Century 21 Marella Realty

Thirty-eight years on the South Shore is the line CENTURY 21 Marella Realty leads with — and it is the company's own telling. It describes itself as a family owned and operated brokerage, working out of 367 Washington Street in Braintree and listing and selling homes across the region. The office runs under the CENTURY 21 banner as a franchise, independently owned and operated. In practice that means a national brand's search and marketing tools sitting on top of a small local shop, which is a different thing from a corporate branch and worth understanding before you sign a listing agreement. Everything above is the company's own account, so the useful next step is to make it specific. Ask which agent would actually handle your sale or search, how many South Shore closings that person has done in the past year, and what the commission split and listing term look like in writing. If you want a long-established local name with a national brand behind it, Marella matches the description it gives of itself. Get recent client references from the individual agent before you commit.