Halstead, Monroe & Associates is a four-agent boutique real estate firm serving Mill Valley, Tiburon, Belvedere, Sausalito, Corte Madera, Larkspur, Kentfield, and Ross — the communities of Southern Marin. We've closed 682 transactions since we founded the firm in 2008, representing a combined $3.84 billion in sales. We don't work by volume, we work by fit: each of our four full brokers takes a maximum of 14 active clients at once, with a 1:2 support-staff-to-broker ratio behind the scenes. That's why our clients get their calls returned the same hour, and why our listings sell for a median 4.2% above list, 18 days faster than the Southern Marin average.
A small curated book. Full disclosure packets, pre-inspections, prior appraisals, and neighborhood comps available on request. Private showings by appointment only.
1927 Craftsman, three blocks from Mill Valley's Throckmorton Theatre. Kitchen and primary suite renovated 2021 by Butler Armsden; the rest is original wood, original bones, original light. Listed by Celestina Monroe-Whitaker.
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Deep-water dock, 88 ft of shoreline, full north view from Angel Island to the city. Architect Olle Lundberg 2016. Shown only to qualified buyers after a 15-minute introductory call. Represented exclusively by Theodore Halstead III.
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Single-story mid-century on a creek-side parcel. Top-rated Kentfield Elementary boundary. Offers reviewed Thursday Nov 14 at 5pm; pre-inspection and title report available now. Listed by Damien Okonkwo-Beaumont.
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Third-generation Marin. Founded the firm in 2008 after 12 years at Sotheby's International. Specializes in waterfront and architect-designed properties in Belvedere, Tiburon, and Sausalito. 214 career closings, $1.42B career volume. CIPS, CLHMS (Institute for Luxury Home Marketing), GRI.
Co-founded HM&A in 2008. Specializes in Mill Valley and Kentfield estates under $5M. Known for sellers' preparation work — stager, architect, landscaper, painter all coordinated before listing. 198 closings, $1.08B career volume. ABR, SRES, CLHMS.
Joined the firm 2012, partner 2018. Specializes in Kentfield, Ross, and Larkspur — the family markets. Former architect (B.Arch Cornell) and it shows; clients value his eye for what a home could become. 182 closings, $884M career volume. ABR, GREEN.
Joined 2015, partner 2021. Specializes in Corte Madera and Mill Valley for buyers — particularly first-time move-up buyers from San Francisco. Bilingual English/Korean. Fast, analytical, data-forward. 88 closings, $438M career volume. ABR, CRS.
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"We sold the family home in Tiburon after twenty-six years. Ted Halstead walked us through it like a therapist, not a broker — what to keep, what to stage, how to price it, when to list. We ended up $880K over our reserve, closed in 22 days, and cried a little signing the papers. He sent us a handwritten card in the mail a week later. Professionals do handwriting."
"Three offers rejected before Saoirse took us on. She found us an off-market listing on Coloma Street in Corte Madera, wrote a cover letter about our kids and our dog to the seller, and had us in escrow by the end of the week for $80K under list. In THIS market. Her listing intelligence is unmatched."
"We interviewed four agents for our Kentfield listing. Celestina walked the house with an architect and a landscape designer the next morning. She didn't ask us to list first — she asked us to let her fix six things first. We did. The house sold for $285K above our reserve to the first offer, no contingencies. Her preparation is the entire difference."
We do valuations the way brokerages used to. One of our four brokers will walk your home in person, spend 45-60 minutes understanding your property and plans, review comparable sales from the last 90 days, and send a written 4-page valuation letter within 3 business days. No obligation to list with us. Free for Southern Marin homeowners. We do 6-8 of these a month and will refer you to another broker in writing if we're not the right fit.
Negotiable, as all real estate commissions legally are, and — per the 2024 NAR settlement that took effect August 17th — explicitly decoupled between seller's and buyer's agent. For sellers in Southern Marin our typical listing-side commission is 2.5%, with a separately negotiated offer of buyer's-agent compensation disclosed up front. For buyers we charge a flat $12,500 buyer-representation fee or 2.25% (whichever is lower), often offset in whole or part by seller-offered compensation. We'll walk through the economics in your first meeting and put it all in writing before you sign anything.
Two reasons. (1) Caseload: a typical Bay Area broker at a large firm carries 35-60 active clients; our brokers cap at 14. That's the difference between a same-hour callback and "I'll circle back tomorrow." (2) Tenure: our team has been together since 2008-2015. At big firms average agent tenure is 14 months. When we hand off an escrow to our transaction coordinator, she's been on our team for 9 years and she knows your file. If big-firm national marketing matters to you (some international clients value it), we're happy to refer you; we're honest about fit.
Yes — roughly 18% of our 2024 transactions were off-market. We maintain a list of approximately 80 qualified pre-approved buyers across price bands, and for certain seller-clients (privacy-sensitive, timing-flexible, or exceptionally high-end) we present the home privately to this list before (or instead of) going to MLS. California law (CAR's Clear Cooperation Policy 8.0) tightened the rules here as of Jan 2024; we strictly comply, and we document the election in writing with sellers.
Behind our four brokers: one full-time transaction coordinator (Imelda, with us since 2016, licensed #01992241); one full-time marketing director (Oren, who shoots our listing photography and video) plus a contracted staging/architect/landscape/painting rolodex of roughly 22 trusted Marin vendors we've worked with for 5+ years. When you hire a Halstead, Monroe broker, you're hiring this team. No part-time assistant, no overflow to a national call center.
You get introduced to their partner in advance. Every active client at HM&A has a named backup broker from within our four partners; we tell you who, and you meet them. We cross-brief weekly internally on every active file. Nobody drops the ball because someone took four days off. Ted and Celestina have not missed a client call between them in 17 years; this is our culture.
Yes — roughly 28% of our buyer clients are out-of-state relocations (often SF Bay executives moving over the bridge after a life change). We handle virtual tours, local inspections, escrow coordination, and remote signing (DocuSign + notary-by-camera where allowed by CA law). For out-of-area sellers we have an owner's-checklist PDF and local vendor coordination. We're happy to hop on a 30-minute intro call at a time that works for your time zone.