The Unlock Upstate Team was formed in late 2019 by principals Hayes Clement, Donna Brooks, and Harris Safier, Hudson Valley brokers with more than 60 years of collective experience between them, with one goal in mind: to blend differing individual skills, strengths and efforts into a greater whole for our clients and colleagues alike. We don’t look at any aspect of real-estate work as a solo act but as a collective success. Core to our mission is strong professional ethics, an even-tempered professionalism in all dealings with our clients, sincere cooperation with fellow brokers, and genuine collaboration. Our goal daily is to consciously answer “No problem” to any request from a client and to solve the problem if there is one.
And our results speak to the success of this “can-do” spirit: $104 million+ in closed or pending sales for the past 12 months ($310+ million since our founding), making us not just the leading brokerage team in Ulster and Dutchess counties, but the No. 1 Team in the entire Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network from New York City all the way north to Rhode Island. We’ve already set sale-price records in multiple markets, including Kingston, Rosendale, and Marbletown, for our seller clients. And for buyers, we’ve made deals happen – at prices that make sense – even in the most heated multiple-offer situations.
