COAST | eXp Luxury

The brokerage behind the record

"Brokered by eXp Realty" is not fine print. It is a global agent network, a luxury marketing program, and the reason a listing on Hilton Head Island, SC can reach a buyer who has never seen a Lowcountry sunset. Here is what it means for you.

The verdict

A luxury listing on Hilton Head Island, SC competes for buyers who live somewhere else. eXp Realty — one of the world's largest residential brokerages, with 80,000+ agents in around 30 countries — turns that problem into COAST's structural advantage: a live referral network in every market your buyer is coming from.

COAST brokered by eXp Realty closed the highest-priced residential sale on Hilton Head Island in 2025 — $12.5M at 15 Bald Eagle, Sea Pines, by its own agents. That is not a coincidence of branding. It is what happens when the #1 eXp Mega Icon Team in South Carolina plugs into one of the industry's widest networks.

The network

What eXp Realty's scale does for your sale

Reach where the buyers live

Northeast, Midwest, Southeast metros, international — the markets Lowcountry luxury buyers actually come from are markets where eXp agents work every day. Your listing travels through people, not just portals.

A referral network, not a franchise map

eXp operates as one brokerage, not thousands of franchises. When a COAST listing fits a buyer profile in Greenwich or Chicago, the introduction is a colleague, not a cold call.

Global syndication, properly fed

Listing exposure across the major international and luxury search portals — with the photography, film, and structured data COAST produces for every listing feeding it at full quality.

An agent model that attracts talent

eXp's agent-first economics drew 150+ agents to eXp through COAST's network alone. Stronger agents in the network means stronger representation on both sides of your transaction.

The program

eXp Luxury, applied by COAST

eXp Luxury is the brokerage's dedicated luxury division: elevated marketing standards, a specialized network of luxury practitioners, and global exposure for qualifying properties. COAST operates within it — and the team's work has been featured by eXp Luxury itself.

The division sets the floor. COAST's own standard — the dedicated property sites, cinematic film, targeted distribution, and published market intelligence — is the ceiling. See what every COAST listing receives →

The placements

Where a qualifying listing travels

Qualifying eXp Luxury listings are presented across the publications affluent buyers already read — placements COAST has secured for its own listings, not a hypothetical. That reach spans eXp's global network of 80,000+ agents in around 30 countries, layered on top of COAST's own Hilton Head marketing engine (dedicated listing pages, cinematic media, and AI-era search visibility).

The Wall Street Journal

42.4M digital readers a month — the #1 paid-circulation publication, with the highest concentration of executive-management readership.

Barron's

99% of readers report making a decision based on content read on Barron's.

Robb Report

$2.75M average household net worth — the highest household income of any surveyed publication (2026 IPSOS Affluent Survey).

Mansion Global

2.3M monthly unique users — half of them actively planning to build or buy a home.

MarketWatch

40M+ monthly unique users under the Dow Jones masthead — 78% use it for personal investment decisions.

JamesEdition

The global luxury marketplace — 200,000+ listings across 120 countries.

Audience figures are reported by each publication. Earned-media outcomes are not guaranteed.

The standing

COAST within eXp

$958MCOAST eXp network — sales volume (since 2022)
1334network transactions
$326M2025 sales volume · 426 transactions (Real Trends–verified)
70+COAST team agents
#1 eXp Mega Icon Team in South Carolina#3 Mega Icon Team in South Carolina

Questions, answered

eXp & eXp Luxury, plainly

What is eXp Luxury?
eXp Luxury is eXp Realty's dedicated luxury division — elevated marketing standards, a specialized network of luxury practitioners, and global exposure for qualifying properties. COAST operates as part of eXp Luxury, and the team's work has been featured by eXp Luxury.
What does "brokered by eXp Realty" mean?
COAST is an independent team whose licenses hang with eXp Realty, one of the world's largest residential brokerages, with 80,000+ agents in around 30 countries. The team is local; the network behind it is global.
Why does the brokerage matter when selling a luxury home?
Because your buyer probably does not live here. Luxury buyers on Hilton Head Island, SC overwhelmingly arrive from other markets, and a brokerage with agents in every major U.S. metro is a live referral network — agents who know a buyer looking for exactly what you are selling.
Is COAST part of eXp Realty?
Yes. COAST Brokered by eXp Realty was founded in 2022 by Tristan O'Grady and Rick Saba and is the #1 eXp Mega Icon Team in South Carolina (Real Trends–verified), operating offices on Hilton Head Island and Bluffton.
How has eXp performed at the top of Hilton Head's market?
COAST brokered by eXp Realty closed the highest-priced residential sale on Hilton Head Island in 2025 — $12.5M at 15 Bald Eagle, Sea Pines, by its own agents.

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