Sellers
- Calista and Christian Redmond: Casey pulled off the impossible: Through her advice, photography skills, marketing, and positioning, she helped us sell our house well within our target expectations… to a couple living overseas, sight unseen. Everything about working with Casey was truly a pleasure. We were setting difficult, high expectations and she brought a professional level of insight and candor in helping us set realistic goals and accommodating our busy family’s needs. She went out of her way to investigate and remedy all topics of interest, with speed and accuracy. She knows DC real estate and is a fantastic coach in navigating motivations and scenarios. We’ll recommend her without hesitation for anyone wishing for a top notch agent!
- Warren Marquez: Casey sold my home in January during low market conditions and a month that traditionally has few buyers. She sold my home in three weeks at the price I wanted. Casey’s experienced attention to preparing a house for show is invaluable. That made the difference between my house languishing on the market and instead resulting in a successful settlement and a huge return for me. Thanks Casey!
- Johanna and Jason Partin: Dear Casey, we can’t thank you enough for being such an excellent real estate agent to us! We really couldn’t have worked with anyone better. Given the myriad difficulties we faced with the sale of our home: trying to sell it from across the country, having renters (and difficult renters, at that!) and having to deal with limited showing times, some remaining house and yard projects, a difficult selling market — you helped us work it all out, created beautiful marketing materials, and got us two good offers within a week of putting it on the market! You really went above and beyond the call of duty, and we can’t thank you enough. We will certainly recommend you to all our friends.
- John Whaley & Jennifer Lynn-Whaley: My husband and I recommend Casey Aboulafia without hesitation. She has the combination of market expertise and creativity to ensure your home sells quickly and for an agreeable price. Prior to putting our house on the market, Casey provided expert advice on which alterations would provide the best return on investment. She also has exceptional abilities to stage each room and photograph the results. The print materials and online “virtual tour” exceeded our expectations – friends and family couldn’t believe how fantastic our house looked. Because of her dedication and skills, Casey sold our home in one-third the average length of time for house sales in our area, and at an excellent price. Additionally, her vast knowledge of real estate law and put us at ease as we began the escrow process. We could not have been more satisfied with her services and professionalism.
- Michelle Exline and Maziar Minovi: I would highly recommend Casey Aboulafia. We worked with her to sell our Woodley Park home. Casey worked with us throughout the entire process. Before we put our home on the market, she came and walked through our home, giving us detailed suggestions on how to improve its look and which minor home repairs should be done. She even recommended top-quality service companies to help us and put it all together in an easy to read document that I referenced again and again before we put our home on the market.
Her advice was right on the mark. We received an offer for full value after the first open house and eventually sold the house above asking price. Casey has an excellent eye for both details and the big picture. This is true inside the house when it comes to decorating it and getting it ready for the open house as well as with the financial and legal details. We had planned a trip abroad long before we decided to put our house on the market. With Casey, we didn’t have to change our trip. She handled all the details and we finalized the deal from vacation in Europe. Casey promptly returned all my phone calls and was helpful every step of the way. Casey is someone you can trust with your life savings. - Matt Schnieder: Casey is great. She masterfully handled my DuPont Circle condo sale, while I was in London and I never once had to come back into the country. It could not have asked for better service or a better result.
- Deniz and Ilker H. Yoney: We would unhesitatingly recommend Casey’s services. She made our selling experience easy and hassle free while also securing an above-market price for our condominium. In addition to being a very competent and knowledgeable professional, looking out for the best interest of her clients, she is also friendly and understanding. Should we ever consider buying or selling another property, we will turn to her for assistance.
- Susan C.: Casey did a terrific job in assisting me in both selling my townhouse [in Capitol Hill] and buying a new home much better suited to my needs. She gave me great advice in positioning and pricing my townhouse so that it would sell quickly, and she listened carefully and worked hard to identify a new house that is perfect for my needs and at a price I could afford. Casey is very attentive to all the details involved in both selling and buying property and goes the extra mile for her clients. I recommend her highly.
- Scott Seligman: Casey handled me coming and going! She listened carefully and patiently to my requirements and found me a nearly perfect apartment through a winning combination of patience and perseverance. Then she told me exactly what I needed to do to sell my old unit – and damned if she wasn’t right on the money! But it doesn’t stop there…when it’s time for renovations, and who do you suppose is at the ready with the names of architects, contractors, painters and plumbers? Casey is all about full service – backed by knowledge and determination. What more could you ask for?
- Gregory Pappas:I worked with Casey Aboulafia during the spring and summer of 2005 when she served as the agent to help me sell my home in Cleveland Park, DC and buy a new one in Mount Pleasant, DC. I give Casey the highest rating for her work with me. She was completely honest and very hard working at each step of this very complex set of transactions. Casey is extremely knowledgeable about all the mechanics and legal aspects of the sales process. She was also a wonderful resource on the many related aspects: mortgage, moving, repairs. During this period of major change in my life I was also traveling heavily for work, internationally. Casey was able to keep track of my whereabouts — across the globe — and kept the process moving, and kept me feeling confident and secure about the process. This is the mark of a true professional. Casey excels in what ever she does. I was Casey’s supervisor at her job before she entered the real estate profession. She worked as a statistician for me on a variety of complex projects. Casey displayed the same outstanding level of professionalism and attention in that job as she did in my sale and purchase. Casey is also a pleasure work with; Casey is fun. I recommend her most highly and without reservation.
- Nathan and Anne Wisecarver: We were so lucky to have Casey as our real estate agent. My wife and I almost made the worst decision we could have made in regards to selling our condo in Falls Church in the summer of 2004; we were thinking we could do it ourselves. I mean the commission seemed a lot in dollar terms! Who was I kidding? Casey’s knowledge and tenacity made it easy for us to feel comfortable about making major decisions. I didn’t realize the myriad of i’s to dot and t’s to cross in real estate. Casey did all that with professionalism and poise. We were so pleased with the results. We had 16 contracts on our condo. We sold it for about $40k over our asking price, well over the cost of commission, plus over $20k more. The next closest comp a few doors away sold the month prior for $25k less than what Casey got for our place! The woman who bought our home was so pleased with Casey that she took the time to write her a thank you note.
Of course, we used Casey to buy a townhouse in Burke. We’ve lived here for less than a month, and we love it. Last week I got some mail that had the price we bought our home for along with 5 other recently bought Burke townhouses. Our new home was the least priced townhouse of the 6 even though we have one extra full bath and we are an end unit. How’d we find this place? Casey was pouring over the real estate listings late Saturday night and found it! There wasn’t a two-day time period that went by over a couple month period that we did not talk to Casey. She was extremely thorough and took the time to find exactly what we wanted. The bottom line is we trust her. Call us if you want to hear more details on how Casey helped us so much