Cathy Franklin
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, The Corcoran Group
New York, NY 10106
Senior Global Real Estate Advisor
Phone (917) 863-8209
Senior Global Real Estate Advisor
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Markets
New York City
Bio
With over $5 billion of luxury co-op, condominium and townhouse sales, Cathy Franklin is a 30-year real estate veteran and one of Manhattan's top brokerage superstars. For 2022 to date, Cathy has more than $602,000,000 sold or in contract. Cathy has consistently been recognized by the WSJ and Real Trends as one of the top 1% of agents in the US and they regularly rank her among the top ten brokers in NYC, for 2022 she was ranked the number two broker. For 2021 and 2020, Cathy was Corcoran’s East Side Sales Team of the Year, her sales exceeded $311,000,000 for 2021 and $200,000,000 for 2020. For 2019, Cathy was Corcoran’s Overall Top Performance Sales Team of the Year, her sales exceeded $510,000,000 and she won Corcoran’s 2019 Deal of the Year Award. For 2018, she was Corcoran’s East Side Sales Team of the Year with her sales exceeding $200,000,000. For 2017, Cathy’s sales exceeded over $220,000,000 and she was the number three team. Cathy was Corcoran’s Manhattan Salesperson of the Year for 2016 and 2015. Cathy is a member of Corcoran’s President’s Council, ranking in the top 0.25% of Corcoran.
Few in the business can match Cathy's impressive record, reputation, and encyclopedic knowledge of Manhattan's residences. She is a sought-after industry expert and has been featured in NYT, WSJ, Forbes, NYP, AD, Gotham, Hamptons and Avenue Magazines as well as on CBS and NBC.
Cathy lives in a historical landmark 1886 townhouse on the UES with her husband, Jeffrey Baker, sons Otto and Alex (both attended Trinity, Hotchkiss, and Harvard) and William (who attended Trinity, Poly Prep, and Wharton), and two Australian Shepherds named Spirit and Whiskey. Their townhouse and their 1806 Georgian farm in the Hudson Valley have been featured in Forbes, Food & Wine, WSJ, and the NYT. The farm is also home of Hillrock Estate Distillery, producer of award-winning field-to-glass artisanal whiskey. Cathy is a graduate of Wellesley College.
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