{"id":766,"date":"2019-06-18T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/18\/sothebys-international-realty-expands-to-qatar\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:07:43","slug":"sothebys-international-realty-expands-to-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/18\/sothebys-international-realty-expands-to-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Expands to Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Expands to Qatar<\/h2>\n<h6><em>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Affiliates LLC has expanded its presence in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span> with the opening of Qatar Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Qatar Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty is owned by Alfardan Group, a leading premium lifestyle conglomerate renowned for delivering <a href=\"luxury-home-sets-sales-record-market\/\">luxury products<\/a> and services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Qatar<\/span>, and is led by general manager, <span class=\"xn-person\">Seran Gheorghe<\/span>, who has practiced real estate in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span> for the past 13 years. Gheorghe was a top-performing associate with Gulf Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty for the past six years and worked with Qatari clients to make this opening possible.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Qatar Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty is located in the capital city of <span class=\"xn-location\">Doha<\/span> and will serve the luxury residential real estate markets of Lusail, the island of Pearl and West Bay Lagoon. The company will also continue to support Qatari clients in their continuous interest for the best international assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">Qatar&#8217;s<\/span> high-income economy and global real estate interest is appealing to the Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> brand,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Philip White<\/span>, president and chief executive officer, Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty. &#8220;Seran and his team have a strong understanding of local and global luxury real estate and we are proud to have them as our affiliate in <span class=\"xn-location\">Qatar<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The real estate market in <span class=\"xn-location\">Qatar<\/span> offers high-quality, luxurious apartments, penthouses and beachfront villas,&#8221; said Gheorghe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From a global perspective, we are seeing interest from buyers in <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. We pride ourselves in offering the highest level of support and advice to our clients before, during and after the transaction. Aligning our company with the <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/i>brand will further provide our clients with unparalleled marketing, global reach and exposure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Qatar Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty is the second <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i>-branded&nbsp;company in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/eng\/sales\/qat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span><\/a>, along with Gulf Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty located in <span class=\"xn-location\">Dubai<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty<\/i> network currently has more than 22,700 affiliated independent sales associates located in nearly 1,000 offices in 72 countries and territories worldwide. In 2018, the brand achieved a record global sales volume of <span class=\"xn-money\">$112 billion<\/span>. 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