Kelly Malloy is a West Seattle–based Realtor® with over 18 years of experience helping buyers and sellers throughout the greater Seattle area. She specializes in residential real estate, guiding clients through buying, preparing, marketing, and selling homes with a people-first, relationship-driven approach. Her deep knowledge of Seattle neighborhoods helps clients make confident, informed decisions.

Kelly builds her business around people, not just properties, taking time to understand each client’s goals, timeline, and priorities before recommending a strategy. Her background in marketing, strong negotiation skills, and deep experience in the Seattle real estate market help clients feel supported and confident throughout the entire process.

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Kelly launched her real estate career in 2007 and has since become a top-producing broker in the Seattle market, with 18+ years in the industry. Public production stats show close to 200 closed sales and more than $100M in total transaction volume, with homes ranging from entry-level condos to multimillion-dollar listings.

Kelly represents buyers and sellers across a wide range of price points, from starter condos in the $200Ks to single-family homes and view properties over $3M. She works with houses, townhomes, condos, and small multi-unit properties throughout Seattle and surrounding areas.

While Kelly is known as a West Seattle Realtor® and lives in the Admiral District, she helps clients throughout Seattle, including Ballard, Wallingford, Fremont, Capitol Hill, Beacon Hill, Columbia City, and Mercer Island. Her city-wide experience allows her to guide clients confidently across a variety of neighborhoods.

In addition to West Seattle, Kelly works with clients in nearby areas such as Shoreline, Edmonds, Burien, Normandy Park, Des Moines, and surrounding communities. Her experience across both Seattle and close-in suburbs gives clients flexibility when buying or selling.

A local West Seattle agent understands neighborhood trends, pricing nuances, and buyer demand. This insight helps you make stronger buying or selling decisions and avoid costly mistakes.

The best way is to work with a local agent who can provide access to MLS listings, off-market opportunities, and real-time updates on new homes as they become available.

Kelly begins by understanding your goals, budget, and vision for your next home. She then creates tailored MLS searches and plans home tours that align with your criteria. In Seattle’s competitive market, she helps you craft strong offers and navigate inspections, financing, and closing while keeping you informed every step of the way.

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Before beginning your home search, Kelly helps you clarify your goals, priorities, and budget so you can move forward with confidence. She connects you with trusted local lenders for pre-approval and helps define your must-haves and deal breakers so your search is focused and aligned with the Seattle market.

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Kelly uses real-time market data and her experience with multiple-offer situations to help you write competitive offers that align with your goals. She advises on pricing, contingencies, and timing so your offer stands out in Seattle’s fast-moving housing market.

Earnest money is the upfront deposit you make to show you’re serious about buying a home, and it’s held by escrow until closing. Once your offer is accepted, Kelly coordinates with the escrow officer, who will handle your earnest money and provide a settlement statement outlining the fees and costs you’ll be responsible for at closing.

Kelly starts with your goals and timeline, then provides a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) and a strategy for preparing and positioning your home. From pricing and prep to marketing, showings, negotiations, and closing, she manages the details and keeps you informed throughout the Seattle selling process.

Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) is a data-driven report that compares your home to similar properties currently on the market and recently sold in your area. Kelly uses the CMA to recommend a fair market price range, then refines the final list price based on your home’s current condition and any updates you choose to complete before listing.

Kelly is very hands-on in the preparation phase, advising you on which repairs, updates, and cosmetic changes will have the most impact and coordinating the work with trusted contractors when needed. She helps with everything from paint, carpet, fixtures, and landscaping to decluttering and staging so your home hits the market looking its best.

Kelly’s marketing strategy includes professional staging, high-quality photography, video tours, and targeted online and social media exposure. She also writes compelling listing descriptions and syndicates your home across major real estate platforms to reach buyers actively searching in the Seattle market.

Staging helps buyers visualize living in your home and makes both listing photos and in-person showings more appealing. This often leads to more interest and stronger offers. Kelly partners with professional stagers and coordinates the process as part of her listing strategy.

Kelly typically aims to list homes on a Thursday to take advantage of weekend buyer traffic, holding public open houses on Saturday and Sunday and broker events on Monday when possible. She often sets an offer review date to encourage serious buyers to submit their strongest offers by a specific time, then helps you compare price and terms to choose—and negotiate—the best fit.

Selling quickly depends on pricing, preparation, and exposure. Homes that are properly priced, staged, and professionally marketed tend to sell faster and attract stronger offers. Kelly helps position your home to stand out in the Seattle market and reach serious buyers quickly.

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Yes. Over the years, Kelly has built strong relationships with a vetted team of professionals, including contractors, handymen, photographers, stagers, inspectors, and more. She can coordinate bids, schedule work, and manage logistics so you don’t have to juggle multiple vendors on your own.

Kelly emphasizes clear, consistent communication and sees herself as your trusted guide, teacher, and advisor throughout the process. You can expect proactive updates, quick responses to your questions, and honest guidance to help you make confident decisions from the first meeting to well beyond closing.

Clients describe Kelly as high-energy, positive, and deeply caring, with a talent for balancing detailed logistics and big-picture strategy. Her people-first approach, background in marketing and helping professions, and love for Seattle’s neighborhoods make the experience feel less like a transaction and more like being guided by a trusted friend through a major life transition.

You can get started by reaching out through the “Let’s Meet” or “Contact Kelly” forms on her website, or by calling or emailing her directly. Kelly will learn about your situation—whether you’re buying, selling, or just exploring options—and then outline next steps tailored to your goals and timeline.