Brown Harris Stevens

#1 Sales Volume (Riverdale)

#7 Agent Companywide (February, 2023)

Julie Gaynor employs intuition, market knowledge, and a keen eye for design when transitioning people from one home to another. She makes a point to empathize with and fulfill clients’ needs by working one on one with them to develop a comprehensive, strategic plan.

Prior to real estate, Julie spent over 30 years as a fashion executive and award-winning designer. As a result, she can easily envision and showcase interiors in their best light. Her educational background in psychology allowed her to hone her listening and communication skills, making her both attentive and accessible for all clients.

Julie is adept at executing sales of all types in Manhattan and Riverdale, including condominiums and co-ops. She also specializes in high-end rentals for exclusive clientele requiring the utmost level of discretion. Through preparation and due diligence, Julie efficiently meets all client needs to their satisfaction, keeping discretion and confidentiality top of mind. It’s no wonder she consistently enjoys repeat and referral business.

Julie’s areas of expertise include Manhattan, Riverdale, Westchester and the Hamptons, all of which she and her children have called home at one point or another. Currently an empty nester, she is a devoted wife, mother, stepmother, and philanthropist, regularly fundraising and promoting charitable efforts related to children’s wellness organizations, including the Children’s Hospital in Boston and the CCCA.

In her free time, Julie enjoys spending time, friends and dogs, reading, Yoga, meditation, mindfulness, paddle boarding, horseback riding and tennis. She shares her journey monthly in her popular newsletter “Take a minute with Julie.”

“My husband, Robert Mauer and I, have had occasion to buy and sell a number of properties in and around New York City over the last 30 years.

We have always chosen the real estate agents with whom we have worked very carefully and the results have always been very positive. Nothing in our experience, however, had prepared us for the the degree of professionalism and excellence provided to us by your agent Julie Gaynor. From the very beginning of what turned out to be an arduous five month process, she demonstrated a remarkable capacity to listen to our stated and sometimes disparate needs and respond to them in a way that eased our stress and moved the transaction forward. She always provided us with meaningful data to back up her suggestions and explained her reasoning in a clear and concise way that facilitated our decision making at critical points in our negotiations. Once we had and accepted offer, she was meticulous in guiding the buyers through the grueling process of completing the board package, an exercise that has made grown men cry.

Finally, and most importantly, Julie went so far beyond what one has a right to expect from an agent that she probably saved our marriage or at least kept one or the other of us from being temporarily institutionalized. The number of examples of her kindness and assistance are too numerous to mention, but we will always be grateful to Julie for all she did for us. You are most fortunate to have her representing your firm.” - Jerry B.

"Julie Gaynor is an excellent realtor. She served as my agent in the sale of a Riverdale co-op. I could not have wished for a better agent. She is trustworthy, reliable, and responsive. Julie was enormously helpful in getting the apartment ready for sale, offering great judgment and invaluable help every step of the way: advising how to stage the apartment, arranging to have the apartment cleared and cleaned, dealing with contractors and building staff, as well as facilitating interactions with the co-op management and board. In all of this she was untiring, energetic, enthusiastic, and gracious. Julie earned my highest recommendation." – Leon

Our family worked very closely with Julie to rent a Manhattan apartment in the truly difficult post-pandemic real estate market in early 2022. Julie patiently and professionally walked with us through the whole process, working overtime to set up appointments and tailor them to our schedule. Despite the uniquely unpredictable rental market, Julie was a rock: always accessible by phone, text, or email, accommodating to all our needs and requests, and offering true expert advice just when we needed it, every time. I can’t recommend her strongly enough! Terry S.