Your boutique residential real estate consultancy and brokerage specializing in Boston’s most highly sought addresses.
Rental Agency
As of August 2025, tenants are no longer covering the landlord’s broker fee. What does this mean? Simply stated:
- If a landlord hires an agent to lease an apartment, they are responsible for paying that fee.
- If a tenant, they pay the broker they hired to represent them.
On both sides, there is immense value in hiring representation.
3 things to know about the recent changes to the residential real estate industry.
Ultimately, changes will be driven by market dynamics and no one has an exact handle on how individual situations will play out, but we have spent time contemplating the changes and training agents on how to best practice in the new marketplace. Reach out to any of us to talk more about these big changes in our industry.
Understanding Your Current Situation
The Value a COG Buyer’s Agent Brings to Your Home Search
Since 2015, we’ve done more than 500 residential real estate transactions and counting. We remain available to our clients for years as advisors as to how the market is doing or how the trends are evolving in real estate. For example: Does it make sense to take on a home improvement project? Ask us and we’ll tell you how we think it might impact the value of your home.
Pocket listings
Pocket listings
- Nuanced and Hyperlocal Market Expertise
- Help determining your realistic budget
- Education and information surrounding the process
- Connections to other reputable real estate-related professionals
- and so much more…
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