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

Across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel of 5 actors, with 39.17% observed presence as breadth context.

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Market
Luxury Real Estate Advisory
Location
New York
Observed period
October 5–11, 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 contest between platforms and a single brokerage — with no actor holding unchallenged ground.”

Quick answer

Across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel of 5 actors, with 39.17% observed presence as breadth context.

Key reading

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · October 5–11, 2026

zillow.com holds the top visibility position on this panel across the 7-run window, recording 39.17% observed presence — ahead of Sotheby's International Realty at 22.10%. reddit.com, a discussion platform, sits close behind zillow.com with 36.92% observed presence, making the gap between the two narrower than the gap between either and the rest of the panel. yelp.com records 21.35% observed presence and appeared in 6 of 7 comparable runs, while YouTube records 46.91% observed presence but appeared in only 4 of 7 comparable runs — a wide breadth figure carried by fewer observations. The surface is contested: no single actor commands the panel, and the mix of platforms alongside a brokerage name signals a fragmented organic landscape for this market.

Core metric

Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · October 5–11, 2026

Observed metric

Organic presence — top 5

October 5–11, 2026104 queries per run7 comparable runs
Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · October 5–11, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · Organic search · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankOrganic coveragePresence
zillow.com#139.17% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
Sotheby's International Realty#222.10% of queriesseen 6 of 7 runs
reddit.com#336.92% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
yelp.com#421.35% of queriesseen 6 of 7 runs
YouTube#546.91% of queriesseen 4 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 examines Google's organic search results for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 5–11, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 104 observed queries, applying the relevant ranking eligibility rules.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 · October 5–11, 2026

zillow.com

zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on this surface across the 7-run window and appeared in 7 of 7 comparable runs. Its 39.17% observed presence reflects consistent breadth across the governed market panel.

Sotheby's International Realty

Sotheby's International Realty records 22.10% observed presence and appeared in 6 of 7 comparable runs. It is the only brokerage-affiliated domain in this top-5 panel, occupying a position on the organic surface alongside platforms.

reddit.com

reddit.com, a discussion platform, records 36.92% observed presence and appeared in 7 of 7 comparable runs. Its breadth figure nearly matches zillow.com, a notable signal for a user-generated platform on a luxury real estate surface.

yelp.com

yelp.com records 21.35% observed presence and appeared in 6 of 7 comparable runs. Its breadth sits close to Sotheby's International Realty, placing it in the same visibility band on this surface.

YouTube

YouTube records 46.91% observed presence — the highest breadth figure on the panel — but appeared in only 4 of 7 comparable runs. When present, it covers a wide portion of the panel; its intermittent appearance makes it a periodic rather than constant surface actor.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · October 5–11, 2026

The panel is shaped by platforms

The panel is shaped by platforms. Three of the five actors — reddit.com, yelp.com, and YouTube — are general-purpose or discussion platforms rather than specialist domains. Only one brokerage-affiliated name, Sotheby's International Realty, appears. The surface is contested across the full panel: no single actor holds unchallenged organic authority on this observed surface across the 7-run window. Breadth and ranking axis diverge visibly — YouTube's high observed presence coexists with intermittent appearance, while zillow.com's lower breadth figure is paired with the most frequent top-position finishes.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · October 5–11, 2026

zillow.com holds the top organic position most often, yet its observed presence is not the highest on the panel — YouTube records a wider breadth figure on the runs where it appears. This divergence between ranking axis and breadth metric is the structural signature of this surface: frequency of top placement and sheer coverage tell different stories.

Market implication

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · October 5–11, 2026

The organic surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York is spread thin beyond the top positions. The field is fragmented, with platforms filling slots that might otherwise belong to specialist operators. For anyone monitoring organic visibility on this market, the observation signals that platform presence is a structural feature of the surface, not an anomaly — and that no single actor has consolidated organic authority across the 7-run window.

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Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York
Surface:
Organic search · Google · Desktop
Observed:
October 5–11, 2026
Published:
October 12, 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: October 5–11, 2026 (2026-10-05/2026-10-11)
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Across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel of 5 actors, with 39.17% observed presence as breadth context.

Key facts:
• zillow.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 39% of queries
• Sotheby's International Realty: seen 6 of 7 runs · 22% of queries
• reddit.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 37% of queries

Published table — Organic presence — top 5 (October 5–11, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Observed
1. zillow.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 39.17% of queries — #1
2. Sotheby's International Realty — seen 6 of 7 runs · 22.10% of queries — #2
3. reddit.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 36.92% of queries — #3
4. yelp.com — seen 6 of 7 runs · 21.35% of queries — #4
5. YouTube — seen 4 of 7 runs · 46.91% of queries — #5

Reading basis: This card examines Google's organic search results for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 5–11, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 104 observed queries, applying the relevant ranking eligibility rules.

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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

— The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Google · Desktop · October 5–11, 2026
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Cite: According to The Observatory (October 12, 2026), Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-organic-ranking-october-5-11-2026

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FAQ

What does 'observed presence (seen on % of queries)' measure?
It measures how broadly an actor appears across the governed market panel — the percentage of queries on which the actor was seen in organic results, averaged across the comparable runs where the actor was present. A higher percentage means the actor appeared more often across the observed queries. It is breadth context, not the ranking axis.
Why does YouTube show the highest observed presence but rank below zillow.com?
The panel is ranked by how often each actor holds the top organic position, not by observed presence. YouTube appeared in 4 of 7 comparable runs and recorded 46.91% observed presence on those runs, but zillow.com most often held the number-one organic spot across all 7 runs.
Does this card prove who leads the New York luxury real estate market?
No. This card observes organic search visibility on Google desktop across a 7-run window. It does not measure business-market ownership, transaction volume, or any dimension beyond the observed organic surface.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · October 5–11, 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

Method & source

This card examines Google's organic search results for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 5–11, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 104 observed queries, applying the relevant ranking eligibility rules.

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, October 5–11, 2026. No multi-month aggregation. No business-market ownership claim. Organic evidence available on 7 of 7 runs.

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 2026-10-12 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791738408871_xfi7mf

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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Method & Source

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

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