Gail Petersen Bell

A 35-year veteran top producer and leader of the real estate industry on the South Shore of Boston, Gail is now Senior Vice President at Compass and the Past Owner and President of the two local Sotheby's offices. A visionary, she is always ahead of the curve.. bringing a unique and valuable perspective to her clients and to the industry.

Year over year, Gail is consistently a top-producing broker on the South Shore and is the #1 Broker for the past 30 years in the towns of Hingham, Cohasset, Hull, Scituate and Norwell combined. In addition, Gail was recently named one of the "Top Ten Women in Real Estate" by the Boston Herald and one of the Boston.com's "Power Brokers!"

Gail's clients reap the benefits of her extensive experience, expertise, integrity and professional status. Her extensive business and marketing background, her unsurpassed skill at negotiation, combined with an unwavering dedication to fairness and honesty, make her a preferred broker for her clients.

Gail's success in the industry is well-known, highly regarded and includes the successful negotiation of many of the area's most unique and luxurious homes, the successful marketing of most of the areas' subdivisions and new construction projects, the production and hosting of the award-winning and 20-year running cable show "The Home Center with Gail Bell", and being chosen as Tom Brokow's featured Realtor on national television. Gail is also the President of Transitions, a comprehensive program for assisting right-sizers and seniors transition from their family homestead to a more manageable lifestyle.

As a former public relations/marketing consultant to the U.S. Government and the past Vice President of an environmental/manufacturing firm, Gail's unique business acumen is highly sought after in the real estate industry. She employs her experience to maximum benefit on behalf of her clients. Gail is also the Past President of the Plymouth and South Shore Board of Realtors, and a former Realtor of the Year. Gail is an alumna of Cohasset High School, Elmira College and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

Her interests include enjoyment of friends and family, golf, bowling, theater, dancing, personal fitness, cooking, reading, meditation and hiking. She is a long-time and active member of the Cohasset Golf Club and past member of the Board of Governors of the Neighborhood Club of Quincy. She is also a charter member of the South Shore Women's Business Network and was actively involved in the South Shore Chamber of Commerce for many years. She is the only South Shore broker certified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington D.C. to market antique and unique properties.