Brenda van der Merwe has been an active real estate broker in the Boston area for the past nineteen years, and in that time has developed lasting relationships and extensive experience with her clients, listing and selling homes not only in the existing single-family and condominium markets, but also in the fields of luxury homes and new construction. She has worked intensively with clients on condominium conversion projects with multi-family homes, investment and income properties of all types, she has been instrumental in assisting many investors and new developers build their portfolios, and in helping many first-time home buyers enter the market.
Brenda has also assisted members of the Boston Red Sox to buy and sell homes in the greater Boston area. She has worked with attorneys, doctors and chiefs of surgery at various hospitals in the Boston area, Google executives, CEOs of major national and global multi-national companies, and many professors and educators tenured at local area universities. While Brendas primary focus is Newton, Brookline and Chestnut Hill, she has also sold a tremendous number of properties in the surrounding communities of Boston, Cambridge, Belmont, Arlington, Lexington, Somerville, Needham, Watertown, Waltham and Wellesley, helping her clients in the communities where they wish to sell and buy. In addition, Brenda has over twenty years' experience as a landlord in the Boston area.
As a seasoned broker with nineteen years' experience and over 350 Million Dollars in sold properties, she has managed successful transactions for both buyers and sellers in many communities in the Boston area. With her multi-faceted and cutting-edge marketing strategies, analytical approach to both buying and selling, ambitious production levels, and engaging personality, she has a proven track record as a top producer in the Boston area, with an average sales volume in the top 1% of agents. For 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, she achieved the company-wide distinction of International President's Premier, an award featuring the Top 1% of NRT Agents Internationally. For 2021, she received the Coldwell Banker International Society of Excellence Award. In 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, she was named "Top Real Estate Producer" by Boston Magazine. She receive the RealTrends America's Best Top 1.5% of Real Estate Professionals award in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Brenda's strengths lie in her ability to appropriately price properties, using an analytical approach that provides the consumer with local area data, property absorption levels, comparable sales, and investment calculations to determine the value of a property. She is honest, an experienced and strong negotiator, and provides her clients with a level of service that includes constant communication via email, phone, and text messaging. She has immediate access to contractors, inspectors, attorneys, and service providers of all types for recommendations, should a client need this during the transaction process. She is at the forefront of digital advertising using Facebook, Instagram, television ads, 3D videos and floor plans, aerial (drone) photography, and featured listings on websites like Zillow, Trulia, NewYorkYimes, WallStreetJournal, MansionGlobal, LuxuryRealEstate, Realtor, and BrendaSellsBoston.
Brenda specializes in condos, first time buyers, investors, multi family, new construction, single family, sellers, luxury property and condo conversion transactions.
Areas served include Newton, Brookline, Chestnut Hill, Boston, Cambridge, Belmont, Watertown, Needham.
Brenda is most familiar with the local real estate markets within and around the following zip code areas. See other realtors that service the same areas by clicking: 02130, 02134, 02141, 02461, 02465, 02467, 02476, 02481, 02482 & 02494
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