About Karen Balkin

Karen puts you and your family front and center. As your advocate, she provides expert consultation, collaboration, and winning negotiation. Whether you are buying or selling your home, Karen’s sole mission is to exceed your expectations. Having sold hundreds of homes since 2007, Karen has an excellent reputation among brokers across all local brokerages, facilitating her home sales.

To ensure that your home purchase or sale is a seamless one, Karen’s administrative staff and sales team provide responsive and personalized service. Additionally, our

vetted home service providers include inspectors, lenders, tax professionals, interior designers, financial planners, estate sale specialists, organizers, packers, movers, cleaners, and contractors. 

PREDICTABLE, SUCCESSFUL, DEPENDABLE OUTCOMES 

• With collaborative calendaring tools, you can achieve superior communication in avenues that work best for you. You’ll always be in the know about every detail of your home sale, ensuring the best and smoothest possible outcomes. 

• Leads the market in home sale prices. Consistently averages full price or more on every home sale, in all market conditions, throughout neighborhoods across King County. 

• Accessible and organized.  

DESIGNATION

Managing Broker

Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE) 

Luxury Marketing Specialist 

Certified Real Estate Analyst (CREA)

Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) 

Licensed Washington Real Estate Broker since 2007 

REALTOR, member of the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors 

Home Buying Instructor of the Washington State Housing Finance Commission  

EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEER WORK 

M.A. Sustainable International Development, Brandeis University  

Scholarship Recipient, Peace Corps Fellow, 2002 

Peace Corps Volunteer, El Salvador 2000-2002