Ria Browne

I had worked with Ria on a short-term, large Manhattan apartment rental that we needed to get done in super quick order after a flood - and we needed to get it fully furnished on a temporary basis. Ria hooked me up and white-gloved the whole thing. The experience was so good that when I needed to find a “unicorn” apartment for my elderly mother I knew she was the person to ask. I was specific - so specific in fact I knew the building I wanted but there were no units available. This did not deter Ria who worked her network and quickly identified the perfect off-market apartment for sale in the right building - negotiating the deal, including an early...

Ria went above and beyond to secure our home for us, which at many times was hanging on the line. We had a very tricky mortgage process and the seller could have dropped the sale multiple times, but Ria kept everyone from jumping ship. Finally, months later all of the pieces came together and we are so glad we had such a tenacious broker on our side! -Q. J. & G. N.

Ria is a wonderfully perceptive and professional agent and went above and beyond to help me find my perfect apartment in an extremely competitive landscape. Ria was communicative and quick throughout the entire process, from scheduling a range of viewings to putting in offers and negotiating my final purchase. I couldn’t recommend Ria more and would trust Ria with any and all of my future home searches. -H. S.

Ria helped us to find a place we were very happy with, and helped in the negotiations so much as there was a customizable element to the purchase too. And so we felt super good to work with Ria when we came to sell the place a few years later, after the pandemic, to return to Europe. There was some work to do and Ria was always entrepreneurial to solve some issues, always clear and factual and punctual - a lot of the fundamentals but just really professional and all-around a joy to work with! -S. W.

The fact that Ria sold our apartment at the price we wanted less than 30 days after it was listed, during a pandemic says it all! Behind the scenes, this was our home for 16 years and grew with our family, which Ria innately understood and converted to expertly identifying the accurate profile of potential buyers, and then finding the right buyer who saw what we saw in a happy home. The entire process, from taking the photos and video, to setting the price and closing the deal, was seamless and meticulously handled with a lot of goodwill from both sides (so much so that one of the lawyers said he's never been involved in such a smooth closing!). -S. M.

Selling an apartment during COVID times is already complicated, layer in an apartment that needed some cosmetic refreshing, and throw in some unexpected twists and this easily becomes very complicated and emotionally charged. However, with Ria’s calm confidence and expertise, my apartment sale was expertly and smoothly navigated with her at the helm. Ria provided the people and the resources to implement needed cosmetic changes and advised on the correct listing price based on an astute assessment and her keen understanding of the real estate landscape. As a result, she sold my apartment above the asking price within a short time after listing. In f...

I was nervous and apprehensive about making my first home purchase in New York City, during the pandemic. Thankfully, I was introduced to Ria, who is incredibly knowledgeable about the market, instilled confidence in me, and made the process as easy and seamless as possible. My biggest fear was working with someone pushy and sales-y, but Ria’s approach was the complete opposite of this, as she never pressured me. She is warm, thoughtful, and an astute listener. Through our initial conversations, she identified several apartments, all high-quality candidates in my budget, and helped me to rationalize why the home I ultimately selected was best suited...

As a professional, one of the things that I really enjoy is working with people who are good at their jobs, and Ria is very, very good at her job. We started by picking over hundreds of listings online and tagging the ones that we liked. The first day we went to see apartments in person, Ria said “I added a place that I really think you should look at.” We went there first, and ridiculously, wound up buying it. It was exactly what we wanted. The thing is, we would have passed over it just from looking at the photographs and the listing. Ria brought us there because she knew the building, knew the apartment line, could see that it was a good buy, and...

Today we closed the sale of our Brooklyn Heights coop apartment. Ria listed it for us in January of this pandemic year and within three weeks we had three offers at our asking price. Ria’s advice as to small ways in which we could update the look of our home of 26 years and her beautifully crafted description of the historic importance of our landmark building was a big factor in attracting the interest of potential buyers. Ria herself is charming and cordial and it was a pleasure to work with her from beginning to end. She went the extra distance for us because we were living 2000 miles from New York and asked her to coordinate all the various step...

Ria is a consummate professional. She was the second broker to come in after my listing floundered with another broker for months. Through impeccable marketing and strategy, she delivered an offer at asking within her first week. The closing was seamless and timely thanks to her wonderful presence and keen sense of the market. -K. P.

What can I say about Ria? When my partner and I began thinking about buying a house, we honestly had no idea where to start. We looked at hundreds of brokers online, had calls with a few, and decided to work with Ria because our conversation was easy from the beginning and we could tell from her Instagram that she has a good eye—and, of course, because of the dozens of positive testimonials. I was sure she'd do a good job, but I didn't anticipate quite how much she'd help and support us through the process, from touring around houses together, to setting us up with an excellent attorney and home inspector, to advising us on how to navigate a sudden ...