Local business · Boston, MALocal business · 116 St Botolph St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Verified record
The first thing to settle with Hillway Realty Group is the paperwork: the Massachusetts real estate broker license held in the name Hillway Realty Group LLC is listed by the state registry as expired. For a brokerage, that is the question to put to them before anything else. The St Botolph Street firm has been around a while. BBB describes it as a non-accredited Boston brokerage handling sales and rentals, incorporated in 2009, with 14 employees and two managing brokers, and gives it an A+ grade. That profile also carries one alert, which BBB does not describe further. What people wrote about Hillway is warm but dated. The five written reviews on file run from May 2019 to June 2020 and are almost entirely about one agent, Eric Walbridge, working the rental side. A renter in 2019 said he found them a one-bedroom in a tight Cambridge market and negotiated a lower rent than expected; another, writing in 2020 from abroad, described the whole search being handled across an eight-hour time difference. The wider picture is a 4.1 average across 45 Google ratings. Back in 2011, a commenter in an r/boston thread about realtors named Bill Burke at Hillway as one of two "safe bets", calling him responsive. So: a long-established Boston brokerage with a solid grade and a run of praise for rental work, all of it written five or more years ago. If you call them, ask about the licence status first, ask who would actually be handling your search, and ask what BBB's alert refers to.
“Two safe bets and reliable realtors I can reccommend are Bill Burke at Hillway realty, and Alex Collicott at Exit Realty Boston. They're easy to work with and very responsive to their clients, especially Bill.”
Eric Walbridge is a very professional realtor and made finding an apartment so easy! Eric helped us find a wonderful apartment while we were based abroad and it was seamless. He was attentive, helpful, responsive, and willing to work with us to find the perfect place even with an eight hour time difference. I highly recommend reaching out to him.
My boyfriend and I worked with Eric and quickly found the perfect apartment for us! He took our wishlist into consideration and found us great options. He then worked quickly to ensure that we were accepted for the apartment. Enjoyable and seamless experience working with Eric!
Eric Walbridge is the most professional realtor I've ever worked with! Eric helped us find a 1 bedroom apartment in the difficult Cambridge market. I could tell right away that Eric wasn't like other brokers I had contacted. He was attentive, helpful, responsive, and willing to work with us to find the perfect place. Eric's knowledge of the market helped us not only find a place that we wouldn't have found otherwise, but also get that apartment at a lower rent than we expected. After we signed our lease, Eric still went out of his way to ensure that we were getting the information and help we needed from the property manager. I highly recommend reaching out to him.
Eric W was an excellent guide and resource in navigating the rental market, and was always conscientious and timely in his communication. His attentiveness to our needs was superb, which is a crucial—and somewhat rare—quality in an agent. We were lucky to have a chance to work with Eric and wholeheartedly recommend him and Hillway!
I worked with Eric Walbridge to help me find an apartment to rent. It was extremely relieving to have Eric help and walk me though this, and he helped make the whole thing seamless for me. Eric took in my preferences and was always keeping me updated with possible matches. He would also make me updates on how he is getting on with the apartments I was interested so I was kept in the loop the whole way. Extremely thankful to have worked with him!
Specializes in
Also offers
Service area
Languages
Added 5 new comments, added 7 new photos, license now expired, established rating 3.3
4.4140 reviews
4.4132 reviews
4.4106 reviews
4.472 reviews