{
  "id": 19484591,
  "title": "Meet the 2026 rising stars of real estate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/meet-the-2026-rising-stars-of-real-estate",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-11T10:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/rising-stars-of-real-estate-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Real estate is evolving due to new challenges and opportunities. A new generation of professionals is stepping up to navigate these changes and seize emerging chances. Selin Sonmez, cofounder of Snag, highlights this adaptability as the industry's biggest hurdle. Business Insider has spotlighted 20 young talents under 35 working in commercial and residential real estate. Joey Ben-Zvi, 30, brokers billion-dollar commercial deals and founded the Ben-Zvi Group, closing $200 million in transactions in two years. Kenny Burgos, 32, CEO of the New York Apartment Association, seeks to balance tenant protections with housing supply growth. Julia Callahan, 32, senior director at M18, shifted her focus to luxury real estate PR, including transforming subway newsstands into retail spaces. Saharsh Chordia, 33, built an AI-driven revenue management platform at Cortland. Michael Dillon, 31, sourced and traded $3.1 billion in real estate securities at Prime Finance, and now leads the CRE Finance Council's Young Professionals Steering Committee. These rising stars exemplify resilience, adaptability, and innovation in the face of an ever-changing real estate landscape.",
  "summary": "From agents, to brokers, to fintech entrepreneurs, to public relations professionals, here are Business Insider's 2026 rising stars of real estate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}