Evan Russell - Real Estate Agent

Evan Russell is a real estate broker associate working out of North Reading and, by his own account, licensed since 2005 as a broker in four states. He holds Massachusetts broker licence 9510319-RE-B, which the state registry shows active under his own name — the same number his website publishes. He works under the Century 21 North East franchise; earlier reviewers and a 2016 local news item refer to him as broker/owner of The Russell Realty Group, the North Reading firm he founded in 2011 that later affiliated with ERA Real Estate. The record on him is unusually deep for a single agent: 41 reviews stretching back to 2021, with four in the last six months. Sellers dominate it, and the same two things come up again and again — he moves fast, and he answers. A January 2026 seller wrote that he is "super attentive" and that "we got responses immediately", calling it "a fast and easy sale". A 2021 seller who was out of town said he returned calls immediately and even handled the final water meter read for them. Where he stands out most in the record is complicated transactions. A November 2024 seller described needing to sell one house to fund the down payment on another, with a contingent offer another realtor had told them was impossible, and both closings landing on the same day. In a 2021 review, an owner sold a rental unit with a tenant still in place and said he worked with her to get the unit shown, calling the market-value assessment "right on". Estate sales come up more than once: a May 2026 client called theirs "fairly non-standard" with multiple challenges navigated, and a 2024 executor credited him with keeping the closing on schedule and staying available to both sides. In an April 2026 review, a seller managing serious illness and dialysis said he offered, unasked, to organise the small repairs on the house through contractors he knew. Two things are worth knowing before you read the five-star average as a pure customer verdict. A meaningful share of the reviews are not from homeowners at all: he coaches and trains other agents, and several reviewers identify themselves as fellow realtors he has worked opposite on deals, or as students of his weekly trainings. And his brokerage of record has changed — reviews from 2021 to 2022 credit Russell Realty Group, while his current site is Century 21 North East, so confirm who holds the listing agreement. He is the right call for a North Shore seller with a complication — an estate, a tenant, a contingency, a tight timeline — who wants someone reachable. Ask what he charges: two reviewers called his rate competitive and fair, but neither named a figure.