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Blake Whitney joins Hammond Residential Real Estate Chestnut Hill Office

Agent joins experienced Chestnut Hill team

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (October 22, 2014) - Jim Nemetz, manager of Hammond Residential Real Estate’s Chestnut Hill and Waban offices, is pleased to announce that Blake Whitney has affiliated with Hammond. In her new role, Blake will collaborate with buyer and seller clients from Hammond’s Chestnut Hill office located at 826 Boylston Street.

Born in the Boston area, Blake is a longtime Brookline resident. She studied arts management, theatre and music at The College of Charleston and went on to earn a Master of Music Theatre from the Boston Conservatory. Blake is an active member of The Vincent Club in connection with the Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she engages in numerous fundraising activities, including performing in various musical cabarets. In her spare time, Blake enjoys playing tennis, skiing, cooking, and attending the theatre and Pure Barre classes, in addition to spending time with her family and Welsh terrier.

Prior to her career in real estate, Blake worked in event planning and development for non-profits. As a Hammond agent, she looks forward to working in partnership with her mother, Vicky Whitney, to provide outstanding attention to detail and customer service to her clients. Her background in sales and project management, along with her experience working in musical theater and studio management, complement this mother-daughter team in helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals. Blake is focused, friendly, and eager to facilitate all phases of a real estate transaction for her clients.

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Jim Nemetz said, “We are very pleased to welcome Blake to Hammond’s experienced team in Chestnut Hill. She has an abundance of project management experience and market knowledge to share with her clients as she guides them through their real estate transactions. Having been raised locally and with exposure to the real estate business, she is passionate about the Boston area and all that it has to offer to those contemplating the purchase or sale of a home.”

Hammond Residential is headquartered in Chestnut Hill, and has three Boston locations and fifteen suburban branch offices. The company reports over two billion dollars in sales volume annually, ranking in sales volume among the top 500 firms in the United States, and as the sixth-highest in mean average sales price and the ninth-highest in sales volume per sales associate. Hammond is well-known as the publisher of the region’s finest magazines featuring local properties for sale. The Chestnut Hill office is also the exclusive Regents representative of the Luxury Real Estate network.

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To learn more, please visit www.HammondRE.com.

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