In their words
Six houses and the people who sold them
Every note is one job, with the figures from its own closing statement printed underneath.
We had sat on the market for two months looking like a house nobody lived in. She emptied it, filled it back up with her own things, and we had three offers the first weekend.
Dana Whitcomb Seller, Lowry HillI send her every listing over half a million now. Buyers walk in and stop talking, which is the only review that has ever mattered to me.
Cormac Rhee Listing agent, EdinaThe builder wanted the model unit photographed in a week and I did not believe it could be done. Everything came off one truck and it was shot on the Friday.
Petra Oyelaran Developer, NortheastMy mother had been in that house forty years and I could not bear for it to look packed up. Marit kept the pieces that mattered and took away everything that looked like an ending.
Joel Bittencourt Seller, WhittierShe turned up with a shot list, a paint deck and two vans, and by four o'clock we had four color stories in one room. I have never had a styling day run to time before.
Ines Halvorsen PhotographerOur loft had been photographed twice and looked like a warehouse both times. She brought in three pieces of furniture and it suddenly read as somewhere you would live.
Sunniva Adeyemi Seller, North LoopFigures come from the closing statements, quoted with the sellers' and agents' permission. Addresses are shortened at their request.
The record
Every house, and what it did
Twelve months of listings, with the figures from the closing statements.
| House | Guide | Sold | To offer | Over guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergen Terrace Lowry Hill - six rooms, vacant | $740,000 | $791,000 | 9 days | +6.9% |
| Girard Avenue Kenwood - four rooms, occupied | $615,000 | $648,000 | 14 days | +5.4% |
| Third Street North North Loop - loft, vacant | $525,000 | $559,000 | 6 days | +6.5% |
| Colfax South Linden Hills - five rooms, vacant | $829,000 | $880,000 | 12 days | +6.2% |
| Monroe Street Northeast - model unit, developer | $449,000 | $476,000 | 8 days | +6.0% |
| Humboldt Avenue Fulton - three rooms, occupied | $398,000 | $421,000 | 17 days | +5.8% |
| Irving Place Tangletown - four rooms, vacant | $562,000 | $599,000 | 10 days | +6.6% |
| Emerson Avenue Bryn Mawr - upper duplex, vacant | $471,000 | $498,000 | 13 days | +5.7% |
| Penn Avenue Whittier - five rooms, occupied | $412,000 | $436,000 | 19 days | +5.8% |
| Average | $684,000 | $726,500 | 11 days | +6.4% |
Listings staged between April 2025 and March 2026. Days are counted from the listing going live to an accepted offer. Editorial and shoot work is not included.
Who books me
The agents and builders on the roster
Repeat work, counted by the number of houses rather than the logo.
Rhee & Co
14 homes
Since 2021
Ashgrove Property
11 homes
Since 2022
Lakeline Realty
9 homes
Since 2023
Oyelaran Build
3 buildings
Since 2024
Corbin Hale
7 homes
Since 2022
Northside Collective
6 homes
Since 2024
Halvorsen Studio
12 shoots
Since 2020
Midwest Home
4 features
Since 2023
Agents and builders I have worked with more than once. Most of the rest of the work arrives from them.
Your listing could be the next row.
Send the address and the guide and I will tell you, honestly, whether staging will move the number or whether the house is fine as it stands.
Install weeks still open
- March Booked Four houses and a model unit in Northeast.
- April Two weeks left Weeks of the 13th and the 27th are still open.
- May onward Open Booking now for spring listings and shoot work.