Brown Harris Stevens

Extensive real estate knowledge and experience living in the tri-state area has enabled Joanne to successfully guide her clients through the multiple and often complicated steps of buying or selling a home. Clients put their trust in her and are impressed with her diligence, tenacity, negotiating savvy, and integrity, while always enthusiastic and upbeat. Joanne strives to build a life-long relationship with each client as their real estate consultant. By providing exemplary personalized service beyond their expectations, she gains her clients’ complete satisfaction and subsequent referrals.

Over the years, Joanne has built strong relationships with other agents, mortgage brokers, attorneys, building inspectors, stagers, movers, service providers and contractors. This allows her to provide full service in all aspects of real estate and ensure a smooth transaction.

Living with her family in New Canaan since 1983 has provided her with a wealth of information about the local real estate market, schools, businesses, social organizations, and town amenities. Her two children were educated in the New Canaan public school system and a private school in Westport, as well as two years overseas. In addition to living in New Canaan, Joanne and her family moved seven times in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Singapore and São Paulo, Brazil. Clients relocating locally or internationally benefit from Joanne’s personal and business experience.

Professional Certifications, Awards and Memberships

• GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) prestigious designation from the National Realtor Institute
• LRS (LeadingRE Relocation Specialist) designation from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
• 2022 Gold Circle award
• 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 Silver Circle award
• Other prestigious awards in prior years: President’s Emerald, Gold, Silver and Bronze
• Member of the National Association of Realtors
• Member of Connecticut Association of Realtors
• Member of Greater Fairfield County Consolidated Multiple Listing Service
• Member of New Canaan Board of Realtors
• Member of New Canaan Multiple Listing Service and past Board of Directors

Education

• MBA in Finance
• BS in Business

Community Service

• New Canaan Board of Realtors
• New Canaan Parish Chapter of National Charity League, past President
• ENCORE, board member
• St. Aloysius Church, pastoral council member
• Junior League of Stamford/Norwalk, past Treasurer and other board positions
• New Canaan CARES, past board member
• Young Women’s League, several board positions in past years
• Newcomers, several board positions in past years

Testimonials

“Joanne is professional, detail oriented, extremely knowledgeable of the local real estate market and willing to go that extra mile. She explained the entire selling process in great detail. She always followed up after a viewing, sharing the buyers’ views and comments. When it came to negotiations she listened carefully to what I had to say and negotiated a successful outcome. I would highly recommend her.” - JK

“Joanne is very knowledgeable about the New Canaan, CT market as well as several of the surrounding towns. When we listed our property with Joanne the New Canaan market was not good for homes on large 2 to 4 acre properties, especially houses at a distance from the schools and away from the train station. Joanne worked tirelessly to find a suitable buyer for our home. She worked closely with us to sell the home and negotiated with the buyers’ realtor to ensure the best contract possible for us.” - DRT

“We are so grateful for your gentle, patient, flexible, profound advice and counsel as we made this significant step in purchasing a home. You were (are) in a word a blessing, giving of your time altering your schedule and giving sound and intelligent advice.”- BK

“Joanne is a remarkable real estate professional. Her local knowledge isunmatched. She intimately knows all the neighborhood and towns in her area. She offers quality advice and thoughtful suggestions with a subtle touch. Ultimately, she kept us focused on the end result, finding a perfect house to match our needs and requirements. She is prompt and responsive is her communications. Most importantly, Joanne is honest and she is always working in your best interest. We are glad we had met Joanne about three years ago. She has guided us through the buying process and helped us locate the perfect home. She has been superb. We highly recommend Joanne. After working with her we would never consider working with another real estate agent!” - TS

“I cannot say enough good things about Joanne. She is knowledgeable, helpful, smart, and caring. Working around the clock, she is a wealth of information on real estate and related matters such as local service providers, staging, decluttering and even babysitters. Joanne anticipated our needs, negotiated an excellent price, and made our move so easy!” - LBG

“We are thrilled with our new home. Since we’re not from the area, Joanne’s extensive knowledge, enthusiasm, and thorough approach was invaluable. We could not have had a better agent and already have recommended her to our friends! Thank you!”

“Joanne found just what we were looking for. She listened and understood our needs, then went to bat on our behalf to make our purchase and move smooth and efficient. She went above and beyond and always professional.”