Oakland   - California

Sarah Abel

Compass 

Inner Circle Member (2024)
Leading 100 Honoree (2024)

Here are a few of Sarah 's recently sold listings

  • Wildwood Avenue Piedmont, CA 94611
    $12,000,000 9,928 sq ft Bedroom(s) 6 Bath(s) 8
  • 7 Muir Avenue Piedmont, CA 94610
    $6,200,000 6,423 sq ft Bedroom(s) 6 Bath(s) 6.5
  • 21 Littlewood Drive Piedmont, CA 94611
    $5,500,000 5,390 sq ft Bedroom(s) 4 Bath(s) 5

Bio

Originally raised in San Marino, I came to Northern California to attend UC Berkeley and ultimately made the East Bay my permanent home. I have both lived and worked in San Francisco where I became an Administrator in Human Resources for a large legal defense team.

Like many young professionals, I learned to juggle career with family, raising three children with my husband in Piedmont. My love for hearth and home eventually led me to pursue a career in residential real estate where I have had the immense pleasure of helping both Buyers and Sellers. Do I favor one over the other? I love working both sides of the transaction and consider myself a problem solver with a keen eye at discovering where opportunities exist, an analytical mind that crunches the numbers and a compassionate approach to navigating a complicated marketplace.

Is it all work and no play? Absolutely not. I’m an avid hiker, passionate volunteer, loyal dog-walker, attentive friend and a Tahoe enthusiast. Finding the right balance and cultivating joy are paramount to both my personal and professional lives. It is a privilege and a pleasure to share my expertise with my clients and it’s gratifying to continue the relationships long after the deal is ratified.

 415-990-7654 sarah.abel@compass.com

Testimonials

  • "We had a great experience with Sarah selling our home. From the beginning, her approach of working together as a team created a great collaborative relationship. This team dynamic allowed us all to have input into the process, while Sarah was not afraid to provide her opinions when appropriate. She brings unending enthusiasm, energy and tenacity to the process, and has a creative, problem solving approach. She has fantastic knowledge of the market and is extremely proactive in her marketing efforts. We would not hesitate to recommend Sarah to other potential clients."

    Greg and Renee
  • "After forty years at 500 Hampton Road we wanted to maximize the selling price of our Piedmont home. We interviewed some of the top agents in Piedmont. Sarah was our first choice because of her presentation, reputation and professionalism. Sarah worked diligently to get our home into the best possible condition to amplify its strong points. She used all the best marketing tools at her disposal to sell our home. Sarah sold our home for more than we ever imagined. But she provided much more than that. She became a friend to our family. We are disabled and she helped us deal with the small details to make the selling process go well. We strongly recommend that you hire Sarah to help you sell your home. You will pleased with your decision and its outcome."

    Brad & Lynne

  • "It was a pleasure working with Sarah to find our new home in Piedmont! Having raised her family in Piedmont, she is highly knowledgeable about the local community, schools, and activities. She listened carefully to what we were looking for in a house, then she proceeded to leave no stone unturned finding potential properties and informing us about them before they even hit the market. Throughout the home search process, she was responsive, encouraging and professional. She was a good sounding board as we weighed the pros and cons of different properties. When we chose to make an offer on our home, she provided guidance and she advocated strongly for us in a competitive, multiple offer situation. Through closing, she was always there for us handling the details in a timely manner. Even as we are going through the process of remodeling our new home, Sarah has sweetly checked in with coffee, pastries, and recommendations from architects to babysitters. We have already referred other friends to Sarah - she makes it happen!"
    Brian & Colleen
  • "In an unpredictable, highly competitive market, Sarah’s sound advice and counseling are the sole reason we were successful in finding the house we really wanted! She has a solid understanding of the market fluctuations and its effect on housing values. Sarah really streamlined the process for us, all with a wonderful, professional attitude. Thanks, Sarah!"

    Aradhana & Sid
  • "We are happy to let anyone interested in finding a top-notch real estate agent know about our terrific experience with Sarah Abel. Sarah handled the selling of our house in Piedmont, California this past summer 2018, and we could not have asked for a more thorough, efficient, communicative, and easy-to-work-with realtor. We are tremendously grateful to her for her hard work and expert abilities in obtaining a high price for our house, even as the residential market in our area was beginning to turn downward from its previous peak. Sarah has the whole range of skills needed to bring success to the sale of a house. She is exceedingly well organized. When we first interviewed her as a possible agent, She arrived with a detailed booklet outlining the steps we would go through and showing us examples of some of the properties she had recently sold. After talking to us about our needs, she evolved a plan covering which improvements would be good to make before putting our house on the market, bringing to bear many professional people who she has worked with to carry out any of the projects that we didn’t wish to contract out for ourselves. We ended up relying on Sarah to direct the work of most of these professionals because in our case we moved out of state about a month and a half before the house went on the market. She handled all of these tasks with precision and her characteristic good humor, putting our minds at ease over the final stages of getting the house ready to show prospective buyers. Sarah made excellent professional judgments all along the way about how to prepare and advertise our house. We want to emphasize just how warm, friendly, and communicative Sarah was to work with. These traits are so important in a realtor, given the stresses that inevitably arise when a family sells their house after living in it for many years.

    Anthony & Debbie

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