RAINY HAKE AUSTIN
President
The Agency
As president of The Agency, Rainy Hake Austin leads a global real estate firm responsible for representing buyers and sellers of the world’s most distinguished properties. In her role as president, Austin oversees The Agency’s residential real estate brokerage arm, The Agency New Development Group and The Agency’s internal teams and operations, including its boutique in-house creative agency, which comprises design, PR, branding, social media, advertising, web design and digital marketing specialists who serve the firm’s 1,800 luxury real estate professionals in over 80 offices across the US, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe.
Appointed president in October of 2020, Austin has been a welcome addition to The Agency’s executive team, especially in the midst of navigating a global real estate firm through the complex housing market over and economic environment over the past years. While the majority of Austin’s full-time professional experience is concentrated in leading operations and branding for the luxury real estate industry, she also has provided invaluable strategic business and marketing strategies to every region the company operates.
Since joining as president of The Agency, Austin has significantly aided in the strategic growth and vision of the company. In 2022, she helped the company’s global expansion reach new heights, entering 24 new markets this past year from New York to Seattle and Austin to Atlanta. In 2022 alone, the firm welcomed hundreds of agents and opened a record-breaking number of new offices in multiple different countries.