Seven Gables Real Estate

What Seven Gables Real Estate does

Seven Gables Real Estate (legal entity: House of Seven Gables Real Estate Inc.) is a privately held, full-service residential real estate brokerage founded in 1976 and headquartered in Tustin, California, with additional office presence in Huntington Beach. The firm operates across Southern California — primarily Orange County and Los Angeles County — serving individual home buyers and sellers in both mid-market and luxury segments, with a heavy concentration in high-value coastal communities such as Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Irvine, Huntington Beach, and Pasadena, and select Coachella Valley luxury markets. The founder, Mike Hickman, remains CEO and was inducted into the RISMedia 2026 Real Estate Hall of Fame.

The product portfolio centers on buy-side and sell-side representation through a network of approximately 20+ dedicated real estate advisors, supplemented by a stack of adjacent services: the SG Refresh Program (pre-sale preparation and staging), SG Certified (property certification), SGRE Commercial (commercial real estate), Relocation Services, Home Warranty (via a Farmers Insurance partnership), Financing Solutions, Marketing & Branding Services, and Seven Gables Magazine as a thought-leadership asset. Luxury listings are additionally syndicated internationally through JamesEdition. The underlying technology stack is a Union Street Media-built brokerage website with property search, agent directory, and listing management, integrated with Google Analytics, reCAPTCHA, third-party CRMs, the Fluency digital advertising platform, and Claude AI used internally for debugging and reporting.

Revenue is generated almost exclusively through transaction commissions on residential buy-side and sell-side representation, with commercial brokerage and ancillary service fees as secondary streams. Distribution is primarily direct via the firm's advisor network, supported by content marketing (blog, magazine), organic social, and the Zillow Preview partnership announced in April 2026, which extends pre-MLS listing visibility to Zillow and Trulia's 235 million average monthly unique visitors. Customer concentration is low at the individual household level, though revenue is materially exposed to Southern California housing turnover and luxury price levels.

Name

Seven Gables Real Estate

Legal name

House of Seven Gables Real Estate Inc.

Website

https://sevengables.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Seven Gables Real Estate is a privately held, full-service residential real estate brokerage founded in 1976, serving home buyers and sellers across Southern California (Orange County, Los Angeles County, and select luxury markets) through a network of dedicated advisors plus luxury, commercial, relocation, and home-warranty services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Residential Brokerage (Existing Homes) (BPAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury & High-End Residential Brokerage (BPAJAAAC), Buyer Representation Services (BPAJAAAJ), Tenant Representation & Corporate Services Brokerage (BPAJABAJ)

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Luxury home listings
• Commercial property services
• Real estate advisory
• Relocation assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Tustin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Commissions: Traditional real estate brokerage earning commissions on residential property buy-side and sell-side transactions. Agents represent clients in buying and selling homes, with the company operating as the broker of record.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Seven Gables Real Estate is a residential and commercial real estate brokerage serving Southern California since 1976. The company provides buy-side and sell-side representation through a network of professional real estate advisors, complemented by luxury listings, commercial real estate services, home preparation programs, property certification, relocation assistance, home warranty, and financing guidance. Revenue is earned through negotiated commissions on property transactions.

Product overview

Seven Gables Real Estate operates as a full-service residential real estate brokerage serving Southern California since 1976. The company's product portfolio centers on its core residential brokerage services (buy-side and sell-side representation) supplemented by a luxury division with dedicated search and JamesEdition international listing integration. Add-on services include the SG Refresh Program (home preparation), SGRE Commercial (commercial real estate), SG Certified (property certification), Relocation Services, and Home Warranty (via Farmers Insurance partnership). Additional offerings encompass Marketing & Branding Services and Financing Solutions. The company also publishes Seven Gables Magazine as a thought leadership and marketing vehicle. The platform is built on Union Street Media's website infrastructure with approximately 20+ agent advisors serving communities across Orange County and Los Angeles County.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SGRE Commercial: Commercial real estate services division
• SG Certified
• SG Refresh Program
• SG Flavour

Products and services

• Residential Real Estate Brokerage Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ZillowcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 April 2026Seven Gables Real Estate partnered with Zillow to launch Zillow Preview, an innovative pre-market listing solution. The partnership brings early demand generation, increased exposure, and a strategic path to market for the company's agents and clients. Zillow Preview allows pre-market listings to be publicly visible before MLS activation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass: National technology-focused residential brokerage with significant Southern California presence. Comparable in providing full-service buy/sell representation with luxury emphasis, though materially larger and tech-investment-heavy, positioning it as a broad incumbent competitor in the same SoCal markets.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices: National residential brokerage franchise system with substantial California operations. Directly comparable in full-service residential representation, luxury market coverage, and brand-driven seller acquisition, and competes for the same high-value SoCal agents.
• Douglas Elliman: Large residential brokerage with established West Coast expansion including Southern California. Comparable in luxury segment emphasis and full-service representation, though broader in geographic scope and recent SoCal push.
• Coldwell Banker: Established national residential brokerage brand with a large agent network and strong SoCal franchise footprint. Overlaps directly in residential buy/sell representation and luxury segments, serving as a broad incumbent benchmark for share and commission positioning.

Direct peers

• Vista Sotheby's International Realty: Southern California-based residential brokerage under the Sotheby's brand with strong presence in coastal Los Angeles and South Bay submarkets. Directly comparable in residential brokerage model, luxury specialization, and SoCal regional focus.
• The Oppenheim Group: Luxury-focused residential brokerage concentrated in Los Angeles and Southern California. Closely comparable in luxury segment focus, high-end listing marketing, and celebrity/brand-driven positioning, with similar buyer and seller profiles in the same SoCal submarkets.
• Pacific Sotheby's International Realty: Luxury-leaning residential brokerage with a strong San Diego and Southern California footprint under the Sotheby's brand. Highly comparable in luxury listing specialization, SoCal geography, and full-service residential representation, competing for the same high-net-worth sellers.

Emerging players

• eXp Realty: Cloud-based, agent-centric residential brokerage with substantial California agent count. Comparable as a residential brokerage competitor attracting SoCal agents with lower-cost structure, representing an alternative model that competes for the same producer talent pool.
• HomeSmart: Tech-enabled, commission-discount residential brokerage with significant national scale and growing SoCal presence. Comparable in operating a real estate brokerage model in the same geographies, but competes on lower commission economics, representing a structural threat to traditional full-service pricing.

Regional players

• Surterre Properties: Southern California luxury residential brokerage headquartered in Orange County, with strong Newport Beach and coastal presence. Closely comparable in luxury specialization, SoCal geography, mid-sized agent network, and full-service residential representation in overlapping submarkets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sevengablesrealestate
• Facebookfacebook.com/sevengablesrealestate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seven-gables-real-estate
• Instagraminstagram.com/sevengablesrealestate
• Xx.com/7grealestate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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