Litchfield County, Conn. – March 1, 2018 – William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty announced today that Ira Goldspiel was the company’s top producing agent in sales volume among the firm’s four Litchfield Hills, Conn., brokerages in 2017 for the sixth consecutive year, and was additionally ranked second in sales volume and third in unit sales company-wide during this time frame.
Goldspiel’s record-setting year comes on the heels of the company’s announcement that the firm was involved in the highest residential sales of 2017 in eight towns throughout Litchfield County, and additionally that the firm is currently No. 1 in dollar volume, sold units and in sales over $1 million in the region. Goldspiel had a record $50 million in sales this past year, an increase of 66 percent from the previous year.
“Ira has consistently been an invaluable member of our Litchfield Hills team,” said Kristine Newell, manager of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty’s Litchfield County brokerages. “His wealth of knowledge on this area of the state is not only an asset to the firm, but also the clients we serve. I would like to thank Ira for his years of incredible service, and congratulate him on his significant achievements. We are humbled and lucky to have him on our team.”
After a successful career in New York City fashion and retail, Goldspiel made Litchfield County, Conn., his home in 2002 and has since formed the real estate team The Goldspiel Group with his partner, Howard Schissler. Schissler has since grown in his role as a buyer specialist and was bestowed with a bronze award from the company for his 2017 production. Steve Pener was also named a partner in the group in 2017, where his contributions in technology earned him the firm’s gold award.
Notably, Goldspiel participated in a trio of record sales for Litchfield County in 2017. The year kicked off in grand fashion with the highest sale in Kent at 33 Ore Hill Road. Goldspiel and Schissler handled both sides of the sale, which closed at $3,050,000. Goldspiel also represented the buyer of the highest sale in Cornwall at $4,200,000, a five-bedroom home at 56 Whitcomb Hill Road. In April 2017, Goldspiel and Schissler listed and sold the 100-acre Salisbury, Conn., estate of nuclear arms control activist Herbert Scoville Jr., the highest sale in Salisbury in ten years, and the highest sale in the county in 2017. The French Norman-style manor hit the market for the first time ever in 2016 after remaining in the same family for over 150 years and sold for $5,840,000.
This year, The Goldspiel Group has already gotten off to a fast start. Goldspiel’s listing at 200 Kenmont Road, a grand lakeside estate on over 100 acres last offered at $5,150,000, has just gone into contract. After closing, the sale of this home will represent the highest in Litchfield County so far in 2018.
About William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty
Founded in 1949, William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty manages a $3.9-billion portfolio with more than 1,000 sales associates in 28 brokerages spanning Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Westchester County, New York. William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty is the largest Sotheby’s International Realty(R) affiliate globally and the 28th-largest real estate company by sales volume in the United States. A full-service real estate firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty provides ancillary services including commercial services through its affiliation with Building and Land Technology, a second-generation development company based in Stamford, Connecticut; William Pitt Insurance Services; and an award-winning global relocation division. For more information, visit the website at williampitt.com.
Sotheby’s International Realty’s worldwide network includes approximately 19,000 sales associates located in approximately 850 offices throughout 65 countries and territories.
William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty Contact:
Kristine Newell
Regional Brokerage Manager
860.459.7797