In 1991, Tye Stockton, a former equity options trader on Wall Street for Bear Stearns in Manhattan, decided to trade his financial career for a new life in Vail; a place he had grown to love during his many trips to the Rocky Mountains. Here he met his wife, Brielle, in Vail in 1997 and they were married on Jekyll Island, GA, in 2001. They have two boys, Zachary and Ryan.
Currently, Tye is ranked as the #1 individual broker in the Vail Valley for 2018 by sales volume. He was also ranked as the #126 Individual Agent in the USA by The Wall Street Journal and the Top Individual Agent in Vail for 2017, with over $110 million in sales, his sales production more than doubled that of his closest competitor in 2017. Tye Stockton is both a seasoned professional and savvy negotiator, having represented clients in transactions totaling more than $1.2 billion in his career.
On behalf of his clients, Tye has achieved record sales prices at many of the Vail Valley’s finest addresses and neighborhoods, including the 2017 international sale of a $23,000,000 single-family home in Vail, setting the record for the highest selling residential property by a licensed realtor in the Vail Valley’s history, that stands today. Tye recently represented both the buyer and seller of 1109 Vail Valley Drive in Vail for $17.25 million. This sale was not only the highest sale in the history of Vail Golf Course but also the highest sold price per square foot in the golf course history. He has also represented the sale of the Solaris Vail Penthouse for $11,700,000, at the time one of highest condominium sales in Vail’s history.
As one of the world’s premier resort destinations, Vail Valley real estate has attracted a lot of attention. Tye has participated in dozens of media interviews and as a guest panelist for Sotheby’s International Realty at its Global Network events, participated in numerous affiliate panels in such locations as Miami, Chicago, Scottsdale and New York and is a frequent contributor to Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Barron’s on the topic of luxury real estate.
To promote his listings and connect clients as they buy or sell luxury real estate worldwide, Tye travels regularly to Mexico City, Vancouver, New York, Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, and other global cities. Within Sotheby’s International Realty and its 970 brokerages in 72 countries, Tye is consistently recognized as one its top performing agents and is a sought-after speaker. He serves as a delegate to Sotheby’s International Realty Market Leaders, an elite network of the Top 50 Producing company agents of luxury markets who collaborate to match ultra-high net worth buyers and sellers worldwide.
A passionate believer in giving, Tye participates as a board member in many community organizations such as Bravo! Vail, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, and Ski & Snowboard Club Vail.
Tye is supported by an extraordinary team of five full-time real estate professionals who flawlessly manage every aspect of client engagement offering in-house marketing services to his clients.
Tye’s clients, who include the founders and executives of some of the world’s leading technology companies, the CEOs of Fortune 100 firms are mainly referred from elated past clients, all of whom recognize his proactive, “can-do” attitude, his 24/7 accessibility, his legendary discretion, laser-focus and attention to detail. Tye successfully represented Vail Resorts Development Company as the lead listing agent for The Ritz Carlton Residences-Vail, and has the additional privilege of representing approximately $150 million of privately-owned, luxury, real estate properties in the Vail Valley.