2021 AWARDS: L.A.’s Top Real Estate Agents

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PHOTO: From upper left: Matt Altman of Douglas Elliman and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles; Jason Oppenheim and Chrishell Stause of The Oppenheim Group and Selling Sunset; Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency; and from left, Branden Williams, Angel Salvador and Rayni Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates MATT WINKELMEYER/GETTY IMAGES

Though L.A.’s highest-level real estate scene is notorious for its hyper-competitiveness and even a few long-running feuds, good feeling and camaraderie reigned at The Hollywood Reporter’s inaugural Power Broker Awards, presented by The Society Group. Held as a private event at Soho House in West Hollywood on Wednesday night, the honors were held in conjunction with the magazine’s 2021 list of Hollywood’s Top 30 Real Estate Agents, which honors top sellers in the greater L.A. area based on overall deal volume, MLS-listed sales to Hollywood clients and media visibility.

Many of the agents on this year’s list attended the boisterous cocktail party and dinner, where Selling Sunset’s Jason Oppenheim and Million Dollar Listing’s Matt Altman of Douglas Elliman engaged in some friendly back-and-forth ribbing.

“We love The Hollywood Reporter. We love the way they treat agents, and their lists are valid and important,” Altman said.

“But we don’t like how they list alphabetically,” Oppenheim interjected. “Because Matt Altman comes first every time!

Even Fredrik Eklund, star of Million Dollar Listing and one of the U.S. real estate industry’s most nationally known agents due to his TV presence, was a little starstruck by the sight of so many of L.A.’s power brokers all in one room. He moved to L.A. just two years ago.