1. reputation

For the past eleven years, founder and owner Sam Konswa has been recognized as a top performing broker by Seattle Magazine. He was voted “Top 1%” in customer satisfaction and won the Five Star Professional Real Estate Award ten times. Most of Queen Anne Real Estate’s clients are repeat buyers or sellers because Sam provides unparalleled service and expertise.

2. Track Record

With a proven track record of excellent customer service, strategic marketing, negotiations, and pricing, Sam’s listings sold for an industry leading average of 98% of list price in 2014, 100% of list price in 2015, and 103% of list price in 2016.

3. Specialization

For the past 15 years, Sam has specialized in the Queen Anne market. Last year, Queen Anne Real Estate celebrated its 10th anniversary. Focusing only on this one neighborhood enables Sam to have an unmatched level of market knowledge. He is an expert in the area’s unique trends, timing, schools, comparables, and pricing, even differentiating price points to the block by block level.

4. Negotiation

Sam is a seasoned negotiator who secures the best possible terms for his clients. He negotiated over two billion dollars in transactions for high-profile clients on Wall Street before beginning a career in real estate, where he has negotiated another half billion dollars. In total, Sam has more than 25 years of experience in business negotiations.

5. Networking

We work with a network of top rated businesses to take care of the details for you: cleaning, repairing, remodeling, painting, landscaping, staging, photographing, and marketing.

6. Location

Our office is centrally located on bustling Queen Anne Avenue. This provides a unique advantage, as almost half our sales are to buyers who discover our listings prominently displayed in our office windows.

7. Technology

All of our listings are posted to a listing syndication that adds the listings to the most trafficked real estate search sites to increase exposure both inside and outside of the Seattle market.

8. Website

Our website was designed by the 2015 European Designer of the Year. Our site is search engine optimized to show up first in search results to give our listings maximum visibility.

9. Professional Photography

We use professional photography by the top photographer in Seattle in all of our listings. We use our own sophisticated photography drone to capture aerial images from unique angles. Our premium listings are also provided with video marketing.

10. Staging

We have an impressive collection of over $250,000 worth of high-end furniture for staging so we can show your home at its best.

11. Open Houses

Instead of just the traditional Sunday open houses, we hold open houses on Saturdays as well as Sundays to give homes we list maximum exposure and a competitive advantage.

Information and statistics derived from Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

This information is provided as a courtesy, it is not a warranty, and should be independently investigated by buyers.