Maritza Bernard

Maritza Bernard, an Orange County native, has built a career rooted in a passion for community and connection. With a strong background in sales, fashion, and decor, Maritza has always been passionate about helping others enhance their lives, whether by finding the perfect home, organizing their space, or refreshing their wardrobe. 

Maritza started on the lending side of the real estate business, deepening her understanding of residential loans. For the past four years, she has been an integral member of the Annie Clougherty team, where she continues to combine her creativity and expertise to guide clients through real estate sales.

Maritza is known for her personable approach and dedication to building genuine, lasting connections. Her business has flourished through word-of-mouth referrals, a testament to her commitment and trustworthiness. As a bilingual real estate agent fluent in Spanish, she excels at connecting with clients from diverse backgrounds, making them feel understood and supported.

Maritza is the founder of the Coto de Caza Home Tour, an annual event that highlights exquisite homes while supporting City of Hope Orange County, a leading institution in cancer care and research. She and her team have raised over $100,000 through this event and hope it will continue to bring more awareness to this incredible facility.

Maritza and her husband have planted their roots in her home town of Coto de Caza with their 4 children. In her downtime, she enjoys playing tennis, spending Friday movie nights with her family, exploring new places, and discovering great restaurants.

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"Agents do not get any better than Maritza Bernard! Maritza recently listed and sold our home, and my wife and I were so happy to have worked with her! Maritza is the consummate professional. She is very knowledgeable about each step in the selling process, and she guided us through all of them very smoothly and this was especially helpful in our first home sale. She put forward extra special efforts to help prepare our listing, show our home, and review offers. We highly, highly recommend working with Maritza! - Paul J, 1/31/2022

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"If you are considering placing your home on the market, I would suggest that you contact Maritza. She met me while I was gardening at the property. I found out she was an agent and I asked her to help me sell my home. She is not just a real estate agent. She took personal pride in making suggestions that she thought would help my property to stand out from others, including choice of wall paint. When I was busy at work, she often met with painters or contractors at my house or with the inspectors. She is very professional and she helped me to get 52 thousand over list price. If I am in the market for a home in California. She will be my agent of choice. - Nancy W, 12/20/2021

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"Maritza took amazing care of our family in both selling our old home and purchasing our dream home. She was there advocating on our behalf every step of the way. She communicated all steps of the process throughly to us as they were happening and helped to problem solve and strategize whenever needed. It was so nice knowing she had our families best interest as the priority through it all. - Allie B, 11/1/2021

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" Maritza helped us relocate to Southern California during this crazy housing market, plus a global pandemic. We wanted to rent for 12 months to test out the area, really search for our forever home, try out the schools, etc. We were completely disregarded by other realtors because we were looking for a rental. No one would take us seriously and rentals were just as hard to secure at the time. We needed someone who would put in effort for us. Our prior home had sold and we were increasingly nervous about where we were going to move our family of six. Maritza treated us like gold. When we would fly down for a couple hours, she would always free up her schedule to show us property. She will answer her phone, she will text you back, she will care about your individual situation, and most importantly, she will help you. We look forward to working with her again this coming year when we buy our next home. - Lezley B, 7/9/2021

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" We knew from day one we were in very capable hands. Maritza's hustle, knowledge, dedication, and support were EXCEPTIONAL. She was very responsive and communicative and consistently went above and beyond in all our interactions. We would highly recommend working with her as she is a TRUE PROFESSIONAL in every sense of the word. Thank you so much, Maritza! - Mary P, 7/7/2021

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" We worked with Maritza on selling our most recent house as well as a purchase. From beginning to end it was a smooth process. When we first met, she brought comps and a proposal for what we should list for, how the market is currently, and all the details around how the process would go.She worked around our schedule for showings and was always on time. She followed all the covid guidelines to ensure our safety when we would return to the house. She also leveraged her social media accounts to gather additional interest. We had quite a few offers within a couple of days and she reviewed each one in person with us, outlined the pros/cons and did extreme due diligence to verify all the qualifications and financial status of the buyers and lenders. We had a smooth closing and she handled all the details behind the scenes and let us rest easy. I highly recommend Maritza as a highly capable agent to represent. you on the buying or selling side of the transaction (or both in our case). She knows the coto/dove area inside and out and has all the 411 on the neighborhoods and areas you want to be in. - Jim P 5/6/2021

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"Maritza is amazing! She really cared about finding the right home for our family. She was really knowledgeable in the areas of the OC and also the school districts which was great because we have children. If you are looking for a responsive, caring, knowledgeable, hard worker she is the realtor for you! "