John Chen

Brokerage of Record: Redfin Corporation

License State: California

License Number: 01741710

Service areas: San Jose, Sunnyvale, Belmont, San Mateo, Gilroy, Milpitas , California Maison, Mills Estates, Centennial, Hillsborough Oaksbridge, Los Paseos, Palmar-Borello, Monta Loma, Saratoga, Woodside, Burlingame, Foster City, Redwood City, San Carlos, Hillsborough, Mountain View
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Summary: John Chen is a highly accomplished California real estate agent, ranked in the upper 12% of his peers at the 88th percentile.

He has completed at least 28 transactions with an average sale price of $640K. He has closed transactions ranging from $250K to $2.55M in value.

John's brokerage of record is Redfin Corporation where he primarily serves buyers with Single Family properties in San Jose, Sunnyvale and Belmont and the Hillsborough Oaksbridge, Monta Loma and Palmar-Borello neighborhoods.

John stands out because of his depth of experience as a buyer’s agent and his ability to quickly sell his client’s homes, once listed.

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NC AGENT SCORE

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

This number represents John’s percentile ranking among his peer group. Thus, for agents that John competes with, he was in the 88th percentile, meaning he performed better than 87% of his peer agents and conversely was in the top 12% of his peers. The maximum score is "99" for 99th percentile.

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John Chen's Performance Metrics

GENERAL METRICS

Top Cities

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

San Jose — 10 (33%)
Sunnyvale — 4 (13%)
Belmont — 2 (7%)
San Mateo — 2 (7%)
Milpitas — 2 (7%)
Gilroy — 2 (7%)
Mountain View — 1 (3%)
Hillsborough — 1 (3%)
San Carlos — 1 (3%)
Saratoga — 1 (3%)
Redwood City — 1 (3%)
Woodside — 1 (3%)
Foster City — 1 (3%)
Burlingame — 1 (3%)

Top Neighborhoods

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

Hillsborough Oaksbridge — 1 (14%)
Monta Loma — 1 (14%)
Palmar-Borello — 1 (14%)
Centennial — 1 (14%)
California Maison — 1 (14%)
Mills Estates — 1 (14%)
Los Paseos — 1 (14%)

Listing Types

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These are the types of properties that John 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 — 23 (77%)
Town Houses — 5 (17%)
Condo — 2 (7%)

Buyers Vs. Sellers Represented

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

Seller — 8 (29%)
Buyer — 20 (71%)

Number of Closed Transactions

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

John
28 Closed
Transactions
John's Peers
24 Closed
Transactions

Number of Active Listings

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This is the number of properties that John 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, John 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 John may be too busy to effectively service another client.

John
0 Active
Listings
John's Peers
4 Active
Listings

% Dual Rep - Same Agent

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This is the percent of John’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 John’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.

John
0% Dual Rep
Agent
John's Peers
7% Dual Rep
Agent

Price Ranges Represented

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These are the price ranges of listings John listed or sold on behalf of John 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.

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Listing Agent Performance

Better than peers
Worse than peers
Peers

# Listings Sold

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

John
 
8 Listings Sold
John's Peers
27 Listings
Sold

Average Days To Sale

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

John
 
61 Days to Sale
John's Peers
121 Days to
Sale

% Listings Sold

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

John
80% of listings
sold
John's Peers
86% of listings
sold

Sale Price Spread

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

John
99.2% of ask
price
John's Peers
100.8% of ask
price

Sale Price Normalized Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that John 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.

John
101.2% of ask
price
John's Peers
100.6% of ask
price

Average Sale Price Per Sq.Ft.

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

John
$237 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
John's Peers
$280 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 John completed when representing buyers to purchase a property vs. his agent peer group (‘Peers’).

John
20 Listings
Purchased
John's Peers
10 Listings
Purchased

Purchase Price Spread

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

John
99.5% of Ask
Price
John's Peers
100.5% of Ask
Price

Purchase Normalized Spread

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This is the percent of the full asking price that John was able to obtain for his buyer clients on average, relative to the days the property was for sale. It indicates the quality of his negotiation skills since the longer a property sits on the market, the easier it should be to negotiate a reduction in price (or spread).

John
101.8% of Ask
Price
John's Peers
104.2% of Ask
Price

Avg. Purchase Price Per Sq.Ft.

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

John
$465 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
John's Peers
$438 Avg. Per
Sq.Ft.
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John Chen's Property Listings