Emily Cressey

We pride ourselves on our market knowledge, negotiation expertise, and concierge-level service. With excellent communication skills, we will make sure you understand each step of the process so you can be as hands-on (or hands-off) as you like, while still benefiting from our skills and market knowledge. HomePro Associates is a team of real estate brokers led by Emily Cressey and affiliated with HomeSmart Real Estate Associates. If you are looking for a top real estate agent in the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett area, call us and put us to work for you. Here's What Sets Us Apart: In addition to being a real estate broker, Emily Cressey is a commercial and residential real estate investor with 18 years of experience. We fully understand the importance of getting a top-dollar offer on your home, and a buyer who will close the deal! What clients often don't realize is that there are several factors that can affect the likelihood of a closing after an offer has been received. Marketing: Maximum Visibility, Irresistable Presentation Many home sellers think that all a real estate agent does is throw a property on the MLS and wait for the offers to roll in. Not true! Marketing a property includes a lot of "behind-the-scenes strategy" to ensure the listing is well-received by the buyers currently in the market. Remember, buying a home is a very emotional process for most folks and as marketers, HomePro Associates brokers fully engage all those emotions to get the deal done so the buyers close on YOUR property. We will help you prepare the home for market, tantalize buyers (some of whom may not even have been looking for a house before they hear from us!) and build anticipation for your home. Seattle has a history of hot markets with multiple-offer scenarios. Being able to sort through your home offers quickly and efficiently will help you get the best price and have the smoothest, most worry-free closing possible. Accurate, Strategic Real Estate Pricing: Some sellers think that auto-bot price estimates online represent the true value of their property. While this number can give you a rough estimate, it takes a human perspective to evaluate the true condition of your home relative to the competition in the marketplace. Overpricing a property can mean "listing death" - as the house languishes on the market. Attractive properties in a given pricing band will be bid-up to market value. Overpriced homes will be ignored. Buyer Screening: When you start to get offers on your property, you may be eager to sign with the first buyers to offer top-dollar for your home. However, it's important to look at the buyer's reliability before taking your home off the market. Has the buyer's financing been fully vetted? Is he/she committed to buying your house, or just throwing offers out in a bidding-war-frenzy hoping to get something accepted? Finding the right buyer can mean choosing the highest offer - but not without our screening him first! Masterful Needs-Focused Negotiation: In a hot market you'll often need to negotiate with several buyers at a time who have all sorts of escalation clauses, financing contingencies, and back-up plans written into their purchase offers. In a slower market (does Seattle even have those? ) - your home will need to look its best and be priced right in order to sell quickly, and close after it's under contract. Negotiating opportunities inevitably arise after the sales agreement is inked. Being prepared for this, and ready to defend the deal at this step of the process is critical! Conducting the Orchestra: Transaction-Coordination Most real estate transactions involve coordination by more than a dozen service providers. From photographers, inspectors, home stagers, lenders, repair contractors, title company reps, buyers, lenders, notaries and additional agents, things can get busy fast. If you're working full time, getting all this work coordinated can become an overwhelming hurdle in addition to preparing to move. By working with the BEST providers in our network, we get communication running smoothly and efficiently for your transaction, and know our professionals will get the job done when money's on the line. Buying Or Relocating To Seattle? If you're buying a home or Seattle area property we have the experience you need to help make the buying process easier, less time consuming, and we're on your side to help make sure you get the best deal while we worry about all of the details.