Find the best real estate agents for property sales on Cape Cod: a guide to top agents, homes, and our tips for a successful sale.

Who are the top agents for property sales on the Cape?

Cape Cod has a strong bench of recommended agents and teams, each with different specialties, coverage areas, and approaches.

We're the Freitas Monteforte Group at Compass, and we've been selling coastal and luxury homes here since the late 1990s. We put this guide together because an informed seller makes a better client, for us or anyone else.

Agent / Team	Brokerage	Specialty Area	Known For
Freitas Monteforte Group	Compass	Full Cape & South Coast	Coastal, waterfront, luxury; tech-forward
Lori Jurkowski	Christie's International	Chatham / Lower Cape	Top 1%, high-value sales
Amy Harbeck	Compass	Mid-Cape	Strategic pricing, above-ask results
John Bowen	Bowen Real Estate	Upper Cape	Fast sales, deep local knowledge
Sofia Naoom	Coastal Point Properties	Mid-Cape	Thoroughness and professionalism
Chuck Tuttle	Kinlin Grover Compass	Waterfront / Luxury	Analytics-driven marketing
Team Alberti	OldCape Sotheby's	Lower Cape	Speed and communication
The Leighton Team	Cape Cod & South Shore RE	Full Cape	Out-of-state sellers
Donna Gemborys	Kinlin Grover	Full Cape	Staging and repairs coordination

Notice how each agent above clusters around a specific part of the Cape. That's not a coincidence.

The reason town-level experience matters so much here is that Barnstable, Chatham, Harwich, and East versus Upper versus Lower Cape don't just feel different. They price differently, attract different buyers, and move on different timelines.

Cape Cod real estate has layers that catch generalists off guard

That town-by-town variation is really just the surface of it. Beneath the geography sit a set of property-level variables that generalist agents routinely underestimate, and that directly affect your final sale price.

Flood zone classifications can stall buyer financing if they aren't surfaced and managed early. Bay versus ocean orientation shifts perceived value in ways that square footage alone doesn't explain.

Case in point: a home with documented short-term rental income is a fundamentally different asset than one without it, but only if that history is packaged and presented correctly.

Factors that are easy to miss but carry real weight:

1. Flood zone status affects buyer insurance costs and can delay closing if not addressed upfront
2. Rental income documentation, properly packaged, becomes a measurable value driver
3. Listing timing: the difference between late March and late June changes your buyer pool significantly
4. 1031 exchange coordination, common on the Cape; your agent should understand the timeline firsthand
5. Lot orientation and water proximity drives perceived value independent of square footage

But here's the thing: knowing these variables is one thing. Knowing how to use them in pricing strategy and buyer conversations is where the gap between a good agent and a great one actually shows up.

How strong marketing changes what your home actually sells for

The best agents for property sales on the Cape translate local knowledge into marketing that reaches the right buyers, and for coastal and luxury homes especially, that means going well beyond an MLS listing.

Presentation carries outsized weight at this end of the market. A buyer deciding between two waterfront properties will form an impression from photography and digital presence before they ever set foot inside.

Marketing Element	Why It Matters Here
Drone / Aerial Photography	Communicates water proximity and lot character immediately
3D Virtual Tours	Captures out-of-state and second-home buyers before they visit
Targeted Digital Advertising	Reaches feeder markets: Boston, New York, Connecticut
Compass National Network	Expands listing visibility well beyond local search
Staging Consultation	Lifts perceived value, especially in a competitive review window

We use all of these as standard practice, not selectively.

Our clients on Zillow and Compass consistently point to our responsiveness, negotiation advocacy, and ability to keep complex transactions on track. That consistency matters most when you're managing a sale remotely or working through a waterfront property with multiple moving parts, which brings us to how you actually pick the right agent for your situation.

How to choose the right agent for your sale

The right fit depends on your property type, your town, and how involved you need the process to be.

Before signing anything, we'd ask every candidate the same five questions:

1. How many homes have you sold in my specific town in the last 12 months?
2. What is your average sale-to-list price ratio? (This reveals negotiating skill more honestly than any testimonial.)
3. How do you handle sellers who aren't local year-round?
4. Do you have contractor relationships for pre-sale prep and staging?
5. What does your communication look like after the listing goes live?

The answers will tell you a lot. And so will the agent type itself.

Tradeoffs by agent type

Agent Type	Strengths	Worth Considering
Boutique Specialist Team	High-touch; senior-level attention; deep local focus	Smaller footprint than large franchises
Large Regional Brokerage	Name recognition; wide co-brokerage network	Variable quality; risk of being handed to a junior agent
Solo Independent Agent	Deep knowledge of a specific town	Limited marketing budget; coverage gaps in peak season

We're a boutique team, so we'll own that tradeoff openly.

What we offer in return is something the larger operations genuinely can't: every client works directly with Livia Monteforte, not a team coordinator. That matters more than it sounds when your sale hits a complicated stretch.

Who we are and how we work

Livia Monteforte founded her own Cape Cod brokerage in 2005 and built it almost entirely on repeat and referral clients, which, after nearly three decades in this market, is the only metric we think really holds up.

We joined Compass to pair that local depth with best-in-class marketing technology and national reach, and we're based in Falmouth year-round, focused exclusively on the Cape and South Coast.

Our specialty is coastal, waterfront, beach, and luxury residential property, the kind of home where timing, presentation, and negotiation carry outsized weight.

Livia holds designations including ABR, CRS, e-Pro, GREEN, and REALTOR, and speaks both English and Portuguese. If that sounds like the right match for your property, we'd genuinely love to talk. Reach out to the Freitas Monteforte Group at Compass to find out what your Cape Cod home is worth in today's market.

Work with local experts who understand Cape Cod inside and out

Are you ready to buy or sell Cape Cod real estate with confidence? The Freitas Monteforte Group at Compass represents over 25 years of exclusive Cape Cod market experience combined with the resources of the country's largest brokerage.

Led by Livia Monteforte, ranked in the top 1.5% of agents nationally, we offer the local knowledge, professional designations and advanced technology that complex Cape Cod transactions require.

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