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

zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York surface across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, with 36.26% observed presence as breadth context.

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Market
Luxury Real Estate Advisory
Location
New York
Observed period
Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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 open ground — five names, no settled hierarchy, every position contested.”

Quick answer

The top-5 panel spans a 13.43 percentage-point spread from top to bottom.

Key reading

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

The New York luxury real estate organic surface shows a distributed competitive structure across this 7-run window: no single name commands a runaway position, and visibility scores decline progressively from top to bottom of the panel. zillow.com most often holds the top organic position, recording 36.26% observed presence, yet reddit.com — a general-purpose platform — shows the widest breadth at 43.75% observed presence without holding the top position as frequently. Sotheby's International Realty sits at 18.27%, the narrowest breadth among the five, while Facebook and streeteasy.com occupy the middle ground at 35.58% and 22.84% respectively. The 13.43 percentage-point spread between the top and bottom of the panel underscores a surface that is contested rather than concentrated.

Core metric

Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

Observed metric

Organic presence — top 5

Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026104 queries per run7 comparable runs
Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · Organic search · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankOrganic coveragePresence
zillow.com#136.26% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
Sotheby's International Realty#218.27% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
reddit.com#343.75% of queriesseen 6 of 7 runs
Facebook#435.58% of queriesseen 6 of 7 runs
streeteasy.com#522.84% 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 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 September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by how often each holds the top organic position; observed presence is shown as breadth context. Per-actor values are the mean across the comparable runs where the actor is present. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The source run covers 104 observed queries.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 · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

zillow.com

zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on this market across the 7-run window, appearing in 7 of 7 comparable runs. Its 36.26% observed presence places it below reddit.com on breadth alone — a reminder that the ranking axis and breadth context measure different dimensions of organic visibility.

Sotheby's International Realty

Sotheby's International Realty holds an observed organic position on this market with 18.27% observed presence, the narrowest breadth in the panel. It appeared in 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it one of only two actors present across every run in the window.

reddit.com

reddit.com is a general-purpose platform rather than a specialist operator, yet it records the highest breadth on this surface at 43.75% observed presence. It appeared in 6 of 7 comparable runs — the widest query footprint in the panel despite missing one run in the window.

Facebook

Facebook occupies an observed organic position on this market with 35.58% observed presence, appearing in 6 of 7 comparable runs. Its breadth sits close to zillow.com's 36.26%, placing both within a narrow band at the upper end of the panel.

streeteasy.com

streeteasy.com holds the bottom position in this top-5 panel with 22.84% observed presence. It appeared in 4 of 7 comparable runs — the lowest presence frequency among the five, suggesting a less consistent organic footprint across the window.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

The panel mixes two general-purpose platforms — reddit

The panel mixes two general-purpose platforms — reddit.com and Facebook — with three focused sources. Neither cluster overwhelms the other: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 2 combined, but no single actor separates decisively. Breadth and top-position frequency diverge visibly: the actor with the widest query footprint does not hold the top position most often, and the actor with the narrowest breadth appeared in every run. The surface is distributed, not concentrated, and the 13.43 percentage-point spread from top to bottom leaves the hierarchy open.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

zillow.com holds the top organic position most often, yet reddit.com — a user-generated discussion platform — covers more queries by breadth. This split between positional authority and breadth reach is the defining structural feature of this surface across the 7-run window: the rank-1 actor is not the most broadly visible, and the most broadly visible actor is not a specialist source.

Market implication

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

The distributed structure observed across this 7-run window signals that no single name has locked in organic authority on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York surface. For any operator monitoring this market, the observation reframes the competitive picture: visibility is shared across platforms and focused sources alike, and the gap between the top organic position holder and the rest of the panel is narrow enough that the hierarchy could shift with modest changes in query-level performance.

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Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York
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Organic search · Google · Desktop
Observed:
Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Published:
October 5, 2026

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

Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-organic-ranking-september-28-to-october-4-2026
Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 (2026-09-28/2026-10-04)
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zillow.com most often holds the top organic position on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York surface across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, with 36.26% observed presence as breadth context.

Key facts:
• zillow.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 36% of queries
• Sotheby's International Realty: seen 7 of 7 runs · 18% of queries
• reddit.com: seen 6 of 7 runs · 44% of queries

Published table — Organic presence — top 5 (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Observed
1. zillow.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 36.26% of queries — #1
2. Sotheby's International Realty — seen 7 of 7 runs · 18.27% of queries — #2
3. reddit.com — seen 6 of 7 runs · 43.75% of queries — #3
4. Facebook — seen 6 of 7 runs · 35.58% of queries — #4
5. streeteasy.com — seen 4 of 7 runs · 22.84% 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 September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by how often each holds the top organic position; observed presence is shown as breadth context. Per-actor values are the mean across the comparable runs where the actor is present. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The source run covers 104 observed queries.

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 · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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 (October 5, 2026), Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-organic-ranking-september-28-to-october-4-2026

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— The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Google · Desktop · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

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FAQ

What does observed presence mean on this card?
It measures how broadly an actor appears across the observed queries — the percentage of total query observations on which the actor was seen in organic results. It is breadth context, not the ranking axis.
Why does reddit.com show higher observed presence than zillow.com but rank lower?
The panel is ranked by how often each actor holds the top organic position, not by breadth of presence. reddit.com appears on more queries overall (43.75%) but holds the number-one organic spot less frequently than zillow.com (36.26%). The two metrics capture different dimensions of organic visibility.
Does this card prove a long-term trend or business-market ownership?
No. This is a period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs from September 28 – October 4, 2026. It does not measure business revenue, transaction volume, or multi-month trajectory. It records who appeared — and who held the top organic position — on Google desktop during this window.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Organic search · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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 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 September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by how often each holds the top organic position; observed presence is shown as breadth context. Per-actor values are the mean across the comparable runs where the actor is present. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The source run covers 104 observed queries.

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, September 28 – October 4, 2026. 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 2026-10-05 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791264968070_ssh6c6

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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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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