Karen took the time to meet the needs of my husband and myself, and took all the time to answer our never ending questions. She had extensive knowledge of all the neighborhoods we viewed and went above and beyond to help us with the house we finally decided on. I cannot recommend her highly enough in all categories!
Alix Hyshka
January 4, 2020
Karen was so helpful to me throughout the whole home buying process. She offered her expertise and advice as I was navigating being bought out of one property and purchasing another. She was proactive in sending me listings that fit my parameters and took me to see many properties before I found the perfect one. Once the offer was accepted, she kept in frequent contact, making sure I was kept up to date on what was going on. She recommended other professionals to assist me with every aspect of the purchase and this made the process much less daunting. I could not recommend her more highly.
Nicole Adams
March 12, 2025
In my efforts to find a new house to rent myself and my family, I had the privilege of having Karen's number and if I'm not mistaken, we had communicated for the first time on a Sunday. It was not a working day and yet Keran had accepted my call wholeheartedly. The same day she was already ready to show me different houses. To the number of aspects of his personality that caught my attention in this process I can mention, the choice of words she uses to talk to me about each house visited, the choice of questions she asks me to have a better understanding of my needs. His heart was present so that I could find a home not only for myself but also for my family (my maman) in particular I found the house I did not expect to have, a very beautiful house but, most importantly, I met a person whose heart is open and ready to help. Thank you for all Karen
Marc Jean Gilles
November 26, 2024
I couldn’t be more pleased with my experience working with Karen. From start to finish, they made selling my home a breeze. Karen took care of everything—pricing the property competitively, offering expert staging advice, and creating an effective marketing strategy that really showcased the home’s best features. I was impressed with how quickly she responded to questions and how they kept me updated every step of the way.
What stood out most was how stress-free the entire process was. Karen handled all the details, from coordinating showings to negotiating offers, and made sure everything went smoothly. Thanks to Karen’s hard work, our home sold despite the market challenges.
I highly recommend Karen Houghton to anyone looking to sell their home. She is professional, knowledgeable, and truly dedicated to making the selling process as easy as possible.
Oz T
November 18, 2024
Karen was amazing and extremely helpful during this usually stressful process
Took what we were looking for and found us the perfect home. Would suggest Karen to anyone buying or looking for a home
Jordan Stencell
November 13, 2024
Karen is a wonderful agent. She always has a great smile and excellent sense of style for your house. Her team of stagers are amazing! Thank you so much Karen for all that you have done for us!! Highly recommend Karen for buying or selling your house.
Melanie Bryant
September 10, 2024
I highly recommend Karen Houghton for your home purchase and/or sale. Karen is very professional and knowledgeable. She took the time to respond to all our questions and alleviate any concerns, guiding us through every step of the purchase and sale transaction. The promotion of our property exceeded our expectations. Staging was fabulous and the media, photos, listing and brochures were very high quality and showed our property in the best light, generating more interest and showings than we had anticipated. Karen is very personable and developed good relationships with other realtors, following up after showings to get timely feedback from potential buyers. Overall Karen is a pleasure to deal with and truly exceptional at what she does.
Kirsten M
August 27, 2024
We were able to very efficiently find and complete a transaction that suits are housing needs perfectly. Karen went out of her way to stay on top of the negotiations while in a remote area, and we expect a very clean closing process!
Drew Markham
August 8, 2024
We could not be happier with the professionalism and outstanding service provided by Karen from the day that we were introduced to her to the acceptance of the offer on our dream cottage 5 days later. We really appreciated her knowledge of the Kawartha's and her availability to promptly answer all of our questions.
John Birks
June 20, 2024
I cannot speak highly enough of Karen as a real estate agent. Throughout the process of selling my property, she consistently demonstrated an exceptional level of professionalism and care that truly set her apart. Having worked with multiple agents in the past, I can confidently say that Karen's dedication to her clients is unmatched. Not only did she guide me through every step of the selling process with expertise, but she also showed genuine concern for my needs and preferences. I wholeheartedly recommend Karen to anyone in search of a top-notch real estate agent. She is truly amazing at what she does.
Amirsaeed Dadgarian
May 3, 2024
Karen was so supportive, involved, and always available during our home buying process. We purchased a cottage and she was well versed and knew the areas we were looking in intimately. We have worked with several agents over the years, and this was the best home buying experience by far!
Dave Fritz
April 29, 2024
Karen was very professional yet very personable. She made herself available for anything we needed, and always look out for our interests. We highly recommend Karen Houghton!
Carol Anne Wicks
April 15, 2024
Karen not only was with us every step of the way, literally on a day to day, sometimes hour to hour basis with the selling of our home, but she also stayed so positive and motivated us to not give up on the short term rental we needed to tie us over until the new house. We are so grateful for the time, attention and care Karen put into us as her clients. No doubt in our minds that she will do the same for you!
Debbie Smith
March 24, 2024
Karen is fantastic! She helped us quickly find a home that is perfect for our family, at a great price, in a great location, and under rapidly changing market conditions. She listened to our family's needs in a home and was a keen advisor in the negotiating process. We'll be sending our friends and family Karen's way for future home purchases.
Hailey D'Silva
February 4, 2024
Karen was tenacious and continually went the extra mile for us. With a smile she drove all over cottage country trying to find us the right property. We finally found one and we would not have done that without Karen. A true professional.
Elizabeth Denman
December 19, 2023
Karen is a very adept negotiator and we felt that she represented our interests and position very effectively as buyers. We feel very comfortable and confident in her real estate experience, knowledge and skills.
Deborah Gilbert
September 17, 2023
It has been a pleasure working with Karen, she is professional, knowledgable, honsest and trustworthy. She was able to accomodate our schedule and was available when needed.
Ilan Zor
August 25, 2023
We were very satisfied with Karen and Rob. They gave us realistic expectations. It took only four days to sell the property so we were happy with their marketing efforts and resources.
Mark Stallybrass
June 27, 2023
We were impressed with Karen's commitment to research the intricacies of our Property. We were happy with Karen and and her partner Rob's work through the negotiation process.
Jhenealle G
June 1, 2023
Buying and selling a home can be exciting and stressful. Karen and Rob truly took the “stressful” aspect out of the experience. I am a returning customer. Very happy with the service & knowledge I received when listing the property for sale. Integrity, trust and confidence are only but a few characteristics that both Karen and Rob provided me.
I highly recommend using this dynamic duo , you will not be disappointed !
CKB Edwards
May 28, 2023
Karen and Rob are amazing real estate agents. They both always made us feel as if we were their only clients and biggest priority. They were very attentive to our needs and listened to exactly what we were looking for. They spent as much time with us as needed and were very quick to respond to any questions we had. They are incredibly knowledgeable within all aspects of real-estate. We are so thankful they helped us get the home we loved. We would never want to use any other agents in the future. I would absolutely recommend them to anyone looking to buy or sell their home.
Russ Pettifer
April 8, 2023
In a tremendously uncertain and softening real estate market, Karen was able to use her network and expert knowledge to find and facilitate a successful negotiation with a buyer for our property.
Ben Scholten
November 8, 2022
I recently had to organize the sale of my friend’s home in Whitby, who suffers from dementia. Karen was amazing the way she dealt with my friend through the whole process. She went way over and above what was expected of her. I would highly recommend Karen, professional, knowledgeable, and so helpful.
Peter Valentine
November 8, 2022
From our first meeting my husband and I felt we had met the right Realtor to sell our home.
She is professional, up-to-date on market trends, very knowledgeable and helpful in every way.
Karen blends a high degree of professionalism with a warm personality that instantly put us at ease and was always quick to respond to any questions we had.
Christine Latham
July 19, 2022
Karen was delightful to work with and worked tirelessly to stage our cottage, create a beautiful video, and bring in a terrific offer in a matter of days. My wife and I are thrilled and would highly recommend her.
Kevin Campbell
June 1, 2022
Outstanding personality and just like dealing with your Best Friend Would recommend her and partner any day well informed on what they do
Donna and Rick Greenwood
May 5, 2022
Karen is an ultimate professional, always positive and proactively providing updated information as required. She is extremely knowledgeable about the market and instills confidence throughout the process . She is a dream
to work with and we would highly recommend her.
Penny Reid
April 13, 2022
A superior professional, well versed in market trends, neighborhoods and customer service. Exceptionally easy to work with, voice concerns and address questions in a timely manner. Highly recommend.
Arlene Burley
April 13, 2022
Karen is an outstanding agent. She is personable and easy to talk to. She knows her stuff. What sold me on her was that she was very straight forward in answering questions about her rate and services when I was shopping around for agents. I cannot say the same for others. I was selling in a sellers market, so the most important thing to me was transparency and trustworthiness. I got both from Karen. Once I hired her, the process was smooth and timely. She was a good listener and knew my priorities with regards to the estate property I was selling. I am very satisfied with the outcome and would highly recommend Karen to anyone looking for a good realtor.
Lydia Weiss
November 4, 2021
What I love about Karen is her patience with me as a client. We have been on/off nearly 2 years in search of the property in my mind. I never feel rush or pressure by her in terms of decision making. Not until I finally decided to put my own house on this crazy market when is time. Her Patience did paid off. The whole transaction of buying and selling was done in a week. She and her partner Rob Serediuk we’re funny, witty and very knowledgeable. A Great team👍. Really proud of having them as my agents and truly appreciate the job well done.
Hope Shao
Hope Shao
November 2, 2021
Very responsive when we had inquiries, pleasant to work with. Helped us to find our home and lawyer in the area as we weren't familiar with. Would definitely use her services if we should find ourselves in the housing market again.
Donna Viner
October 3, 2021
Awesome, Karen returns your calls promptly, works In favour of her client , and is genuinely nice and very knowledgeable of her territories she services.
Tyler Acheson
September 30, 2021
Karen was quick to respond to our questions. She was knowledgeable and very professional. She listened to what we wanted and tried to match what we were looking for.
Cari Tracey
August 12, 2021
Karen is amazing realtor, truly helped us to sell your cottage in Thurstonia.
Her recommendation to stage the house really helped to sell the house.
I will truly recommend Karen to everyone I know.
Angayatkanny Thinesh Thinesh
August 12, 2021
Karen was very knowledgeable about the area and was well known around the neighbourhood.
She answered all our questions and concerns.
She was patient and got to know us. She knew exactly what we were looking for and found us the perfect cottage. We would recommend Karen to anyone who is looking for a real estate agent.
Thank you Karen for helping us through this process.We couldn’t be happier.
Tom and Sharon Woods
Tom Woods
July 20, 2021
Excellent customer service and communicator. Answered all of our concerns. Very professional pictures and we loved the drone. We recommend Karen to anyone.
Sean Tracey
July 13, 2021
Karen is an absolute delight to work with. The sale of our home was quick, stress free and professionally represented. I couldn't of asked for a more seemless transaction. Very happy with our results 😀 Thank you so much Karen
Candace Madeiros
June 9, 2021
Karen is a friendly engaging person, she is knowledgeable, helpful and has all relevant documents available on time
We would definitely work with Karen again
Bob C
June 9, 2021
Karen is wonderful agent. She has a great response time. She went above and beyond what we expected! I would highly recommend her to anyone! Thank you so much Karen for all you did for us! You found us the perfect house!
Melanie Bryant
June 6, 2021
Karen is an outstanding agent. She has amazing communication style, she follows up promptly on all that you request of her and she has a calm approach to her negotiation skills ! She is a honest and trustworthy person and I would highly recommend her !!!
CKB Edwards
May 28, 2021
Karen was very helpful both in our purchase and the sale of our home. Her advertising was excellent and was readily available and knowledgeable. We would definitely recommend her.
Al & Sue Boyle
Alastair Boyle
May 3, 2021
Karen was rock solid in her support for us. As our family's circumstances and needs changed, she helped us through. ThNks so much for your help, Karen.
Norman Ploeg
April 19, 2021
Karen made the process of selling our house so easy from start to finish. We are so happy with the experience from start to finish and highly recommend Karen.
Debbie Kenton
February 22, 2021
Our experience with Karen and her handling of the sale of our Town House was superb. She had many obstacles from COVID to a Tenant in the house and a restricted viewing window. It all resulted in a quick sale and great result. Thanks so much.
Robert Halsall
February 22, 2021
Working with Karen was a great experience for us. she is fun, patient, and knowledgeable. i would definitely recommend her to my friends and family! :)
sanaz vazirian
November 26, 2020
Karen has provided my husband and I with an extraordinary service with the search for our investment property. Her professionalism and attention to details made this process very fast and stress free, while attending to all our needs and concerns. There was never a sense of being pushed into any deal, but instead she was always very patient and positive. We did a few “road trips” where it didn’t end up in anything, but yet she was always supportive and happy to provide assistance. When she found us the property we were looking for, she acted super fast and made sure to cover all basis in order to help us with getting the offer accepted while making sure we were being secured/protected. Thanks to Karen, within 2 months, we not only found the perfect investment property but also our family 1st cottage, which we are falling more in love each day.
Leila Bernardes
November 18, 2020
Karen helped us find and close the multiplex property we bought in Whitby recently. She knows what exactly we were looking for and approached us with the property that hasn’t even been listed that perfectly matches our expectations. She has been a pillar of support guiding us through every single detail before and after the sale. I am sure she will be our realtor for life.
Phani Preetham Ravella
November 3, 2020
Very professional service in a timely fashion. I would definitely recommend Karen to buy or sell any type of property. All details were taken care of without anything left out, all with the appropriate priority.
Steve Prendergast
September 17, 2020
It was a pleasure to work with Karen. She was knowledgeable and answered any questions we had. She went above and beyond to assist us with selling our house and purchasing a new one.
Darlene Balsam
August 7, 2020
We had a great experience with Karen. She was extremely professional and sensitive to our needs. She always went above and beyond in order to make the deal work for all parties! Karen has a way of making you feel comfortable and confident in the entire process!
Julie Kent
July 17, 2020
Karen was amazing to work with on the purchase of our family cottage! She was extremely helpful, informative and fair. She has gone above and beyond to ensure this major purchase and milestone was easy and carefully orchestrated.
I would strongly recommend Karen to anyone.
Amazing Realtor and wonderful person!
Thank Karen - we are very grateful and so happy!
Paulina Cadena
July 3, 2020
Unfortunately these ratings only go to 5, as Karen far exceeds that.
It is not very often you run into someone in a professional role who treats complete strangers with such patience, compassion and excitement as Karen does. She made this terrifying, exhilarating, disheartening, and confusing experience comfortable, informative and exciting.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, not only for your hard work, but for engaging and essentially 'babysitting' our daughter during each viewing. We are so happy that you were recommended to us and I will make sure to do the same for anyone who asks.
Hugs from Ashley, Greg and Paige!
Greg Bolton
May 27, 2020
Karen stuck with us for 10 months of a property transaction and went above and beyond. We would definitely recommend Karen to anybody looking for an honest and knowledgable agent. Thanks again Karen!
John I
May 1, 2020
It was by chance that I met Karen at an open house. Her positive outlook and helpfulness was what drew me to ask for her help selling my property. Other agents were telling me it could take two years to sell because of its uniqueness, location, and market. There is a limited pool of buyers that would be interested in the property. I knew that it was just a matter of finding the right buyer.
It was just a few short weeks not years before an acceptable offer came in. I believe that the presentation of the property was a big factor in selling it. It was presented in such a way that it drew attention to what made it special. Karen and Jeff had the insight to see what made the property special and they worked hard to sell it.
Karen was very helpful during the process and explained things clearly to me. This was my first time selling a property. She has gone above and beyond what I expected from an agent.
Thankful Seller
April 30, 2020
Karen was a delight to work with. Buying a house can be such a stressful endeavour. Karen made the experience feel easy and painless at every turn. She was always cheerful, warm and she provided us with great advice and support. I would happily recommend her to friends and family!
Allison Tiller
January 13, 2020
I had the pleasure of working with Karen this past summer. Karen faced our needs with an absolutely refreshing amount of enthusiasm. We have made several real-estate transactions throughout the years with a number of agents representing us and I have never felt represented with as much kindness and compassion as I did with Karen. Karen will definitely go above and beyond to ensure that your story and circumstances are heard, are met and are taken into consideration when completing a transaction. There were instances where Karen had proven her loyalty, honesty and trust worthiness, resulting in a feeling of ease and safety while making some of the largest purchases you will ever make. Karen will always be my choice when considering real estate.
Nicole Hamilton-Gough
January 8, 2020
Karen was exceptionally professional and very friendly and sincere. We looked at a few places until we found the home we were looking for and Karen was very patient with us and looked into all of our questions with each property we looked at. Once we found our home Karen took the time to meet the current home owners to explain the kind of people we were so they new who was buying there home. I truly believe that this is what helped us win the deal as there were other offers that came in with ours. I truly would recommend Karen as she is a detail oriented agent with her clients best interests at heart. Thanks Karen for your professionalism, you will be our agent in the future guaranteed.
Kevin Kent
January 4, 2020
Karen took the time to meet the needs of my husband and myself, and took all the time to answer our never ending questions. She had extensive knowledge of all the neighborhoods we viewed and went above and beyond to help us with the house we finally decided on. I cannot recommend her highly enough in all categories!
Alix Hyshka
January 4, 2020
Karen was so helpful to me throughout the whole home buying process. She offered her expertise and advice as I was navigating being bought out of one property and purchasing another. She was proactive in sending me listings that fit my parameters and took me to see many properties before I found the perfect one. Once the offer was accepted, she kept in frequent contact, making sure I was kept up to date on what was going on. She recommended other professionals to assist me with every aspect of the purchase and this made the process much less daunting. I could not recommend her more highly.
Nicole Adams
March 12, 2025