As a buyer's agent, Christine provides superb quality service. I highly recommend her to anyone (1st time buyer or otherwise) seeking to purchase a home. The attributes that Christine brings to her job and that allow her to provide a level of service that exceeds one's expectation include communication, organization, and having had developed solid professional relationships with inspectors, contractors, and an exceptionally efficient and knowledgeable mortgage broker.
Communication - Early during the home buying process Christine demonstrated her ability to listen to and understand our needs. She provided clear explanations about each step of the process as well as what to expect during subsequent steps. Christine's clear responses to our questions indicated her considerable knowledge base about the real estate market in the neighborhoods we were interested in. Christine also demonstrated her ability to maintain communication with us. It was clear that she was at our side during the entire home buying process. For instance, both Christine and our mortgage broker were present during the lengthy signature gathering process for the loan. This in itself is rare and testifies to the level of interest and care both take toward their customers. By having both our agent and mortgage broker present, they were immediately available to answer any questions we had, or provide a clear explanation of terms or the purpose of documents we were signing.
Christine has also demonstrated her expertise in formulating a successful purchase offer letter. We were one of seven offers, this was the first house that we made an offer on, and there were only two days w/in which to present our offer. In the letter Christine explained how she is easy to work with, can facilitate each step of the buying process that is helpful to both buyer & seller, our interest in the house, and why we felt the house is a good match for us.
Organization - Christine is highly organized. She can easily coordinate with her clients to have documents signed as well as coordinate the timing of inspections and contract work. Christine's use of an electronic document signing service not only saves time, but helped us maintain easily accessed copies of paperwork we had e-signed throughout the time we worked together.
Solid professional relationships - Christine has developed solid professional relationships with a network of inspectors and contractors. Because she has established these relationships the various inspections & repairs required to close escrow were completed in a timely fashion. read more