Why Work With Us?

"Brenda was integral to our home buying success. She prompted us to look at a property we had dismissed and it ended up being a dram condo. She has great insight and intuition and gets the job done. She stuck with us during anxieties and trials and never gave up. We recommend her highly."

"Brenda helped my mother sell her condominium and she was extraordinarily patient, knowledgeable, and reliable. At the time, my mother was in a nursing home for rehabilitation, and Brenda took care of a number of the loose ends that my mother was unable to address - and there were some highly significant loose ends, including critically important missing documents. Brenda put on her detective cap and found the missing documents AND tied up every loose end. The entire family was under a great deal of stress, but Brenda was calm, cool and collected! I cannot say enough positive words about Brenda."

"Since I met Brenda, she took care of all my needs. She went straight to the point, when I was selling my condo in Newton. she was always on the top of everything. she is really a great seller/agent."

"Brenda helped me and my cousins buy a two family house in Allston/Brighton in 2006. She was very thorough and knowledgeable; walking us first time buyers through the process. She worked tirelessly to ensure all of our questions and needs were met. 5 years later after the housing collapse in 2011, she worked even harder to help us sell our investment for MORE than we bought it for in the height of the housing market; a result that was unheard of given the state of market. Brenda has helped me on several occasions in regard real estate questions, even when she was not actively working with me. I would highly recommend Brenda and use her again."

"I would unconditionally recommend Brenda van der Merwe. I've known her for 6 years and would not consider working with anyone else.

I've worked with Brenda since buying my first property - she was very professional, had answers to all my questions, was extraordinarily patient and really impressed me with her calm personality, and thorough knowledge of the business. I really felt at all times that she had my best interests at heart.

Since that first property, Brenda has helped me buy my second (both residential / investment properties in Cambridge) as well as helped me find and qualify tenants.

She's great at her job, and is always available to answer my questions. I feel very lucky to have found her!"

“When my wife Elissa and I decided to put our Newtonville home on the market, we were pleased to meet with Brenda van der Merwe, a seasoned and highly successful Hammond Residential broker.  From the first time that Brenda visited our home, she brought along a binder filled with current marketing information including statistics, pricing, demographics and more for our immediate and surrounding neighborhood in Newton.  It was very clear that even for our introductory meeting, Brenda had invested considerable time and effort to prepare her presentation.  When we toured the entire house together, Brenda quickly offered invaluable recommendations and practical suggestions and solutions that would help us prepare the house for sale at the best possible price.  

“In addition to Brenda’s extensive knowledge and residential real estate experience we appreciated the fact that she lived around the corner and was thoroughly familiar with our neighborhood, including the type of buyer we would attract and an appropriate price point for our condo.  From our first meeting, we appreciated Brenda’s warm and personable demeanor, and meticulous attention to all technical, legal and practical details to facilitate the best sale of our condo. Brenda is an excellent communicator and swiftly replied both by phone, email or in person to any questions we had, or information we required.

“She introduced us to Art Room Boston, a talented interior designer to help stage our home, and give it an inviting and attractive atmosphere to entice potential buyers of all ages.  Brenda also introduced us to Home Ready Solutions which from start-to-finish helped with moving furniture, packing, discarding, repainting and repairing and any miscellaneous tasks to prepare our condo for the Open House. 

"We are confident that Brenda’s years of experience contributed greatly to the successful and swift sale of our home. Moreover, we would enthusiastically recommend Brenda for her efforts, warm personality, extensive knowledge and countless proven successes and successful track record in residential real estate.”