Real Estate Agent Stamford CT

Thirty-Three Years on This Side of the Table

Most sellers meet three agents and hear the same pitch three times. Pina Basone has been listing homes in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, Norwalk, New Canaan, Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield and Fairfield since 1994, she stages the house herself, and she is the one who answers the phone when the attorney calls. Call 203-912-5754.

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Why Choose Us

Why Sellers Hire Her

Since 1994, Same County

Thirty-three years listing homes in Fairfield County. She has sold through the 2008 crash, the 2020 rush and the inventory squeeze we are in now, so the advice is not theory.

She Stages It Herself

Staging is the part most agents outsource or skip. Pina walks the house with you, uses what you already own, removes what distracts, and repositions each room so it reads bigger and brighter in photos and in person.

Nine Towns, Not Fifty

Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, Norwalk, New Canaan, Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield and Fairfield. A tight footprint means she knows which streets carry a premium, which school lines move a price, and what a buyer will actually pay this month.

Listing Agent in Stamford and Fairfield County

Listing Agent in Stamford and Fairfield County

A listing agent represents the seller. That means pricing the house against what has actually closed on your street, preparing and staging it so it photographs and shows well, putting it on the MLS where every buyer’s agent in the county will see it, and then negotiating and carrying the deal through inspection, appraisal, attorney review and closing. Pina Basone has done that job in Fairfield County since 1994. She holds the SRES designation for sellers who are downsizing, the GRI from the REALTOR Institute, and the ABR, which means she knows exactly how buyers and their agents negotiate and uses it on your side of the table. If you want the full home selling process step by step, start there. For the county-wide view, see Fairfield County CT realtor.

Realtor Stamford CT

What You Get That a Directory Listing Cannot Give You

Anyone can find an agent’s name on a portal. What decides your sale price is who prices it, who prepares it, and who is still answering the phone in week six.
A price built from what actually closed near you, not a Zestimate. You will see the comparable sales she used and why each one counts.
A staging plan before the photographer arrives, using your own furniture, so the listing photos do the work on the first weekend.
Full MLS placement, so every buyer’s agent working Fairfield County sees your house the day it goes live.
A straight answer on what to fix and what to leave. Not every repair returns what it costs, and she will tell you which ones do not.
Negotiation from someone who holds the buyer-side credential. She knows the playbook the other agent is running because she is trained in it.
One point of contact through inspection, appraisal, attorney review and closing, so nothing sits waiting on somebody to call somebody back.

Pricing a Fairfield County Listing

The Price Is the Whole Strategy

Overpricing is the most expensive mistake a seller makes, and it does not look like a mistake for the first three weeks. The house goes up, the showings are thin, and the feedback is polite. By week four you are competing with your own listing history, because buyers and their agents can see how long it has sat and they price that in. The fix is not a bold number, it is an accurate one: what has closed on comparable streets in the last few months, how your condition and updates compare, and what a buyer can actually finance today. Price it right and the first weekend does the negotiating for you. See pricing your home for the detail, or get a real number on the home valuation page.

Selling a Home in Stamford CT

The Six Weeks After You Accept an Offer

An accepted offer is the middle of the job, not the end. In Connecticut the contract goes to attorney review, the buyer orders an inspection, the lender orders an appraisal, and any one of those can reopen the price. This is the stretch where deals quietly fall apart, usually because nobody is chasing the paperwork. Pina handles that chase herself: she stays on the attorneys, the lender and the buyer’s agent, she knows which inspection items are worth conceding and which are not, and she tells you where the deal actually stands rather than that everything is fine. If you are weighing your options first, should I sell or rent my house and what it costs to sell are the two worth reading. Before you sign anything, know the numbers: real estate commission in Connecticut is negotiated, not fixed.

Read what her sellers say: Pina Basone reviews.

Realtors FAQs

Common questions about our Realtors services

Yes, and they are not the same kind of difference. REALTOR is a membership: an agent who belongs to the National Association of REALTORS and is bound by its code of ethics. Listing agent is a role: the agent who represents the seller in a specific transaction. Pina is both. For your sale what matters is the role, because a listing agent’s duty runs to you, not to the buyer.
Ask three questions and the shortlist sorts itself. How many homes have you actually closed in my town in the last two years, not county-wide. Who prepares and stages the house, you or a vendor I pay. And who answers the phone in week six when the appraisal comes in low. Most sellers interview on commission rate and then find out the answers to those three later.
Yes. When you sign a listing agreement the agent represents you as the seller, and that is the arrangement here. The situation to ask about is dual agency, where one agent represents both sides of the same deal. Connecticut allows it with written consent from both parties. You are entitled to say no, and you should know before you sign whether your agent intends to ask.
Commission in Connecticut is negotiated, not fixed, and it is usually quoted as a percentage of the sale price split between the two sides. Since the 2024 rule changes, what the seller pays toward the buyer’s agent is explicitly negotiable too. Pina prices competitively for this market and will put the number and what it covers in writing before you commit. Real estate commission in Connecticut breaks it down.
There is no official ranking, and any site claiming one is usually selling advertising to agents. Sales volume lists reward the biggest teams, not the best service on your street. A more useful question for a seller is who has closed homes like yours, in your town, recently, and who will still be personally handling it in week six.
Pina works with sellers. That is deliberate: representing the seller is where 33 years of pricing, staging and negotiating in these nine towns pays off directly for you. She holds the buyer-side credential and uses that knowledge on your behalf at the negotiating table, rather than splitting her attention across both sides of the market.