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Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?

Across the 7-run window from August 17–23, 2026, zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel, with 42.72% observed presence as breadth context.

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Market
Luxury Real Estate Advisory
Location
New York
Observed period
August 17–23, 2026
Run type
Period run · 7 comparable runs
Queries
104 queries per run
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
United States
Reading
Ranking Top 5 · Organic search
“New York's luxury real estate organic surface is a top-heavy contest — and a discussion platform holds the second seat.”

Quick answer

reddit.com sits directly behind at 38.32%, making a general-purpose platform the closest contender in this top-5 panel.

Key reading

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026

zillow.com holds the top visibility position across the 7-run window, appearing in 7 of 7 comparable runs with 42.72% observed presence as breadth context. The panel shows a distributed structure below the lead: reddit.com records 38.32% and Sotheby's International Realty records 25.55%, both present in 7 of 7 comparable runs. The spread between the top and bottom of the panel is 28.94 percentage points — zillow.com at 42.72% versus hauseit.com at 13.78%. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined, concentrating organic visibility at the top of the surface across this observation period.

Core metric

Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026

Observed metric

Organic presence — top 5

August 17–23, 2026104 queries per run7 comparable runs
Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · August 17–23, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · Organic search · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankOrganic coveragePresence
zillow.com#142.72% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
reddit.com#238.32% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
Sotheby's International Realty#325.55% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
elliman.com#416.83% of queriesseen 6 of 7 runs
hauseit.com#513.78% of queriesseen 3 of 7 runs
How to read this tableThese three measures describe different aspects of visibility on Google. Each should be read separately.Rank — The actor's position based on the number of times it held Google's first organic result on days when it qualified for the daily Top 5.Organic coverage — The average percentage of observed queries on which the actor appeared among Google's first ten organic results on those same days.Presence — The number of observed days on which the actor qualified for the daily Top 5.For a full explanation of how these rankings are calculated, see Method & Standards.Reading basis. This card observes the organic surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The top-5 panel was aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. Per-actor observed presence is the mean across runs where the actor was present. The panel is ranked by top organic position. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.Read with how readings are scoped and run metadata · what this card does not claim.Produced using AI and automated checks. See methodology.

How the actors read on the surface

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026

zillow.com

zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on this observed surface, appearing in 7 of 7 comparable runs with 42.72% observed presence. Its consistency across every run in the window anchors the top of this panel with a clear margin over the rest.

reddit.com

A discussion platform in the second position is the non-obvious read on this surface. reddit.com records 38.32% observed presence across 7 of 7 comparable runs — a general-purpose platform sustaining organic visibility on a luxury real estate market throughout the window.

Sotheby's International Realty

Sotheby's International Realty holds 25.55% observed presence across 7 of 7 comparable runs. It occupies a consistent third-tier position on this organic surface, present in every run but separated from the top two by a visible gap in breadth.

elliman.com

elliman.com records 16.83% observed presence and appeared in 6 of 7 comparable runs. Its single absent run distinguishes it from the three actors above, which were present across the entire window.

hauseit.com

hauseit.com sits at the bottom of this top-5 panel with 13.78% observed presence, appearing in only 3 of 7 comparable runs. Its intermittent presence across the window marks it as the least consistent actor on this surface.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026

The panel is top-heavy

The panel is top-heavy: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 2 combined, and the 28.94 percentage-point spread from top to bottom confirms a graduated tail. Presence frequency reinforces the shape — the top three actors appeared in every run, elliman.com missed one, and hauseit.com appeared in only 3 of 7 comparable runs. The mix of focused sources and a general-purpose platform at positions one and two gives this surface an unusual texture for a luxury real estate market.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026

zillow.com holds the top organic position, yet the actor directly behind it is reddit.com — a discussion platform, not a competing focused source. This means the organic surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York is shaped as much by user-generated discussion threads as by dedicated property-listing domains across this 7-run window.

Market implication

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026

The sustained presence of a discussion platform in the second organic position across the window signals that Google's organic surface for this market is not exclusively shaped by specialist domains. Operators monitoring their organic visibility on Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York should note that the panel below the top two shows a graduated drop — Sotheby's International Realty at 25.55%, elliman.com at 16.83%, hauseit.com at 13.78% — with consistency of appearance varying sharply between the top three and the bottom two.

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Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York
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Organic search · Google · Desktop
Observed:
August 17–23, 2026
Published:
August 24, 2026

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Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?

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Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: August 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17/2026-08-23)
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Across the 7-run window from August 17–23, 2026, zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel, with 42.72% observed presence as breadth context.

Key facts:
• zillow.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 43% of queries
• reddit.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 38% of queries
• Sotheby's International Realty: seen 7 of 7 runs · 26% of queries

Published table — Organic presence — top 5 (August 17–23, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Observed
1. zillow.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 42.72% of queries — #1
2. reddit.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 38.32% of queries — #2
3. Sotheby's International Realty — seen 7 of 7 runs · 25.55% of queries — #3
4. elliman.com — seen 6 of 7 runs · 16.83% of queries — #4
5. hauseit.com — seen 3 of 7 runs · 13.78% of queries — #5

Reading basis: This card observes the organic surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The top-5 panel was aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. Per-actor observed presence is the mean across runs where the actor was present. The panel is ranked by top organic position. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.

Limitations and non-claims:
— Observes the observed organic surface only; within a defined scope and window.
— A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
— Scoped to Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

— The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026
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Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims.
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Cite: According to The Observatory (August 24, 2026), Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-organic-ranking-august-17-23-2026

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— The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026

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FAQ

What does 'observed presence' measure on this card?
It measures how broadly each actor appeared across the observed queries in each run, expressed as a mean percentage aggregated across the runs where the actor was present. A higher percentage means the actor appeared more frequently across the observed queries.
How is the panel ranked?
The panel is ranked by top organic position — how often each actor holds the number-one organic spot across the observed queries. Observed presence is shown as breadth context but is not the ranking axis.
Does this card prove a long-term trend or business-market ownership?
No. This card observes a 7-run observation period from August 17–23, 2026. It does not claim multi-month trajectory, and organic surface visibility does not equate to business-market ownership or revenue share.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · August 17–23, 2026 · what this card does not claim

  • Observes the observed organic surface only; within a defined scope and window.
  • A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
  • Scoped to Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

Method & source

This card observes the organic surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The top-5 panel was aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. Per-actor observed presence is the mean across runs where the actor was present. The panel is ranked by top organic position. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.

The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.

Source protocol · How readings are scoped · Run metadata · Corrections

Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period. Organic evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. No multi-month aggregation. No business-market ownership claim.

A capture from AAI Kernel’s governed intelligence — published by The Observatory. One reading of many; the publication date is distinct from the observed window shown above.Published 2026-08-24 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787506011777_z6r27i

Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims.

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The Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York room places this Organic Ranking — Top 5 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.

For the same observation window, August 17–23, 2026, Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York is also read in the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis. A further AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 table for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York provides additional context; it records October 5–11, 2026. A further AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York provides additional context; it records Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026.

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