Maria Velazquez

With almost 20 years of experience and close to $1 billion in closed transactions, Maria Velazquez is a real estate industry leader selling luxury properties in New York City and Florida. A native of Colombia, Maria serves a vast client base of both local and international buyers. Sellers and investors turn to her to leverage her expertise when buying and selling various types of real estate, from new development to condos and co-ops, to vacant land.Integrity, patience and honesty are just a few words clients have used to describe working with Maria. In addition to being highly experienced, she is also highly motivated, putting her client's needs at the forefront of each transaction. Maria is client-focused and takes a results-driven approach to real estate; Maria's experience is what sets her apart.Leading with her values while striving for excellence, Maria knows it's important to be transparent as possible while guiding clients through what can be a confusing and difficult process. She takes full responsibility for guiding each transaction from start to finish. Not only is Maria a great listener, she is a skilled negotiator working tirelessly on behalf of her clients, ensuring that all needs are not only met, but exceeded!While working as an on-site salesperson for new developments and later helping individual buyers, sellers, and investors buy and sell real estate, Maria shattered sales records and has quickly risen to become one of the most recognizable and distinguished agents in Manhattan.Maria is fluent in English and Spanish. Along with her stateside business, she represents a diverse international client base of buyers and investors looking to invest in the New York and Florida real estate markets. She frequently travels the world and understands what it takes to market and sell to foreign buyers.Real estate is a family affair for Maria; as a child, she helped her mother, who is also an agent. Both Maria's mother and her brother are top producing agents in Miami. Real estate is something that she feels she was destined to do.Maria is the mother of a young son she enjoys exploring New York with when she is not working. She has a degree in culinary arts and loves to cook and does yoga to relax.