Peter Zaitzeff

Serhant

Licensed Broker and Sales Director, New Development

Peter Zaitzeff is one of New York City’s most renowned and top-selling real estate agents, widely recognized as a leading authority on luxury and new development properties. Over the course of his career, Peter has closed more than $4.8 billion in sales across 750+ transactions, with more than $300 million sold in the past 12 months alone. He is regularly sought after by top publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, among others, and is consistently recognized as a top ranked agent by RealTrends, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety.

Peter represents an elite roster of clients and consistently delivers record-breaking results, including the highest sale ever recorded below 34th Street: 150 Charles Street #9A, which sold for $60,000,000 in 2025.

Peter has launched and sold many of the city’s most architecturally significant and high-profile projects, including 70 Vestry, 150 Charles, 10 Madison Square West, 111 Murray, 200 Amsterdam, Williamsburg Wharf, 520 West 28th Street by Zaha Hadid, and The Edition Residences in Los Angeles.

Beyond real estate, Peter is the co-founder of The Kabuki Syndrome Foundation, created on behalf of his son, through which he has helped raise more than $5 million for groundbreaking medical research. The Foundation’s mission is to advocate for individuals with Kabuki syndrome and accelerate the search for treatments that improve their lives.

A lifelong New Yorker, Peter grew up in the city and resides in Tribeca with his sons, Jack and Walt. An accomplished long-distance runner, he has completed the New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia Marathons, as well as the Marathon des Sables, a 150-mile ultramarathon across the Sahara Desert in Morocco.

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