R. Brendan Leary

Brokerage of Record: Sereno Group

License State: California

License Number: 00640599

Service areas: Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Midtown, Menlo Park , Woodside Plaza, Old Mountain Views, North Los Altos, Redwood City, Allied Arts, Old Palo Alto, Barron Park, Greenmeadow, Waverly Park, Crescent Park, College Terrace, Central Portola Valley, The Willows, Whisman Station, Community Center, Evergreen Park, Stanford University, South Los Altos, Saratoga, North Whisman, Monta Loma, Fair Oaks, Campbell, Duveneck-St. Francis, Menlo Oaks, Atherton, Jackson Park, Cupertino, Fairmeadow, Portola Valley
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Summary: R. Brendan Leary is a highly accomplished California real estate agent, ranked in the upper 14% of his peers at the 86th percentile.

He has completed at least 32 transactions with an average sale price of $1.35M. He has closed transactions ranging from $143K to $3.23M in value.

R. Brendan's brokerage of record is Sereno Group where he primarily serves sellers with Single Family properties in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos and the Midtown, Woodside Plaza and North Los Altos neighborhoods.

R. Brendan stands out because of his depth of experience as a listing agent, his ability to quickly sell his client’s homes, once listed and his inability to negotiate a lower price per square foot for his buyers relative to the buyers of comparable properties.

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NC AGENT SCORE

R. Brendan Leary has received an overall rating of "Very Good" By NeighborCity. The 'NC Agent Score' represents this real estate agent's (R. Brendan Leary) performance* when working with buyers and sellers to list, purchase and sell their properties, relative to their agent peer group**.

This number represents R. Brendan’s percentile ranking among his peer group. Thus, for agents that R. Brendan competes with, he was in the 86th percentile, meaning he performed better than 85% of his peer agents and conversely was in the top 14% of his peers. The maximum score is "99" for 99th percentile.

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R. Brendan Leary's Performance Metrics

GENERAL METRICS

Top Cities

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These are the cities where R. Brendan represents buyers and sellers most often, listed by percent of active and sold listings in each location.

Palo Alto — 12 (33%)
Mountain View — 7 (19%)
Los Altos — 6 (17%)
Menlo Park — 3 (8%)
Redwood City — 2 (6%)
Other:
Campbell — 1 (3%)
Fair Oaks — 1 (3%)
Portola Valley — 1 (3%)
Saratoga — 1 (3%)
Atherton — 1 (3%)
Cupertino — 1 (3%)

Top Neighborhoods

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These are the neighborhoods where R. Brendan represents both buyers and sellers most often, listed by percent of active listings and transactions closed in each location.

Midtown — 3 (10%)
Woodside Plaza — 2 (7%)
North Los Altos — 2 (7%)
Old Mountain Views — 2 (7%)
College Terrace — 1 (3%)
Crescent Park — 1 (3%)
Old Palo Alto — 1 (3%)
Allied Arts — 1 (3%)
Evergreen Park — 1 (3%)
Whisman Station — 1 (3%)
Community Center — 1 (3%)
Barron Park — 1 (3%)
The Willows — 1 (3%)
Central Portola Valley — 1 (3%)
Stanford University — 1 (3%)
Menlo Oaks — 1 (3%)
Duveneck-St. Francis — 1 (3%)
North Whisman — 1 (3%)
Fairmeadow — 1 (3%)
Jackson Park — 1 (3%)
Greenmeadow — 1 (3%)
Monta Loma — 1 (3%)
South Los Altos — 1 (3%)
Waverly Park — 1 (3%)

Listing Types

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These are the types of properties that R. Brendan represents most often for both buyers and sellers, listed by percent of active listings and transactions closed for each property type (Single Family, Condo, Town House, Multi-family, land & lots, etc.)

Single Family — 27 (75%)
Town Houses — 7 (19%)
Condo — 2 (6%)

Buyers Vs. Sellers Represented

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This is the ratio and number of closed transactions where R. Brendan represented a buyer in the purchase of a home (‘Buyer’) vs. a seller in the sale of a home (‘Seller’).

Seller — 24 (75%)
Buyer — 8 (25%)

Number of Closed Transactions

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This is the number of total transactions that R. Brendan completed when representing buyers and sellers vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

R. Brendan
32 Closed
Transactions
R. Brendan's Peers
20 Closed
Transactions

Number of Active Listings

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This is the number of properties that R. Brendan is currently listing for sale vs. the number listed for sale on average, by his agent peer group (‘Peers’). If this number is substantially lower than his peers, R. Brendan may be new to the business, a buyer’s agent, or part of a team where the team leader claims credit for all listings and sales. If his listing count is much greater than his peers, then R. Brendan may be too busy to effectively service another client.

R. Brendan
2 Active
Listings
R. Brendan's Peers
3 Active
Listings

% Dual Rep Transactions

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This is the percent of R. Brendan’s transactions where his brokerage represented both the buyer and seller as broker of record, vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’). Ideally this percent should be lower than R. Brendan’s peers because sharing a broker can work against either the buyer or seller, resulting in a lower or higher selling price than otherwise would be expected.

R. Brendan
4% Dual Rep
Broker/Agent
R. Brendan's Peers
16% Dual Rep
Broker/Agent

% Dual Rep - Same Agent

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This is the percent of R. Brendan’s transactions where he and his brokerage represented both the seller and buyer as the agent and broker of record, vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’). ). Ideally this percent should be lower than R. Brendan’s peers because sharing an agent and broker can work against either the buyer or seller, resulting in a lower or higher selling price than otherwise would be expected.

R. Brendan
0% Dual Rep
Agent
R. Brendan's Peers
4% Dual Rep
Agent

Price Ranges Represented

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These are the price ranges of listings R. Brendan listed or sold on behalf of R. Brendan buyer and seller clients, along with the number of listings in each price range in parenthesis, e.g. $300K (22) means 22 listings in the $300-399K range were represented by this agent. Picking an agent with ample experience in your price range is a good idea.

Listing Agent Performance

Better than peers
Worse than peers
Peers

# Listings Sold

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This is the number of total transactions that R. Brendan completed when representing sellers in a sale of a property vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

R. Brendan
24 Listings
Sold
R. Brendan's Peers
15 Listings
Sold

Average Days To Sale

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This is the average number of days it took R. Brendan to sell a listing when representing a seller.

R. Brendan
 
54 Days to Sale
R. Brendan's Peers
 
85 Days to Sale

% Listings Sold

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This is the percent of the listings that R. Brendan lists for sale that eventually sell.

R. Brendan
92% of listings
sold
R. Brendan's Peers
89% of listings
sold

Sale Price Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that R. Brendan was able to obtain for her seller clients on average.

R. Brendan
96.2% of ask
price
R. Brendan's Peers
101.1% of ask
price

Sale Price Normalized Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that R. Brendan was able to obtain for his seller clients on average, relative to the number days the property was for sale. It indicates the quality of his negotiation skills since the longer a property sits on the market, the harder it is to negotiate a sale price close to full asking price.

R. Brendan
101.2% of ask
price
R. Brendan's Peers
107.7% of ask
price

Average Sale Price Per Sq.Ft.

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This is the average price per square foot received by R. Brendan’s sellers (sale price divided by the total area of the home) as compared to his peers.

R. Brendan
$723 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
R. Brendan's Peers
$551 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.

Buyer's Agent Performance

Better than peers
Worse than peers
Peers

# Listings Purchased

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This is the number of total transactions that R. Brendan completed when representing buyers to purchase a property vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

R. Brendan
8 Listings
Purchased
R. Brendan's Peers
9 Listings
Purchased

Purchase Price Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that R. Brendan was able to obtain for his buyer clients on average.

R. Brendan
106.2% of Ask
Price
R. Brendan's Peers
101.4% of Ask
Price

Avg. Purchase Price Per Sq.Ft.

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This is the average price per square foot paid by R. Brendan’s buyers (sale price divided by the total finished area of the home) as compared to his peers.

R. Brendan
$744 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
R. Brendan's Peers
$544 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.

R. Brendan Leary's Property Listings