Inman’s 2022 Person Of The Year: The Howard Hanna …



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The past several years in real estate have upended everything.

Vast amounts of venture capital poured into the industry, new companies sprang up seemingly overnight and became behemoths, and (more recently) one of the most pronounced bull markets ever soured in record time.

But through all of the change, disruption and upheaval, one company has been playing the long game: Howard Hanna Real Estate.

Founded more than half a century ago in Pittsburgh, Howard Hanna has over the decades slowly expanded to operate across numerous states and to offer an array of ancillary services. The company includes thousands of real estate agents and salaried employees. Earlier this year, it was ranked seventh on the T3 Sixty 2022 Mega 1000 ranking of real estate firms by sales volume.

Significantly, Howard Hanna was the highest-ranked company on the list that is not either publicly traded or owned by a public company.

That fact gets at a key identifying feature of Howard Hanna: The company is still owned and operated by the Hanna family, making it by far the largest mom-and-pop real estate operation in the country. It stands apart from the venture- and market-fueled trends that have dominated the industry but has nevertheless managed to compete with companies that more often make news headlines, for better or worse.

For these reasons, and because Howard Hanna has managed to prove that an old-school approach can work even in changing times, Inman has selected the entire Hanna family as the 2022 Person of the Year.

The family is a sprawling tribe with deep roots in real estate, and today, 11 different members work in the family business. Those in top-leadership positions include Howard W. “Hoddy” Hanna III, the company’s chairman; CEO…




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