Overview

• The acquisition adds more than 160 agents and five Lowcountry offices in Hilton Head, Beaufort and Savannah to Howard Hanna’s network.
• Coastal Properties, founded in 1998 and led by Karen and Joe Ryan, closed 731 transactions totaling $467 million in 2024.
• The move follows Howard Hanna’s October 2024 purchase of The Alliance Group Realty in Hilton Head and the recent Allen Tate rebrand in the Carolinas.
• Company leaders describe the purchase as a deliberate growth investment that pairs local relationships with national marketing, technology and referral networks.
• Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.