Why Work With Us?

“Eileen recently helped us sell our house in Brighton and it was a great experience.  She was personable and easy to work with, and she knew the market backwards and forwards.  We interviewed other real-estate agents, all of whom agreed that we would never get more than a certain price.  With Eileen, we had an open house on a Sunday, and by Tuesday afternoon we had three excellent offers, one of which was almost 20 percent more than the other agents had even thought possible.”

"Eileen was a pleasure to work with to sell our condo in Brookline and to purchase our house -- she has so much experience with the market and provides full service.  She made helpful recommendations to prepare our condo, helped hire a top-notch staging company and coordinated all of the appointments --we didn't have to lift a finger or wait at home.  Eileen created a great open house strategy, resulting in multiple offers for our condo.  We would happily recommend Eileen to all our friends and family!"

“Eileen is a smart and well-connected broker who has a deep knowledge of Brookline. Her insight into neighborhoods, schools, and location is invaluable. She has a unique skill in representing her clients to maximize their goals and she is able to work through tough issues to a resolution that benefits all.  She is the best in Brookline.”

“Eileen is competent, compassionate, smart, funny, intuitive, and fully attuned to both the practicalities of looking for a new home and the complicated nuances around this process. She is adept at not only locating a range of housing options, but also aware of how neighborhoods and intangible vibes can impact decision-making. Eileen has an uncanny radar for both. Her life-long involvement with, and commitment to, the community makes her an invaluable resource to new home buyers. Eileen is straight-forward and kind.  Her knowledge of the market and financing variables also distinguish her work. Eileen may start as your seasoned and immensely qualified professional advisor, but she will quickly become a trusted friend. Our immediate and extended family has been the beneficiary of her wise counsel and keen oversight. We cannot recommend her more highly.” 

“Eileen combines a deep knowledge of the Brookline market -- not only where it is, but also where it has been, where it is going, and why -- with extraordinarily sensitive social antennae, remarkable judgment and nerves of steel.  Put these qualities together with a wry sense of humor and a unique willingness to tell blunt truths and you have pretty much everything you could ask for in an agent. She has seen everything, and learned from it.  We felt that way when we bought our house and Eileen represented the seller; we engaged her to help us sell, and we had that conclusion proved to us again.  At every point, pricing, staging, publicizing, and negotiating we relied on her help and were never disappointed.  I really don’t see how anyone involved in finding or selling a home in Brookline could do better.”

“Eileen has represented me both as a buyer and a seller. As my buyer's agent, she utilized her deep knowledge of Brookline and surrounding markets to not only show me interesting properties, but also to inform me of red flags in listings that I would otherwise have missed. When the time came to put in an offer, her familiarity with market conditions as well as relationships with other agents sped up negotiations and led to a successful offer at a better price than I was expecting. When I later hired her as my seller's agent, I had already moved out of state, but my house was in capable and trustworthy hands with Eileen. She managed several teams of experts in moving and storing my furniture and then in repainting and staging my house for sale, a process that was totally stress-free for me. Thanks in no small part to her expertise, I had multiple offers within days of listing the house, again at a better price that I was expecting. If I were buying or selling in the Brookline area again, Eileen would be my first call.”

"You handled this tricky business beautifully, Eileen.  I could not have asked more from a broker."

"In a very tough housing market, Eileen O'Boy went above, beyond, and to the maximum limit in getting our house sold while others in our range still sit idle.  I can say, without question, our house would not have sold this summer '26 without her creativity, commitment, knowledge of the Brookline market, and sheer will. 

"With interest rates up and too many geopolitical happenings, the market for higher priced houses is very challenged.  Just listing and running a few open houses is not enough.  Eileen pulled out all the stops in marketing the house via multiple threads, communicating with her vast network of brokers, and being perfectly aggressive with our pricing position to ensure we had the maximum looks from potential buyers. 

"All it takes is one - and we got ours - thanks to Eileen's top notch real estate experience !!"

--Peter G.

“When it came time to sell my childhood home in Brookline when my mother could no longer live there, Eileen Strong-O’Boy was the first person I thought of to call. I knew Eileen from growing up in Brookline and several of my friends had her sell their homes and recommended her highly.

“Once we met with Eileen, we listed with her immediately and she guided us through the process. I live on the North Shore and my sister is out of state so Eileen handled everything for us – from staging the house (complete with holiday decorations), finding the correct price point, finding the right buyers, taking out trash, checking on the house, charging ring doorbell batteries, clearing up outdated building permits we didn’t know we had, arranging for cleaners, donation of items and clearing out the entire house.

“Eileen was invaluable when we had a plumbing disaster with major damage and she dealt with the restoration crews, plumbers and all the necessary repairs. In addition, she negotiated with the buyers as to what repairs they wanted us to make as they were planning on renovating the house. Eileen found the contractors to make the necessary repairs, oversaw all the work and made sure everything was taken care of.

“I can’t say enough about Eileen’s professionalism, work ethic, and knowledge of who to contact for what in the Brookline area. She was so easy to work with and made sure everything was in place for the sale to go off seamlessly.

“Thank you so much Eileen and I would recommend you without hesitation!!”

--Julie M., January 2025

“My husband and I were very pleased with Eileen's work as our broker in selling our large Brookline house and moving into a smaller condo.  She was energetic, decisive (while being very tactful with her occasionally prickly clients), knowledgeable, and optimistic. She knew the neighborhood, had lots of useful contacts and information, and pitched in herself when needed to accomplish some task.  Our house sold for more than the asking price, and we were pleased with the purchasers and the whole process of selling.

“We strongly recommend Eileen O'Boy to other sellers.”