Lyssa Seward

“Lyssa helped guide my wife and me through our first home purchase and helped us get a wonderful home in the exact neighborhood we were targeting. She advised us to craft an offer that beat out 7 other offers, including offers that were higher than ours. She is highly professional, talented, and on top of being a wonderful professional to work with, has become a friend. Her team, including her husband, Charles, an extremely knowledgeable and insightful man, was there to help every step of the way. Thank you, Lyssa.”

“Lyssa is the real estate master every professional in the real estate industry wishes they could be and every home seller and purchaser wishes they could work with. Lyssa had sold a condo townhome unit in our Del Ray neighborhood, and achieved BIG results and the home sellers gave her a fantastic recommendation. So when it came time to sell our own home, we went with Lyssa, and are so thankful that we did! Through the entire process, from a meet and greet down to the actual closing, Lyssa applied 100% dedication to the triumphant selling of our home. The market had started to cool a little bit, and we were very anxious and nervous sellers. However, Lyssa knows the market so well and used her very many connections to superbly market our home in the best possible light. Despite other similar (or better) homes being on the market for longer periods, she was able to sell our home within the first week of showing. She has a wonderful combination of engaging (and delighting!) all clients while demonstrating real hustle and tenacity on behalf of her people. There were times where the last email of my day was from Lyssa and the first email of the next morning was also from Lyssa. Put simply, she does the work and leaves no room for anything in her control to not yield an amazing result. She also leads an excellent team (shout out to Elaine for the gorgeous staging and Purnima for closing us out!) and you'll want to do yourself the favor of getting the best outcome from your real estate agent selection. A huge thank you to Lyssa!”

"The Seward-Group has represented us two times. Six years ago, Lyssa helped us buy our our townhouse. Recently she helped us sell our home and buy a new one. Our recent purchase was very challenging, and Lyssa guided us through it all with grace and good humor. She remained very professional even at times when I thought I would lose it completely. As for the sale of our house. She got us a contract even as nothing else in our neighborhood was moving, and we didn't have to drop our price below market value as some others were doing. With the support of her staging team, our house looked amazing. She did an amazing job making sure our house appraised at the sale price. She has an extensive list of top-notch contractors and she will even bring a contractor on home viewings to help brainstorm upgrade ideas - especially helpful if you're shopping for a fixer-upper as we were. We were especially impressed with the lender she recommended. After shopping for several, we picked her go-to guy and that was probably one of the best decisions we made. Lyssa and her crew are the A-team in Northern Virginia.”

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Melody Abella

“Melody helped us to buy our townhome and sell a condo this year. She is the best; a true professional and expert. Melody helped us to navigate a very tight housing market and readily made herself available for early morning showings and late-night offer writing. She truly listened to our needs and preferences, stayed calm when we were nervous and frustrated, and answered all of our questions with thoughtful consideration. We could not have asked for a better partner than Melody, and would refer her without hesitation to anyone else looking to buy or sell in the area.”

"What sets Melody apart from other agents is her commitment to her clients. The effort Melody takes to help her clients, the extent to which she looks out for their interests, and her tireless focus on doing her best for her clients truly make working with her an incredibly positive experience. With Melody, you honestly feel that she cares about you and wants what is best for you rather than you just being another client. I would not use anybody else to buy or sell a home."

"I had been dreading for months the process of selling my condo, but a referral to Melody proved to be a game changer. She was professional, personable and attentive and made a difficult experience easy. I was and remain profoundly grateful."

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Anita Edwards

“I don't know what I would have done without Anita. When our original housing plan fell through, I was so fortunate to be put in contact with her to find a home as soon as possible in a competitive market. It was an uncertain time, but Anita exuded calm and confidence while expertly managing all parties involved in the process. She went to great lengths to find us the perfect home and built a relationship with the listing agent, which won us the home. She used her extensive network to give us the absolute best team to make this the best home buying experience. She earned our unwavering trust, and we are so thankful she was a part of this milestone!”

“Anita, thank you so much for going over and above to help us through this difficult phase for our transition to retirement! You are absolutely awesome!” (#anitarocks)

“Anita is simply the best! There’s no one we trusted more to sell our family’s home. Anita developed a perfect strategy to get us everything we were looking for in price, terms and timeline. Anita was with us every step of the way and treated our house as if it was her own. We couldn’t have been happier!”

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Laura Catron

“Laura is a total professional! She helped us navigate tricky timing in a difficult market with both buying and selling and everything worked out exactly the way she predicted. We received great advice and we never felt pressured. We felt expertly guided, but we were allowed to be in control of decisions as much as we needed or wanted. Laura took care of so many little details and made the overall process significantly less stressful. When we closed on a house we were buying and the previous owners left without cleaning, she made sure that everything was made right for us. She was there for us even after her part was done, and I greatly appreciated that. Laura is a great communicator, an excellent negotiator and strategist, and with her legal background and attention to detail, you are in good hands! She knows what she is doing, so just trust in her experience and expertise. Plus, she is a super kind and lovely person! I really enjoyed getting to know her throughout our buying and selling process and would highly recommend her no matter what your situation.”

“Laura is AMAZING! We moved across the country to buy our first home and Laura went above and beyond to make this process as easy as possible. Her expertise and knowledge in the area was unmatched. She was responsive and fantastic in helping us through the entire process. With Laura, she made us feel confident and excited about our new purchase. I can't recommend working with Laura, such a well versed realtor, enough.”

“Laura is our realtor-fairy. She’s amazing, and I’m not just filling in the review and saying that, I truly mean this. She’s down to earth, realistic and will be bluntly honest explaining what you’ll need to do to sell a house. Laura goes above and beyond to get money above your bottom line or fight to get your bottom line. Her whit and and knowledge of real estate law is exactly what people need to have on their side when buying or selling. We’ve hired Laura for both selling and buying, and if we move back to the area I’ll be contacting her once again.”

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Gina Wimpey

“Gina was amazing, she understood what we wanted and was available at all times to show us around. She shared some great areas for us to check out before we committed to the area.  She kept us informed every step of the way. I highly recommend Gina, she has a wonderful  personality and is an expert in her line of work. Cheers!”

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Elaine McCall

“I want to take the time to say thank you to Elaine McCall for smoothly navigating the sale of my childhood home. I reached out to Elaine to schedule a time for her to come out and look at our house. She promptly responded and came over the next morning at which time we discussed logistics and came up with a plan to put the house on the market in a timely manner. I was immediately impressed with Elaine’s professionalism and extensive knowledge of the local real estate market. Her repair and maintenance suggestions were spot on and we used one of her recommended contractors. The contractor was reasonably priced, reliable and did fantastic work. The home sale from start to finish was a smooth process. Thank you Elaine for making a complex and challenging situation manageable! I highly recommend Elaine McCall and Sotheby’s to anyone buying or selling a home.”

“Elaine has been fantastic in the purchase of my condo —no surprise! She’s been efficient, thorough, professional, and upbeat through every step. I am ever so grateful. “💜

“Elaine helped us buy our first home! We were nervous and stressed but they held our hands every step of the way. We were able to buy a single-family home - a dream that we didn’t think was possible. We could never have done it without Elaine’s guidance, and expertise. She truly treated us like family!”

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