About Margaret Sophie, ABR, GRI, CRS Global Luxury Specialist

Since 1999 Margaret has been a sales agent in the Cary office of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, the largest full-service residential real estate company in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation.  A graduate of the REALTOR® Institute (GRI), Margaret is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), an Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Certified Marketing Specialist and a Cartus Mobility Certified Relocation Specialist qualified by the largest relocation company in the United States. Margaret is an elected Director for the Raleigh Regional Assoc of Realtors, as well as an appointed Director for the North Carolina Assoc of Realtors. Margaret believes in community involvement and is an active member of the Cary MacGregor Rotary club since 2009. Also having served on the Cary Visual Arts BOD working her way up to President. Margaret believes that knowledge and dedication are the keys to exceptional customer service and success.

As a REALTOR®, Margaret’s number one priority is to understand the needs of her customers, and she uses her experience and in-depth resources to make the purchase or sale of a customer’s home almost effortless. Committed to continuously improving the way she does business, Margaret has found that her years of experience, market knowledge, real estate industry training and designations afford her a definite advantage. She is a Previews Specialist, which is a national designation for specializing in luxury homes marketing and sales. The selling of exceptional real estate is an art, since marketing such properties requires an expert with impeccable discretion, superb connections and extensive experience in selling real estate.

The Coldwell Banker Previews® International program aligns Margaret with a global contact network and powerful marketing resources. Margaret is also an Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR). This national designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation, awarded to real estate practitioners who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) of the National Association of REALTORS®. An active member with Cary Visual Art, Inc. (CVA) for some time, Margaret has been named to the board of directors. CVA is a nonprofit organization with the goal of promoting access to visual art through public art projects and educational programs in the town of Cary, where Margaret resides with her husband and three children after the family’s relocation from Chicago. Family time is highly valued by Margaret and her husband, who have been married since 1988. They love the Triangle area and the ease of lifestyle, excellent schools, ample entertainment and opportunity for growth it has afforded them.