Close Partners of CENTURY 21 New Millennium

There is a whole lot that goes into selling a house after owning it for 30 years. Karen Close just made everything happen that needed to happen. And, throughout the process she remained enthusiastic, friendly and highly efficient. Added to the complexities was the pandemic. Karen's constant engagement and creative approaches kept a really fabulous buyer committed until the close. I'm not sure who the 2020 Realtor of the Year will be, but whoever it is, they just can't be any better than Karen Close and her team!

We had worked with Karen in the past and knew her to be pretty savvy and to know our neighborhood. Karen handled our entire sale while we were at our home in Florida and went the extra mile to take care of things that we couldn't from Florida. She provided excellent advice on what we needed to spend to prepare the house for sale and just as important, what we didn't need to spend. We ended up netting more than we expected - especially during the pandemic. iI's hard to imagine that there's an agent more capable or hard working.

In the convoluted and rapidly changing world of real estate, when you find someone as trustworthy and personally accomplished and accountable as Karen Close, you look no further.

We absolutely could not have found and bought our dream home without Karen! She is incredibly knowledgeable about the competitive Arlington market and helped guide us through the home search and offer process. Along the way Karen prepared us with all of her experience and wisdom to make a quick and educated decision given the short offer window sellers are giving in this competitive market. Her local knowledge and network is unmatched in the Arlington single family home market - it seemed like every listing agent knew her by name and had worked with her before! We hope every other buyer chooses to have the same amazing experience we had with Karen.

We were very satisfied with the work Cathy did in helping to sell our house. This was a team effort between all of us, right from the start. Early in the process we meet to determine what was needed to make the best impression on the buyers. She brought in a staging/design consultant for additional recommendations which really helped us prioritize the projects. Once we determined what changes we would make, Cathy checked in regularly on the progress and as new projects were to start she was helpful in providing companies who could take them on or some for us. In the end the projects we invested in helped sell our house and offer a buyer something they could were excited about to live in. When it came to setting the price for the house and buyer negotiations Cathy was on our side from the start through closing. Actually, we were listed at the high end of comparable homes in the area and even settled on a contract over listing price within four hours of going on the market. With the high level of satisfaction my wife and I would have no reservations in recommending Cathy to friends, family, and neighbors. Sue & Jeff Kennedy

Karen Close is the ultimate professional real estate broker. Her leadership in this particularly complicated, problem-strewn home marketing and sale process was absolutely critical to its success. Karen stepped up to every road block (there were many) and figured the way forward for us, even after the sale went through. I can't thank her enough! I would recommend Karen Close and her team to anyone looking for an agent to help sell a home. Karen Close was truly a pleasure to work with. Many thanks!