Experienced Real Estate Professional

Buying or selling a home is a deeply personal and momentous experience. Carol Jeans is not just a real estate "agent." She is a real estate "professional."

Carol provides her clients with the information that empowers them to
make intelligent decisions to meet their goals. Distinguishing herself as one of the most well respected and loved agents in Silicon Valley, Carol brings the highest level of honesty, integrity and transparency to every transaction.

Background

Carol received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Colorado, majoring in Art & Architectural History and worked in an executive role for 12 years with various non-profit organizations.

Real estate is Carol's second career - one that combines her love of architecture, her curiosity about people and how we can strive to make better
communities together, and her desire to positively impact a profession she's grown to love by raising the standards.

Carol has lived in the Los Gatos/Monte Sereno area since 1985 and is an avid photographer, concert goer, music lover, museum/gallery visitor, reader, wine  and art collector and world traveler.

Christie's International Real Estate-Sereno

• July 2006 – Present, Founding Member
• Former Chair, Sereno 1% For Good Charitable Foundation, Los Gatos 
• Board Member, Sereno 1% For Good Charitable Foundation
• More than $1 billion in sales
• Home sales have historically ranged from $250,000 to $14,000,000

CORNISH & CAREY/COLDWELL BANKER

• 1991 – 2006, Associate Vice President – Cornish & Carey
• Top 1% Coldwell Banker Internationally (Out of 60,000 Agents)
• International President's Premier/Realtor
• Member Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors

Specialties

• Marketing of Luxury Homes
• Certified Relocation Specialist
• Residential Real Estate
• Land & Lots Residential Development
• New Home Construction

Recognitions

• Ranked Top 1% of Realtors Nationwide, Real Trends 2022
• Top 300 Real Estate Agents California, Real Trends 2022
• Top 100 Most Influential Real Estate Agents in Northern California, Real Estate Executive Magazine
• America's Best REALTORS®, Newsweek 2020
• 2018 Joanne Knapp Community Service Award Recipient
• More than $1billion in sales
• 80% of clients are either repeat clients or referrals
• 30+ years of market knowledge
• Founding Member of Sereno, focused on the quality of the client's experience

Leading Real Estate Agent

Carol has handled more than $1 billion in real estate transactions in Santa Clara County since 1991 and is consistently a top 5 agent in Santa Clara County, a top 100 agent in the Bay Area and a Nation's Real Trends 1%
agent per the Wall Street Journal. As both a resident of and an agent in Santa Clara County, Carol possesses in-depth knowledge of the neighborhoods and their history, the homes, schools and city ordinances needed to help her clients make the best decisions when buying and selling in these communities.

My Approach to Real Estate

Educator

Empowered, educated clients make the best financial decisions. Carol provides market information and insight that makes the process less stressful and helps clients reach their goals even in a very competitive market.

Financial Advisor

Buying or selling a home is a momentous financial decision, and having the most accurate real estate data is key to a successful transaction in this very competitive market. Carol's years of market knowledge help clients reach their financial goals.

Negotiator

Reputation is everything when it comes to negotiating in a competitive market. Carol has distinguished herself as one of the most well respected and loved agents in Silicon Valley, and other agents know that Carol's honesty, ethics and transparency will lead to a smooth transaction for all parties involved. Carol participated in the Stanford Negotiation Class

Counselor

Real estate transactions can be emotional and complicated. Working with hundreds of clients since 1991, and dealing with all kinds of life change situations, Carol is skilled at guiding clients through and minimizing the stress of the transaction process.

Expert Marketer

Knowing how to present a property to its best advantage, producing eye-catching marketing materials and drawing buyers to a home, is what Carol does best. Her professional experience and education in the arts gives her an eye for detail and aesthetics. For home buyers, Carol knows how to present her clients as the top choice in every transaction.

Relationship Developer

80% of Carol's clients are either former clients or referrals. Her devotion to her clients is evident in all the lives she's touched and the lifelong friends she has made along the way. She has built her reputation on the values she learned from her wonderful parents: responsiveness, ethics and honesty.