We don't list everything. Harborline represents 41 vetted homes across the Monterey coast and the canyons behind it — each one walked, measured, and photographed by the agent who'll sell it. Private viewings within 48 hours.
Oceanfront
Canyon
New · 4 days
Oceanfront
Canyon
Under $4M
When you call Harborline, Mara answers — not an assistant, not a junior agent learning on your transaction. She walks every property, sets every price against six months of comparable closings, and negotiates each deal herself. That's why the desk caps at 41 active listings.
Tell us the shortlist. We arrange same-week walk-throughs — including off-market homes that never hit the public feeds.
A 9-page brief on each home you like: six months of comps, permit history, soil reports, and what the last three offers on the street actually closed at.
Mara writes and negotiates it herself. Average days from accepted offer to clear-to-close last year: 24. No surprises in the final week.
We hand off a binder with every contractor, gardener, and inspector we trust on the peninsula. The relationship doesn't end at signing.
“We lost two bidding wars before we found Mara. She got us the Cypress Bluff house $40K under ask — by knowing the seller was relocating in June.”
“Sold our Carmel Valley place in 9 days at 104% of list. The comp pack she gave the appraiser is the reason it didn't fall out of escrow.”
“She talked us out of a house we loved — the drainage report scared her. The one we bought instead has appreciated 22% since.”
Listings are a flat 2.5% to Harborline plus a negotiated buyer-agent co-op — typically 2–2.5%. We put the full split in writing before you sign, and we rebate 0.5% back to sellers who also buy their next home through the desk within 12 months.
Yes. Roughly a third of our annual volume never touches the MLS. Once we understand your budget and timeline, we share the private inventory — including homes where the owner is testing the market quietly before committing to a public listing.
We blend the last 24 months of closed sales within a half-mile, adjust per-square-foot for view corridor and lot frontage, and pressure-test against active competition. On unique parcels we commission an independent appraisal before listing so the number survives the buyer's lender.
Routinely. We coordinate directly with your qualified intermediary, estate attorney, and CPA to hold the 45- and 180-day clocks. About 40% of our seller side last year involved a trust, conservatorship, or exchange — we keep a vetted bench for each.
Architectural photography, twilight and drone sets, a 3D Matterport walk-through, a single-property microsite, and a print piece mailed to 1,400 households within the view band. We don't charge it back at close — it's part of the 2.5%.
Whether you're three years out or ready to write an offer this weekend, the first call is a conversation, not a pitch. Mara replies to every inquiry herself, usually within the same business day.