them in Malibu and see the smiles on their children’s faces as they play in their new garden and breath in the fresh Pacific air. Need help moving between the West Coast and New York? I’d be happy to help.