Mary Layman

Experience Isn't Expensive...It's Priceless

What do Clients Say?

We were referred to Mary through a close and trusted friend, who recently simplified their footprint and we have not been disappointed. Mary was everything advertised and more. She navigated the logistics of our downsizing and multiple sales coordinating and preparing our family home for market, getting us the most money. On the purchase, Mary got us the best deal for a smaller home (even in multiple offers). I’ve been in Sales all my life and her attention to detail and follow up is remarkable. Shelly and Judy Goldman

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Mary was amazing in helping to maneuver through an extremely complex, multi-faceted, and difficult disbursement of Trust property. Her knowledge of previously being a Trustee, vast experience, incredible list of contacts, and positive attitude were instrumental in keeping everyone on track with our goals of concluding the real estate portion of the estate in a fair and timely manner. Her quintessential professionalism, always taking the time and effort to go above and beyond anything we expected while demonstrating compassion and care brought sunshine to a very dark time in our lives. We will always be thankful and appreciate all the amazing things she did for us!! We would highly recommend Mary as an agent in representing buyers or sellers with regard to their real estate needs. She is an exceptional person and professional to work with! Mike and Diane Boots

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There's Something About Mary! We had three prior unsuccessful attempts to sell our home in the past. With Mary, we had multiple offers the first week! She knows how to effectively get your home to market efficiently. We were in a lovely home in a harder to market neighborhood and she knew what minor improvements we needed to make in order to further accentuate the beauty of our home; she won't have you spend money you won't get a fair return on. Not only does she know the local real estate market, but she knows the local realtors and is keen on weighing their client's offers against each other. She's fun and a pleasure to work with and we now consider her a dear friend! Gilbert Luna

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Mary was extremely professional and a joy to work with. She is highly knowledgeable and made the daunting task of purchasing a home easy, even during the ever changing regulations from covid-19. Even after closing on my home she has contacted me to check in and ask if I need any help, I can't recommend her enough. Zack Buckley

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We recently had the opportunity to work with Mary Layman on two separate real estate transactions. Mary helped us to both sell and purchase a home here in Santa Barbara within the last year and her work on both transactions was exceptional! Mary's skills as our buying agent allowed us to strategically present a fair "right-priced" offer that allowed us to successfully compete against three other offers during a complex & lengthy probate sales transaction process. When it came time to sell our property, Mary's deep knowledge of the local real estate market here in Santa Barbara allowed us to present and competitively price our home so that we received and accepted an offer within less than 3 weeks of the house being on the market! She worked diligently with us throughout the entire negotiation process, always making herself available no matter what time day or night we received communications from the buyer. In addition, prior to putting our home on the market, we pursued an extensive renovation to upgrade a tired 1960's home to a contemporary energy efficient home that would appeal to current buyers' interests. Mary's deep resources within the local contracting community helped us to identify contractors that provided us with a high-quality end product that helped us to both get the maximum value for our home while providing the new owners with a beautifully renovated turnkey home. Not only is Mary extremely knowledgeable about real estate, but she is truly a pleasure to work with. Mary makes herself so available that you feel that you are her only client and Mary is compassionate, fun and upbeat everyday of the year! Would we use her again, most certainly. Marita and Richard Chilies

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About Mary

In Santa Barbara, it’s all about integrity, discretion and service. Besides the direct, personalized service and focused hands-on results, Mary Layman leads a highly competitive, trained and skilled negotiating group, who not only communicate quickly, but deliver five-star results with unmatched service. Mary is an active member of her local Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club, as well as the Luxury International Group. You feel like you are her only client. She excels in preparing a home for sale, marketing and bringing the highest sales price to her sellers.

For the buyer, her background for getting the best deal at the best value, remodeling and creating a profitable investment has been an enormous benefit to hundreds of home buyers throughout the central coast.

Specializing in residential sales for 25 years, she is not only top of her company with "the normal transaction" but especially instrumental with trustee, divorce and multi-unit sales when it takes a background to navigate the logistics and procedures.  Her way of expediting and streamlining the countless steps has helped ease the sometimes difficult process of real estate transactions for many grateful owners.

Mary is a supporter of the ARTS IN LOCAL SCHOOLS and a member of the Coastal Housing Partnership catering to local home buyers in Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez and Ventura communities.