Julia Murtagh

I want to update my review for Julia because we moved again and she helped us sell our last home in Pleasanton and purchase our new one in Los Gatos. Now that we have had multiple experiences with Julia and referred her to several friends and family, we can appreciate the amazing realtor she is even more. We found our current home in Los Gatos and even though that area is not Julia’s territory, we chose her to represent us because of the many variables that go into a purchase. We also chose her to represent us selling our house. There were many tricky situations because we needed to sell our home within a short timeframe and release all contingencies. Half way through the process, our home fell out of escrow and we had to put it back on the market immediately. Julia had multiple buyers with 2 offers within 3 days. She is a consummate professional and provides great insight and into the buying/​selling process.

Julia recently sold our home in the Stoneridge area of Pleasanton. From the start she did a fantastic job for us — — provided excellent advice about the market, was very knowledgeable about our neighborhood, offered excellent suggestions on preparing our home for sale. Julia stays with you throughout the entire process — her negotiation skills were very evident as we reviewed the offers on our house and we were very pleased with the final sale process. She has a great upbeat personality which really helps during the hectic process of moving and she is very vigilant in supporting her clients. We ended up renting back so we had time to find a new home to purchase– –Julia also handled the rent back agreement and offered guidance and support even during that time. Highly recommend her for her integrity and communication through the entire process. (She shares our love of wine so she also offers good advice on wine which we shared to celebrate our sale!)

I chose Julia to sell a home in Pleasanton and am very pleased I did. Years of experience have given her considerable knowledge of the local real estate market. She gave me excellent advice on what would help prepare the house for sale. Her marketing efforts were thorough and professionally conducted. Throughout the entire process communications were clear and timely. It all paid off with the home selling quickly at a great price. I definitely would recommend her.

We sold and purchased a home in Pleasanton with Julia’s help. We’ve move around the country a lot and have worked with many agents in the past. Julia is amongst the top agents we’ve worked with, and we would actively prefer her in future home buying decisions in this area. What’s important to mention beyond what the other reviews already say about her is she’s great at figuring out the details of the late stages of a deal, and provides creative options in unconventional situations. We cannot recommend Julia enough.

We recently bought a home in Pleasanton with Julia’s help. She shined in several areas that were very important for us:
1. Very quickly understood the type, size and quality house we were looking for and showed us houses that were appropriate in a relatively concise band, learning quickly as we evaluated options. We appreciated her ability to show us the right kinds of houses, get better and better at it, and make best use of our time. 2. Her combination of being respected in this area, knowing what’s coming on the market, and her negotiating skills helped us negotiate a very competitive bidding situation and get the house we wanted. 3. Her local area knowledge was above and beyond. We had all sorts of questions from schools to restaurants to service providers. She had really detailed contacts, opinions and advice that was really helpful and made our transition to the area much easier. We still bug her for advice and she’s super generous with continuing to help out. 4. She was super on the whole process of purchasing under challenging timelines. We were selling our old place, trying to buy this one in Pleasanton and the timing came down to closing and making an offer within less than a day. She helped us negotiate this calmly, professionally and ensuring the details happened as needed. 5. Fun to work with! Julia was great to work with. Nice combination of professional, but fun to hang around with while looking at houses. I suspect we will continue to enjoy her company occasionally now that the sale is complete.
Overall, Julia is fantastic. We would highly recommend her. A great balance of professional, responsive, knowledgeable and great to work with.

Julia Murtagh of Alain Pinel was absolutely amazing to work with. We listed and sold our home with her. She is knowledgeable, patient, helpful, ethical, and truly cared about what was best for us. Julia answered ALL of the loads of questions we asked, kept us in the loop each step of the way, and really made the process easy on us. We had a few curve balls thrown at us and she handled them with grace and ease. If you need to sell your home, I highly recommend Julia.

If you want a realtor who is listens to you, fights for you, and is dedicated to finding you the perfect home, Julia is the way to go! My husband and I just had our first child and so were quickly outgrowing our tiny apartment. We were finally ready to buy our first home and started looking in late 2011.
Little did we know at the time, we were entering a very competitive market, crawling with buyers but lacking in inventory — especially in our price range. Complicating matters, we gave Julia a challenging wish list. There were a few things that we wanted that were just non-​negotiable — including being very picky as to the locations we would consider.
Julia stuck with us through thick and thin and fought for us through several multiple-​offer situations. After six long months, we found the perfect home. With Julia championing our cause, the seller chose to go into contract with us, and today we are living happily ever after in our new home.
Julia’s expertise, perseverance, encouragement, and bright smile made our house hunt enjoyable and — most importantly — successful!

I have used Julia Murtagh, to purchase 2 homes in Pleasanton in the last 5 years. Through out the process I felt confident that she was always looking out for my best interest. We spent over a year looking for our last home, and looked at many homes during that time. She found us a fantastic property that was perfect for us. She helped us to beat out other offers on this home during a very competitive Spring market. She is a dedicated, honest, and very hard working in this Business. I would highly recommend her to anyone thinking of Buying or Selling a home in the Bay Area.

My family and I met Julia last year at a home she was showing. She was extremely considerate and showed genuine concern for our needs. We were impressed with her knowledge of the area and of the infinite details present in real estate transactions. She gave us straight talk on the value of our current home and helped to construct a unique deal for the home we wanted. The transaction proved to be lengthy but Julia was steadfast and supportive of our position. When we were negotiating financing, she referred us to a top lender who was able to not only meet, but beat the other offers. In the end, we purchased the home we wanted and couldn’t be happier. The sale was a direct result of Julia’s dedication and perseverance and I am skeptical if any another realtor would have had the patience she did. A top recommendation for anyone looking to buy a property and gain a true partner in an otherwise painstaking process. Hats off to Alain Pinel Realtors and Julia Murtagh.

Our move to Pleasanton started off pleasant in large part due to Julia’s extensive knowledge of the Pleasanton neighborhood and her excellent knowledge of the real estate business. Julia was patient, knowledgeable, and on-​top of everything! We would highly recommend Julia.

Julia was extremely helpful in helping my boyfriend and me find our first home. We were working on a short timeline as I was pregnant and we were wanting to be moved and settled in before our first child made her way into our lives. She worked diligently to stay in our first time home budget. Was always honest and straight forward. Our messages were returned promptly. My boyfriend found it easy to complete forms while at work thru the online system, which was very convenient. I would definatly recomend julia and use her again. We are now all three happliy settled in our new home. Thank you Julia

Have nothing but good things to recommend about Julia. We started our house search about a year back and also put in an offer but then decided to take a step back. Julia, however continued to stay in touch with us apprising us of the houses that were getting listed in Pleasanton that were a good fit to what we wanted. As a result we were perhaps the first people to learn about the property that we liked although we were not even looking at that time.
Once we found the house that we really liked, Julia was on top of every item and levelof professionalism we got from her was absolutely outstanding (this is our 2^nd home purchase and I wish our realtor for the 1^st house was even half as good). For example, the house we bought was an REO (bank owned) which involved a lot of paperwork. Julia made it all easy through docusign and we had to spend negligible time in paperwork.
I would go so far as to say that had there been any realtor other than Julia then we would have still been trying to close on a house. I highly recommend her as you realtor.

We enlisted Julia’s help to find us a home in Pleasanton. We were living in San Francisco at the time and didn’t know much about the tri-​valley area. Julia really worked out well for us for several reasons:
1) Really listened to our wants/​needs and was very honest about the properties available for sale. I always felt that she was looking out for our best interest and trying to find the perfect home for us, not just trying to make a quick sale.
2) My husband and I can’t stand walking into a home and the realtor immediately starts giving us a running narrative on how great the home is – I think you get this a lot at Open Houses. I can see the beautiful hardwood floors for myself, I don’t need you to gush about them to me for 10 minutes! Julia allowed us to experience the homes in peace and just would point out features here and there (both good and bad features) that we might want to take into consideration.
3) Julia was easily reachable on both cell phone and via email. She always returned calls and emails quickly. She did a large portion of our transaction online, which we appreciated. I felt she was very organized and amazingly got our home from offer to closing in only 3 weeks.
4) Julia was very knowledgeable about the school system, which was important to our family.
5) We were in competition with one other offer for our house. I think Julia did a great job with negotiations and gave us good advice on pricing and offer/​counteroffers.
6) Julia went above and beyond my expectations for a realtor. For example, since we were living in San Francisco during this transaction, Julia took care of several inspection appointments, carpet cleaning appointments, etc for us. It was so helpful not to have to drive back and forth from the city to Pleasanton for all those appointments. Julia also has been a great resource for us even after the sale was complete, giving us advice on everything from doctors to CPAs to restaurants.
We couldn’t be happier with our new home and with our experience with Julia. Set up an appointment with her now – you won’t be disappointed!