Buy or Sell Smarter—
Before It Hits Zillow.
Real-time listings. Off-market access. Tech-driven negotiation. While other agents wait for Zillow to update, Marlene's clients are already closing—in San Jose, Los Gatos, and Siesta Key.
Marlene Manning
Nazare Realty Inc. · DRE# 01182325 DRE# 02196765Tell me your goal and I'll build a plan around it.
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25+
Years guiding buyers & sellers
2
Active markets — Bay Area CA & Gulf Coast FL
5-Star
Rated on Google & Zillow — 50+ verified reviews
5.0★
Average Rating
50+
Verified Client Reviews
25+
Years of CA & Florida Market Expertise
100s
Of Successful Closings — Referral-Driven Business
3 properties available right now
These won't last. Well-priced homes in this market are going under contract in days—sometimes hours. The ones below are still available as of today.
The home you want exists right now. Someone else is looking at it.
Serious buyers in this market move within 24–48 hours of a listing going live. Set up a search. Get the call before it hits Zillow.
3 Properties Found
6805 Almaden Rd, San Jose, CA 95120
Rare Almaden Valley land w/ views of Mt. Umunhum. Tentative map available for proposed 6-lot SF subd...
Listed: 11/18/2024
5362 Ayrshire Dr, San Jose, CA 95118
Sold 6/2/2025 for $2,260,000. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2,031 sq ft on 9,384 sq ft lot. High/Vaulted ceilings...
Listed: 4/29/2025
12360 Redmond Ave, San Jose, CA 95120
0.9108 acres (approx. 39,673 sq ft). Last sold 7/29/2024 for $5,180,000. Current site shows Off Mark...
Listed: 8/14/2023
What's actually happening in your market
Not national averages. Not Zillow estimates. Neighborhood-level conditions in California and Florida — the specific markets Marlene has worked for 25 years.
Los Gatos
CA$2.1M – $4.5M
Typical single-family range10
105%
Low
“Los Gatos homes priced correctly are seeing 10–14% over ask. Anything that sits past 21 days carries a pricing problem — every buyer can see the history. The window for a clean, no-contingency close is the first 9 days on market.”
San Jose
CA$900K – $1.8M
Typical single-family range14
101%
Moderate
“San Jose is a buyers' market in some pockets and a sellers' market on specific streets. Certain zip codes average 8 offers; others sit for weeks. The data doesn't tell you which is which — but 25 years here does.”
Siesta Key
FL$700K – $4.5M
Typical waterfront & beach range28
97%
Selective
“Siesta Key's #1-rated beach draws international buyers and relocating high earners year-round. Waterfront inventory is constrained and properties priced with Gulf views and private docks command significant premiums. First-time buyers and investors often miss the off-market window — it doesn't reopen.”
Conditions reflect Spring 2026. Marlene updates her market read weekly.
Book a Free Strategy Call →The difference between average
and top dollar is strategy.
These aren't estimates or projections. They're what 25+ years of doing this at the highest level actually looks like — deal by deal.
Not years of showing homes.
Years of knowing which neighborhoods are undervalued, which sellers are motivated, and when to walk away from a bad deal.
Sellers close above asking.
The right pricing strategy isn't about listing high—it's about listing smart. Priced correctly, homes attract multiple offers and sell above list.
Half the area average.
Every extra week a home sits, buyers start wondering what's wrong with it. Then comes the price reduction — which is public, permanent, and hands every future buyer leverage. Staging, timing, and a pre-market strategy aren't extras. They're the difference between multiple offers and a slow bleed.
Referrals are the whole business.
Marlene doesn't buy leads. Every client comes from a past client who said: call Marlene. That's the only endorsement that matters.
“My job isn't to find you a house. It's to make sure you don't overpay for the wrong one, or leave money on the table when you sell. Most clients tell me afterward that they didn't realize how much they didn't know until it was over. That's what 25 years actually buys you.”
— Marlene Manning, Nazare Realty Inc.
They almost worked with someone else first.
5.0 average · 50+ verified reviews
“We had two offers fall through with other agents before we called Marlene. She repriced the home, brought in a stager for two rooms, and we had a clean offer at $47,000 over asking within nine days. It's hard not to be angry about the months we wasted before that. Call her first.”
Debra H.
Los Gatos, CA“We were competing against six other buyers. Marlene knew the listing agent and structured our offer around what the seller actually needed — not just the highest number. We closed $30,000 under the top bid because the terms were cleaner. We still can't fully explain it except that she knew something everyone else didn't.”
James & Priya T.
San Jose, CA“My husband passed away and I had to sell the house we'd lived in for 22 years. Marlene never rushed me. She handled the estate paperwork, coordinated the repairs I couldn't manage alone, and got me $85,000 more than I expected. I cried when we closed. In a good way.”
Sandra K.
Santa Cruz, CASOLD
4 bd · San Jose, CA · $2,260,000
SOLD
0 bd · San Jose, CA · $5,180,000
Most agents are interchangeable.
Marlene is not.
There are thousands of licensed agents in the Bay Area. About 20% do 80% of the transactions.Marlene has been in that 20% for over two decades — because clients come back, and they send their friends. That's not marketing. That's a reputation built on outcomes.
Real-Time Listing Access
Most buyers find out about homes on Zillow—48 hours after agents already knew. Marlene's clients get the call first.
Off-Market Deal Network
25+ years of agent relationships means the best deals never reach public listings. They go to Marlene's buyers first.
Data-Driven Pricing
Not Zestimates. Not gut feel. Absorption rates, list-to-sale ratios, and DOM patterns built into every pricing decision.
Tech-Forward Process
A custom-built platform powers your search and transaction—no CRM handoffs, no email chains lost. Faster, cleaner, end-to-end.
Most agents
Pull comps, pick a number, list and hope
Submit the offer, cross fingers, wait
Hand you off to a TC once you're under contract
Same staging and photo template for every listing
Waits for homes to hit the MLS like everyone else
Available when it's convenient
With Marlene
Prices using 25 years of absorption data—not Zillow estimates
Structures every offer around what the seller needs to say yes
Runs the deal personally—inspections, contractors, title, close
Custom pre-market strategy—staged, photographed, positioned
Hears about off-market deals first through 25 years of agent relationships
Picks up the phone. Returns calls the same day, every time
Every deal is personal. The results prove it.
At Nazare Realty Inc., no deal goes through a transaction coordinator while you wonder what’s happening. Marlene runs every transaction personally — from pricing strategy to closing table — because that’s the only way to guarantee the outcome.
A message from Marlene Manning
Most agents hand you off to a transaction coordinator the moment you’re under contract. That doesn’t happen here. Marlene runs every deal start to finish — the pricing conversation, the negotiation, the inspection response, the closing. After 25 years, the systems are tight. The experience is not forgettable.
Priced to outperform, not just sell
Wrong pricing costs sellers tens of thousands. Marlene uses 25+ years of closed-deal data to set a price that generates competing offers — not just foot traffic.
Market intelligence you won’t find on Zillow
Off-market signals, neighborhood absorption rates, and agent network intelligence — every recommendation is backed by data most buyers and sellers never see.
You don’t waste time on the wrong homes
Marlene filters by what matters — not just specs. Clients across San Jose, CA, Los Gatos, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Morgan Hill, CA tour fewer homes and close faster because the search starts focused.
Marlene runs every deal — no handoffs
You get one point of contact who knows your file, your timeline, and your priorities. Not a team. Not an assistant. Marlene, every step.
Marlene Manning
Licensed Real Estate Professional
Serving San Jose, CA, Los Gatos, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Morgan Hill, CA, Scotts Valley, CA and additional coastal communities by request.
25+ Years
Local expertiseMost agents have a license.
I have a track record.
Marlene has spent 25 years closing deals in one of the most competitive real estate markets in the country — not as a generalist, but as someone who knows these neighborhoods the way a local knows their own backyard. She doesn't use automated valuations or off-the-shelf strategies. She reads the data, reads the room, and positions her clients to win. Sellers close faster and higher. Buyers secure homes they actually want without getting burned in bidding wars. Her business runs almost entirely on referrals — which tells you everything about what working with her is actually like.
Clients average 18 fewer days on market than the area median
Sellers consistently close above their initial asking price
Buyers win competitive offers without overpaying
5-star rating across 50+ verified client reviews
Sellers who wait are leaving money on the table right now.
Sellers who listed in early 2026 are averaging 103% of asking price and 12 days on market. That ratio narrows as inventory builds through summer. The gap between what your home is worth today and what it'll fetch in four months is real—and it moves against you.
12 days
Avg. days on market — Los Gatos103%
Avg. list-to-sale price ratio6+
Offers per home in competitive areasThe homes worth buying
are gone before you see them.
Here's how it actually works: a homeowner is ready to sell but doesn't want the circus— no open houses, no strangers walking through, no 72-hour inspection windows with six competing offers. They want one qualified buyer, a clean close, and a price that's fair.
That call goes to Marlene. Not to the MLS. Not to Zillow. By the time it hits a public listing—if it ever does—it's already gone.
What buyers who wait for Zillow actually missTell me what you're looking for.
Not a form that goes to an inbox. Marlene reads these herself and calls you directly—usually within a few hours, always before the right home surfaces.
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