Selling Your DMV Home? Work with a Licensed Broker, not an estimate.
Coester Real Estate Services helps homeowners across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia sell for the right price — with a real home valuation from a 20+ year broker, not an automated estimate.
Brian Coester · Licensed Broker · Host of The Real Estate Report · 20+ Years in the DMV
Why DMV Homeowners Choose Coester
Local Broker, Not an Algorithm
We don’t pull a Zestimate and call it a valuation. Every CMA is hand-prepared by a licensed broker who knows your block, your school district, and your buyer pool.
20+ Years in the DMV
From Bethesda to Gaithersburg to Silver Spring, we’ve priced, marketed, and sold homes across every major DMV submarket. Local data drives every recommendation.
Built for Sellers
Pricing strategy, staging guidance, marketing plan, and negotiation — handled by your broker from listing day to closing.
Serving Sellers Across the DMV
Coester Real Estate Services lists homes throughout Montgomery County, DC, and Northern Virginia — including Bethesda, Potomac, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Chevy Chase, Kensington, North Potomac, Olney, and surrounding markets.
Ready to See What Your Home Is Worth?
Get a real broker’s CMA — comps, market context, and a recommended list price — within 24 hours.
Brian Coester has guided hundreds of DMV homeowners through the selling process. These are the questions that come up most often.
A Zestimate is an automated algorithm using public data — it doesn’t see your renovations, your condition, your block’s recent off-MLS sales, or current buyer demand. A broker’s CMA is hand-prepared by a licensed Maryland broker who walks comparable sales, factors in your home’s specific condition and improvements, and considers current market activity in your immediate area. The difference often shows up as tens of thousands of dollars in your final sale price.
Listing fees in the DMV vary by service level and property type. The right way to discuss this is on a phone call after we’ve seen your home and discussed your goals, because the right marketing investment depends on price point and strategy. Schedule a free consultation and Brian will walk you through pricing structure with full transparency.
Average days on market across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia varies by submarket and price point — currently ranging from under 14 days in hot Montgomery County neighborhoods to 45+ days for higher-priced or specialized properties. A well-priced, well-marketed home in a healthy market typically goes under contract in 14-30 days.
It depends on the repairs and the market. Some improvements have strong ROI (paint, deep clean, small kitchen and bath updates, decluttering). Others rarely return the investment for sellers. As part of every CMA, Brian provides a punch list of what’s worth doing and what to leave for the buyer — based on the comps in your price range, not a generic checklist.
We list and sell across the full DMV — Montgomery County, Frederick County, Howard County, Prince George’s County, Washington DC, Arlington County, Fairfax County, and Loudoun County. Our office is in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Brian Coester has 20+ years of experience across every major submarket in the region.
The Real Estate Report is Brian Coester’s weekly TV show covering the DMV housing market — mortgage rates, inventory shifts, neighborhood trends, and what they mean for buyers and sellers. The show keeps Brian in constant contact with the same market conditions his clients face. Watch episodes at briancoester.com.
DMV homeowners trust Brian Coester to handle their most important transactions with care, expertise, and absolute professionalism.
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Mr. Coester is unmatchable as a realtor. He has eternal patience, available…
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Beverly Bryan
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Brian was very attentive and worked to make sure that our home sold at market price. He’s an excellent agent to work with along with his team. Thank you Brian for making our dream come true.
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Anitra Monts
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Brian was exceptional and his professionalism is top tier. I couldn’t have asked for a better person to work with…
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Roseline Kpodi
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Brian is super efficient, timely and no nonsense. Just good business acumen all around. Got the deal done in about 24 hours which was awesome to experience. Will definitely work with him and his team again.
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Ali Naim
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Real Estate Connection was a tremendous help during a particularly stressful time in my life. I had less than 60 days to…
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Abdullah Elamari
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Real Estate Connection was an absolute pleasure to work with from the very start to the very end of my transaction. They…
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