Last Updated on January 14, 2026
Howard Hanna Southeast President Gary Scott has been named to the Swanepoel Power 200 for 2026, an annual list of the most powerful and influential executives and leaders in the residential real estate brokerage industry.
Scott oversees residential real estate operations for the 68-year-old company in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. He was previously named to the Swanepoel Power 200 for 2022, 2024 and 2025.
In addition to Scott, Howard “Hoby” Hanna IV, CEO of Hanna Holdings, and Kris Burdick, president of brokerage operations, Howard Hanna Real Estate, were also named to the 2026 list.
The SP 200 is compiled and published annually by T3 Sixty, the residential real estate brokerage industry’s leading management consulting and research firm.
The T3 Sixty leadership team ranks leaders by four criteria weighted equally: recent achievements and projected near-term impact on the industry; the scale and power of an executive’s organization and their role within it; influence and reputation among industry peers; and relative standing within their industry segment.
“It’s an honor to be recognized along with Kris and Gary as a top leader in the real estate industry. This is further testimony to what we know about the Howard Hanna family; our leadership team is poised to take us well into the future,” said Hanna.
Scott oversees residential real estate operations, strategic market growth and expansion and agent recruiting for the company’s footprint in the Carolinas, Georgia and Southeast Virginia.In 2025, he led the company’s rebrand in the Carolinas as Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate and led the acquisition of Coastal Properties in the South Carolina Lowcountry and Georgia.
He has more than 35 years of experience in the real estate industry and has held positions with multiple brokerage firms covering the mid-Atlantic region.
Scott served as general sales manager and senior vice president of Allen Tate Realtors from 1998-2010, and returned to lead the company in November 2021. In March 2025, he was named president of Howard Hanna Southeast, overseeing 17 offices in Virginia in addition to 82 Howard Hanna Allen Tate and Howard Hanna Beverly-Hanks offices in the Carolinas and Georgia.
Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate is the #1 real estate company in the Carolinas, with more than 80 offices and 1,800 agents serving communities across North and South Carolina and Georgia. As part of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the largest family-owned and operated real estate company in the United States, Howard Hanna Allen Tate offers a full suite of real estate services, including mortgage, insurance, title and relocation. For more information, visit www.howardhannatate.com.
