Judy Green attends Sotheby’s International Realty® EMEA event in Rome

NAPLES, Fla. - May 12, 2015 - PRLog -- Judy Green, President and CEO of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty^®, recently joined the Sotheby’s International Realty senior management team and Sotheby’s auction house experts at a successful Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Affiliate conference held April 27-29 in Rome to coincide with the launch of Rome Sotheby’s International Realty. Eighty owners and senior business leaders represented 27 affiliated companies across 19 countries within the EMEA region. Green presented an update on luxury residential trends along Florida’s Gulf Coast and strategies designed to increase its global impact.

“I’m pleased by the opportunity to not only support our fellow Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates in the EMEA region,” Green said, “but also to share best practices, create new relationships, build upon our referral network and cultivate opportunities with ultra-high net worth customers who view our markets very favorably.”

Alan Friedman from the Financial Times gave the keynote speech on the subject of economic conditions within EMEA and the world, and its impact on property. The event was sponsored and attended by Four Communications, The Financial Times, HomeAdverts, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Mansion Global of The Wall Street Journal, Platinum Concierge, ImageSurge and Concierge Auctions.

With more than 24 offices along Florida’s Gulf Coast and in the Carolinas, Premier Sotheby’s International Realty achieved approximately $3.4 billion in 2014 closed sales volume, in more than 4,450 closed transactions at an average sale price of $798,000 – year-over-year increases of 21%, and 9%, respectively. Recently ranked number 31 in the annual REAL Trends 500 survey of the top U.S. residential sellers, the firm is one of the leading independently owned brokerages by production within the Sotheby’s International Realty network of approximately 760 offices in 60 countries and territories worldwide.

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s home office is located at 4001 Tamiami Trail North, Ste. 350, Naples, Fla.  For additional information, visit www.premiersothebysrealty.com.