We have known Elaine Kateman for approximately ten years when she began representing us in our search for a home in the Boston area. She helped us through the process of narrowing down the area we wanted to live after exploring a large swath of the larger Boston metropolitan area, and we ended up purchasing 98 Carlton Street in Brookline’s Cottage Farm area in 2014. Elaine helped us both during the negotiation, as well as connecting us with lawyers and contractors to turn the house into a home, and provided great guidance for first-time home owners. She helped us negotiate the price and close on this property.
Elaine is highly knowledgeable about the real estate market in multiple communities and added a lot of value to during our search, so much that we have recommended her to our acquaintances over the years, and we greatly appreciate her negotiating skills, which we got a chance to leverage once again.
We recently decided to sell 98 Carlton Street and Elaine again represented us in the sale. Aside from her skill level at managing all aspects of the transaction, she is so knowledgeable about resources and was able to bring in a high level stager who, under Elaine’s detailed supervision, made our house stand above all of the competition. The marketing that she brought to our property was truly amazing and included a compelling video, beautiful high quality brochures and an expansive marketing plan that reached beyond the local area and targeted qualified buyers. We had a fast-moving and successful sale for us.
Elaine is a pleasure to work with. She is friendly, empathic, outgoing and brings grace and elegance to her work. She works well with the full range of buyers and is well respected by her colleagues in the brokerage community. We would not hesitate to recommend Elaine to anyone entering the real estate market whether they are seeking to buy or to sell.


It is our pleasure to recommend Elaine Kateman, who recently represented us as both a seller’s and buyer’s agent. We interviewed several agents prior to hiring Elaine and were impressed by her professionalism, knowledge, and experience. She guided us through the process of preparing and selling our unusual two-family property in Newton, a large Victorian. We initially met with her early in our planning to discuss whether to sell the property as a two family or to convert to condos. She provided clear financial guidance regarding the best route and patiently stayed in touch providing support, information and advice over the next years as we readied the house to sell.
 
Over the time we worked with Elaine (which was prolonged by the emergence of Covid) she took us through several comprehensive analyses of comparable homes, both on the market and recently sold, so that we could arrive at a fair price for our home. 
 
She expertly advised us about the renovations needed to best show the property and generously provided recommendations of contractors to do the work. She advised us about staging and tactfully encouraged us to modify colors and furnishings to appeal broadly to buyers. Elaine managed all aspects of the sale herself and was exceedingly generous with her time and availability. She developed beautiful marketing material and managed and attended all open houses. She was a fierce advocate for us in negotiating a final price and guided us expertly through all aspects of the sale.
 
As a buyer’s agent. Elaine was tireless in helping us to find a home in western suburbs at a time when very few options were available. Her expert negotiating skills led to a successful purchase at a time when the few condos available were subject to fierce bidding wars.
 
We were extremely pleased with the process of selling and purchasing a home under Elaine’s wise guidance. We have recommended her to several family members who were similarly pleased. In addition to being a top-notch realtor, Elaine is a lovely person and we have become friends. We couldn’t recommend her more highly!
 

To Whom It May Concern:

It is my pleasure to recommend Elaine Kateman who recently represented us in the purchase of an antique home in Chestnut Hill.

Elaine was very thorough with all details of the transaction, from securing multiple visits to the property, dealing with the somewhat difficult situation of the sellers not being particularly forthwith in communicating details about the renovations and system upgrades, and the recommendation of various contractors and inspectors. Elaine was always a strong advocate for Bill and I with all the details of negotiating the purchase. We never doubted her sincere commitment to us as clients.

Elaine was always available – all days and all times, to answer questions and concerns. We are from out of state and we relied on her knowledge of the Chestnut Hill area which is extensive and thorough. Elaine even researched historical data on the property with the town archivist and obtained all the past permits from the town building department.

Elaine continues to be helpful and resourceful to us as we navigate our move up to Massachusetts. We consider her a friend and feel grateful to have met her.

We are pleased to recommend Elaine to those seeking a professional and courteous realtor.

Elaine Kateman gave us exemplary service with both the purchase and sale of our house in Newton. She was the hardest working realtor with whom we ever worked. Her opinions about advantages and problems of each property we considered buying were absolutely accurate and given in a direct, unambiguous, and helpful manner.
She sincerely cares about her clients and their families, digging in with exceptional effort to meet their particular real estate needs. As newcomers to Newton, we also took advantage of her helpful recommendations for numerous local services.
Clearly, she is savvy and knows her business and the Newton market so well. When selling, we benefitted from her very extensive experience in home pricing, P & S preparation and analysis, appropriate renovations, necessary preparations for the open house event, and selection of attorneys. We trusted her judgment implicitly, and she was always right.
Elaine is genuine, very smart, and an excellent communicator, always answering emails, messages and voice calls immediately. This attentiveness created a reassuring link to a true professional and had a calming, therapeutic effect for us. Even though we now have moved out of state, we would unequivocally work with Elaine again should the need arise.

With a number of moves I’ve had to make for my career, my most recent included a move to New England. My company provided me a realtor to assist me with my search. How fortunate I was to have Elaine Kateman assigned to be my agent! Elaine not only possesses knowledge in the market statistics, she understands so much more about the neighborhoods, the developers and the rich history of so many of the locations I was interested in seeing. In addition, Elaine has financial and homeowner support resources and was quick to get me connected to all of them! Elaine was also able to assess some of the more challenging properties enabling me to reduce time invested, guiding me to the homes offering more current value as well as the long term investment perspective I was seeking in my next home. She made a significant difference in the time it took to complete my search and secure a home I am delighted to be in! Elaine will make finding your next home not just a pleasure but a solid decision you won’t regret!

I am pleased to recommend Elaine Kateman, who recently represented us very effectively in the listing and sale of our property in Newton. From the moment we first interviewed her, Elaine impressed us with her professionalism, experience, and knowledge of the local market.

Elaine inspired our confidence as she took us through a comprehensive analysis of comparable homes in the area that were then for sale or had recently been sold, and helped us settle on a reasonable price for the property. Her understanding of how a property should be staged for showing was helpful to us, and we know that her poise, confidence, and grace were advantageous to us during showings and open houses.

Another aspect of Elaine's representation as a seller's broker deserves special mention: she handles all the important tasks (marketing, presentation, etc.) herself. This was an important factor in our selection of Elaine as our broker: she doesn't delegate tasks to junior associates. She attends every showing and open house herself and is energetically involved and attentive at every step of the process. She works hard and is unfailingly responsive by email or phone. We felt that she was an aggressive and determined advocate on our behalf, and we were confident throughout the process that she was doing everything she could to protect our interests.

Working with Elaine was a pleasant experience. She is a committed, responsive, and caring broker. We will enthusiastically recommend her to friends in the area who are looking for a realtor.

It is a pleasure to recommend Elaine Kateman who recently listed and sold a property for me. My family has been in the real estate business for many years and we know many brokers. It is therefore with considerable perspective that I tell you that I unequivocally recommend Elaine to represent any person undertaking an endeavor in the real estate arena.

My recent experience with Elaine in a turbulent market was both satisfying personally and financially. I found Elaine to be very effective. She assessed the property realistically and explained all elements to me. It was clear to me that she understood the market environment and the position of our property in it. She is not only very bright but extremely forthright and diligent in her work. She is aggressive but pleasant to work with at the same time. As a result, we had a healthy response to the marketing of our property and were more than satisfied with the end result. She gave me good advice on how to prepare the property for showing and was accurate in her advice. For me, the sale was easy and the closing was pleasant. She worked well with the other broker and the buyer and the transition of the property, which had been in my family for many years, was very satisfying and actually joyful for me.

Dear Elaine,

We just wanted to thank you so much for all your support, representation and  perseverance with us to find what was right for us.

To get into such a great location and within our budget in this market was quite a feat! 

Thanks again!!

I am very pleased to write this letter of recommendation for Elaine Kateman. I have known Ms. Kateman for well over ten years in her capacity as a real estate broker. She has helped us numerous times in regards to looking at properties in the Boston area and recently helped us to complete a transaction in Brookline. She is extremely professional and clearly well educuated in all the intricacies of both buying and selling a home. Elaine was always there to answer any questions we had and also those questions of our buyers, sellers and their respective attorneys. More than this however, she is a remarkably kind and good hearted person which made the entire process very pleasant. She continuously made herself available to answer our calls and attend to any issue that presented. She was always thinking of me and my family's best interests. She is an extremely capable, hard working and good natured person. I know her colleagues also think very highly of her. She holds a degree in social work which again speaks to her character as being a very solid and caring person. I would highly recommend her without reservation to any one seeking to buy or to sell in the real estate marketplace.

Elaine Kateman spent time getting to know us and what we were looking for as we planned to downsize to a condominium in the area. She marketing out property diligently and effectively and showed the house to a large number of potential buyers. Elaine also provided in depth information on properties that could potentially be of interest to us and ultimately located an ideal unit that was not on the market. She engaged and negotiated a good deal with that sellers as well as negotiating an excellent price for the sale of our home. We highly recommend her to anyone seeking to see or to buy in the real estate market.

It is with pleasure that we are writing to endorse our real estate agent, Elaine Kateman. We knew that we wanted to live close to Boston but did not have a lot of knowledge of the surrounding towns. Elaine knew the area inside out and provided detailed information on each town, different villages within each town as well as areas we might want to avoid and why..everything from high water table to high tension power lines. Elaine showed us a variety of houses in each town clearly explaining what improvements would be needed in each of them as well as the approximate cost of the renovations. She was able to quickly identify properties that were overpriced and knew exactly where the true offer price would be most effective. She was able to get us into houses before they hit their open house date which enabled us to have the first look and immediately put in an offer. This paid off when Elaine found us the perfect house in Needham. She worked with us late into the night to secure the right offer, guide us through the process and eventually have our offer accepted.
Elaine went on to help us through the mortgage process. She referred us to an excellent loan officer and ensured he had all of the necessary documents. She continued to follow up with us to ensure we had everything we needed and that the financing process was quick and easy. Her guidance through the inspections and closed was also invaluable. She was there every step of the way and did not leave any question unanswered. We would recommend Elaine to anyone looking to enter the real estate market.

Elaine is much more than a typical real estate agent. She is highly knowledgeable about a variety of markets as well as highly skillful in her ability to assess, negotiate and follow through. Her skills and fine taste continue into her ability to stage and prepare a property to look compelling. Her skill set in combination with many years of in depth experience make her the compelling choice for anyone seeking to enter the marketplace.