Business Description

Overview Douglas Elliman Inc. is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the real estate services business. Douglas Elliman owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, one of the largest residential brokerage companies in the New York metropolitan area, which includes New York City, Long Island, the Hamptons, Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey, and also conducts operations in Florida, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. We also offer, including through our subsidiaries and ventures, development marketing services and ancillary services, such as mortgage, title and escrow services. Douglas Elliman Inc. is a Delaware corporation incorporated in 2021 in connection with the separation of Douglas Elliman from Vector Group Ltd., as an independent, publicly traded company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On December 29, 2021, Vector Group completed the distribution of the common stock of Douglas Elliman to its stockholders (the “Distribution”), and we began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DOUG” on December 30, 2021. 4 Table of Contents Strategy Since its inception in 1911, Douglas Elliman has challenged the status quo of the real estate industry. We were founded on Douglas L. Elliman’s vision that New Yorkers would shift their preference for traditional homes to favor luxury apartments that were both sold and managed by comprehensive real estate companies. More than a century later, the Douglas Elliman brand is still associated with service, luxury and forward thinking — our mark ets are primarily international finance hubs that are densely populated and offer housing inventory at premium price points. The average transaction value of a home we sold in 2025 was approximately $1.86 million — significantly higher than our principal competitors. Douglas Elliman boasts a prestigious luxury brand that is complemented by a comprehensive suite of technology-enabled real estate services and investments. These distinguishing qualities position us to capitalize on opportunities in the U.S. res idential real estate market. We are bringing innovative, technology-driven solutions to Douglas Elliman by adopting new technology solutions for our agents and their clients. Our model is to source and use best-of-breed products and services that we believe will increase our efficiency. In addition to entering business relationships with these technology companies, we have invested in property technology, or PropTech, companies and leveraged our relationships to provide these companies with access to our agents and their clients, as well as our knowledge and experience. We believe these collaborative relationships have been mutually beneficial because they have kept Douglas Elliman both asset light and on the cutting edge of the industry by offering our agents innovative solutions and services that can be integrated into our technology. Furthermore, we maintain upside potential in the success of our PropTech partners in which we invest through minority stakes in their capital structures. Since 2021, according to the National Association of Realtors, or NAR, existing home sales have declined or remained flat compared to the previous year. In 2025, existing home sales were 4.06 million, which was flat with 2024. Although sales in 2025 and 2024 were little changed from 2023, when sales of existing homes were 4.09 million units, existing home sales in 2025 were the lowest since 1995. Nonetheless, the national median home price for 2025 and 2024, respectively, rose 1.7% and 4.7% from the prior year, according to NAR. By comparison, our average sales price increased by 11% to $1.86 million in 2025 from $1.67 million in 2024. We believe our competitive advantages in the luxury markets distinguish us from our competitors and our comprehensive suite of real estate solutions, the strength of our brand name, and our talented team of agents and employees set us apart in the industry. In 2025 and 2024, Douglas Elliman was named the most trusted real estate brokerage firm in the United States as part of the America’s Most Trusted Series by Lifestory Research.…