Latter & Blum

What Latter & Blum does

Latter & Blum is a privately held, family-owned residential real estate brokerage founded in 1916 and headquartered in New Orleans, United States. The firm operates as an independent brokerage serving residential buyers and sellers across Louisiana and Mississippi, with 1,001–5,000 employees supporting a multi-office regional network of real estate agents. Its go-to-market is a traditional agent-based brokerage model, in which licensed agents transact residential property on behalf of consumers, generating revenue through industry-standard brokerage commissions (specific rates are not publicly disclosed).

Latter & Blum's physical distribution is concentrated in two adjacent Gulf South states, and its digital presence is delivered through latter-blum.com, which is integrated with the Compass platform for listings, agent directories, and marketing technology. This Compass integration functions as a partnership rather than a disclosed franchise or acquisition relationship, and provides Latter & Blum with access to broader digital marketing infrastructure while preserving its independent brand and local market positioning.

The company's product portfolio is centered on residential brokerage services: connecting home buyers with listings, representing sellers, and facilitating property transactions. No proprietary technology products, AI-driven features, mobile applications, or data products are disclosed in available sources. Pricing follows standard industry brokerage commission models without public disclosure of rate cards. The firm competes within the independent brokerage segment, which collectively grew market share to 28.79% in 2025 per the RealTrends Verified Rankings, up from 26.98% the prior year.

Name

Latter & Blum

Website

https://latter-blum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Latter & Blum is a privately held, family-owned independent residential real estate brokerage founded in 1916, headquartered in New Orleans, serving home buyers and sellers across Louisiana and Mississippi through a multi-office agent network integrated with the Compass platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Seller Representation & Listing Services (BPAJAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Buyer Representation Services (BPAJAAAJ)

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Home buying services
• Home selling services
• Property listing services
• Independent real estate agent

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Latter & Blum is an independent residential real estate brokerage that connects home buyers and sellers in Louisiana and Mississippi through its agent network. Its listings and agent directory are accessible via the company website integrated into the Compass platform, which provides the digital infrastructure for property marketing and discovery.

Product overview

No product, technology, or service information for Latter & Blum was found in the provided source data. The sources contained information about Compass (a separate real estate company) and news articles unrelated to Latter & Blum's specific product offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Home Buying Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CompasscoreTechnology or IntegrationLatter & Blum operates as an independent real estate brokerage in Louisiana and Mississippi, with its website (latter-blum.com) integrated into the Compass platform. The Compass platform provides digital infrastructure, marketing technology, and market reach for Latter & Blum's listings and agent network. Latter & Blum's markets are listed under Compass's real estate market sitemap.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass: Compass is a national technology-driven residential brokerage and Latter & Blum's platform partner; both represent buyers and sellers in U.S. residential real estate, but Compass operates at vastly greater scale across many states including Louisiana and Mississippi.
• RE/MAX: RE/MAX is a global residential real estate franchise network with a similar agent-based brokerage model; it competes for agents, listings, and buyer-side transactions in the same U.S. residential brokerage category as Latter & Blum.
• Sotheby's International Realty: Sotheby's International Realty is a luxury-focused residential brokerage network; while positioned in a different price tier, it competes for the same buyer and seller clients and listings in Louisiana, Mississippi, and broader U.S. markets.
• Coldwell Banker: Coldwell Banker is a long-established national residential real estate brand with a franchised brokerage network; it competes directly with Latter & Blum in residential buyer and seller representation across overlapping U.S. markets.
• Keller Williams Realty: Keller Williams is the largest residential real estate franchise by agent count in the U.S., operating an agent-centric, market-center model comparable to Latter & Blum's independent brokerage network but at national scale with significantly broader geographic reach.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is a national residential real estate franchise network offering buyer and seller representation services comparable to Latter & Blum, with broader geographic reach and a powerful consumer brand.

Emerging players

• Redfin: Redfin is a technology-enabled residential brokerage offering buyer and seller representation with a different cost structure and consumer-direct model; it competes for share of mind in U.S. residential transactions and pressures traditional independent brokerages like Latter & Blum on pricing and service model.

Direct peers

• eXp Realty: eXp Realty is a cloud-based residential brokerage with an agent-centric, low-overhead model that increasingly attracts independent agents away from traditional independents like Latter & Blum; comparable as a residential brokerage serving U.S. buyers and sellers.
• Crye-Leike Real Estate Services: Crye-Leike is a large privately held residential brokerage operating across the Mid-South and Southeast U.S., with a comparable independent, multi-office model and similar agent-network economics to Latter & Blum.
• Howard Hanna Real Estate Services: Howard Hanna is a large, privately held regional residential brokerage headquartered in the Eastern U.S., with a similar mix of company-owned and independent offices; structurally and operationally comparable to Latter & Blum as a sizable independent regional broker.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LatterBlum
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Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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