Est. 2008 — Seattle, WA
We are the firm we wanted to work for.
A note from the principal
I left a 110-broker firm because I wanted to make four phone calls a day, not forty. Eighteen years later, I’m still making four phone calls a day. That’s the entire business model.
Eleanor Vance
Founder · Principal Broker
What we believe
Four ideas, every day.
They’re not posted on the wall. They’re not in the offer letter. They show up in the small decisions — which listing to take, which buyer to call back first, which inspector to recommend.
Restraint
We turn down more mandates than we accept. A small roster is the only way to deliver the attention we promise.
Plain dealing
One price. One contract. No referral fees from inspectors, lenders, or contractors we recommend.
Slow over fast
We’d rather wait a month for the right buyer than push a deal that doesn’t fit. The math works out.
Craft
We photograph in natural light, write our own copy, and proof-read every listing twice. The house deserves it.
The long way around
Eighteen years, in five paragraphs.
2008
Founded above a coffee roaster on Pike Street.
Eleanor Vance leaves a 110-broker firm to start something smaller.
2012
First $10M sale - a 1937 Lionel Pries house in Broadmoor.
Sold in 11 days, off-market, to a buyer who’d been on a private list for two years.
2017
The Journal launches.
An editorial archive of architecture, neighborhood notes, and the long-form deal stories most firms keep private.
2021
Office moves to a converted warehouse on Western Ave.
Same address, same phone number, three more brokers.
2026
$2.8B in lifetime sales — still four named brokers.
We’ve never had a junior agent and we don’t plan to.
total sales
homes represented
repeat or referral
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In the press
What people have written.
Dwell - “The boutique brokerage Seattle architects actually trust.”
The Seattle Times - “A different kind of real estate firm.”
Wallpaper* -“Meridian’s Cedar Hollow listing is a study in restraint.”
Curbed - Listed among the country’s ten most respected residential boutiques.
Come by
1402 Western Ave, Suite 400
Above the cobbler. Buzz the fourth-floor button — the door’s painted forest green. There’s usually a kettle on.
Meridian.
A boutique brokerage representing architecturally significant homes across the coastal Pacific Northwest.
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
Office
1402 Western Ave, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 555 0188
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