In a letter to the company’s more than 1,000 agents, CEO Bess Freedman and President Hall Willkie emphatically say the company is not for sale and accuse an unnamed brokerage of spreading rumors to support unethical recruitment tactics.
Source: Inman News
Brown Harris Stevens leaders deny possible sale — but rumors persist
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