Steve Harwood

Steve was a fantastic choice for helping us purchase our new home in Seattle. Finding time to tour houses with Steve was easy and he was readily and enthusiastically available when we asked to see homes. He helped us navigate the extremely hot Seattle home market, making suggestions and giving insight into the market. When it came time to make offers, he walked us through the process and suggested to us a number of tactics to help us win, without being pushy. On top of his real estate expertise, Steve is a great person, fun to work with and easy to talk to. We couldn't recommend Steve enough as a realtor and will gladly use him to buy homes again in the future and to sell our previous home.

By far the best experience I have had working with a Real Estate agent. He was honest, knowledgeable, & kept in constant communication throughout the entire process. I highly recommend Steve & his team. You won't find anyone better than them.

Steve was recommended by a close friend, and worked with my wife and I on our first home purchase. He was everything you'd hope for in a realtor - responsive, knowledgeable, patient, and aggressive when the time called for it. We had to deal with unresponsive brokers, last minute paperwork, and (what we learned were) the usual craziness that comes with buying a home. I can't imagine how much harder it would have been without Steve along for the ride. I can wholeheartedly recommend him for your next real estate deal.

It was amazing working with Steve. His knowledge of the market was spot on, and his Expertise allowed our house to get sold days after posting. He was very transparent about the process, and was there with us every step of the way. With Streve’s house we’re not only Able to sell our house quickly, but ended up closing on a house with the best results any selling could hope for. Thanks Steve!

Steve became our agent after another agent in his office, Windermere in Bellevue, Washington, decided that he could provide more appropriate service to us. (Please see our review for her as well: Kitty Ballard.) Steve has all the usual skills, but additionally, as a former Marine active in veterans issues, he is very knowledgeable about VA loans. At the time, we were slogging through the process of getting a VA loan through our initial lender, where things were fine up to the point where there was a paperwork glitch at the VA. When he learned that our lender was leaving the situation with the VA up to us, Steve recommended that we talk to a lender he was familiar with who he said would be more proactive. That proved to be the case, and the loan process became much easier. Meanwhile, Steve really heard us when we told him what we wanted, and in turn he educated us about buying directly from a builder, which can have advantages at the settlement table. That’s what we ended up doing, and Steve made the negotiation clear and about as easy as it could be. We couldn’t be happier with our new home and we remember the buying process without pain. Steve is tremendously responsive in his communication, and extremely helpful about things like preparing documents for e-signature so they can be signed more quickly. He was fun to work with, has great people skills, is very team-oriented, has a ton of knowledge about the real estate business, and really enjoys his clients and his work. And if you’re looking to buy with a VA loan, he is extremely skilled at dealing with the issues you’ll be facing. We were very stressed out when Kitty put us together with him because of the VA issue, and it was remarkable how things fell into place once we started working with him. A special agent and person -- highly recommended.

In our home buying process we worked with more than a few real estate agents before we found Steve, and lets just say we weren't very enthusiastic about any of the other ones. From the very first meeting we just felt comfortable with Steve. Prior realtors felt like robots just reading us info from a sheet, so having Steve show up and treat us like he would a friend was VERY refreshing! He did his homework and was able to answer any questions I had about the properties we looked at. If, by chance, he didn't know then he made sure to find out and always got back to me ASAP. I think the most important thing to me personally was that he was invested in our dream. When we looked at properties that were not quite what we wanted he knew it just as we knew it, and he never tried to sell us on anything. When we found "the" house I knew that he was thinking about us as we went through negotiations. He treated my family and me as if we were friends and went above and beyond to make this process as easy and FUN as I hope it is for everyone! As a first time homebuyer I was pretty overwhelmed but Steve and his team made it the absolute BEST experience ever. I would (and have) recommend him to anyone and everyone. If you are looking for an agent that is personable, has a sense of humor, and will look out for your best interests then you should definitely send Steve a message.