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Douglas Elliman Inc

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What Do They Do?

Provides residential real estate brokerage and development marketing, plus mortgage and closing services for home buyers and sellers, developers, and lenders.

How Do They Make Money?

Brokerage commissions are earned when a home sale closes or a lease is signed; development-marketing commissions are earned as units sell. Property-management fees are billed and collected monthly, while title and escrow fees are earned when a sale or refinancing closes.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Commissions and other brokerage income
Sold outright

96%
FY2022: 95%
Property management
Recurring
3.1%
FY2022: 3.1%
Other ancillary services
Sold outright
1.1%
FY2022: 1.5%

Who Are Their Customers?

Home buyers and sellers are served through residential brokerage agents; developers hire the development-marketing team to sell and market new projects. Title services are sold to property buyers and mortgage lenders, and mortgage products are offered to clients through an alliance.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 1 cent of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025, but spent more cash than it brought in: free cash flow was −$17.2M.

Operating income, FY2025
4% of revenue
▲ Now profitable vs FY2024 (−$68.8M, −7%)
Net income, FY2025
1% of revenue
▲ Now profitable vs FY2024 (−$76.3M, −8%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
−2% of revenue
▼ −45% (Loss) vs FY2024 (−$31.5M, −3%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +4%
vs $271.4M in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▼ −88% (Loss)
vs −$22.7M in Q2 FY2025
Commissions and other brokerage income share of revenue vs 95.1% in Q2 FY2025
  • Apr 10, 2026 Douglas Elliman changed its independent auditor It dismissed Deloitte and appointed EisnerAmper as its auditor.

Shrinking. Revenue fell 24% in 4 years, from $1.4B in FY2021 to $1B in FY2025, about 7% a year.

Property management sale The earlier report describes management of cooperative, condominium and rental apartment buildings; the latest says Douglas Elliman sold that business.

Revenue over time
Commissions and other brokerage income Property management Other ancillary services
$2B$1B$0

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