Jessica Retelny Shames

Jessica Retelny Shames

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Awards

  • #1 Small Team at Compass Westchester, 2021
    Real Trends America's Best Real Estate Professionals
    Small Teams by Closed Sales Volume, 2020

  • Ranked Top 1.5% Nationwide, 2020, 2021, 2022
    Real Trends America's Best Real Estate Professionals
    Small Teams by Closed Sales Volume, 2019-2022

  • Top 5 Luxury Real Estate Team in Westchester
    Westchester County's Top Luxury Brokers, 2019
    As Ranked by The Real Deal, March, 2020
  • Client Testimonials

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    ★★★★★
    Jessica is an excellent broker and advocate for her clients. The amount of networking she was able to do to find us multiple off-market opportunities in our dream location was remarkable. She’s tenacious, creative, and a talented agent. In this crazy market, Jessica is the type of agent you need. - Julie L, Scarsdale / Harrison, New York

    ★★★★★
    Angela Retelny and her team are simply Best in Class. Having 20 plus years of luxury residential brokerage experience myself, I knew many agents to consider when selling my home in the Fox Meadow section of Scarsdale. We owned a very special home and wanted not only one of the most accomplished agents in the area but we wanted a great human being. We got both with Angela! Angela is a superstar. In a very challenging market, Angela and her team thrive. Her commitment, insights, invaluable suggestions and quality to attention when marketing her properties are a talent you cannot teach. Not surprising we found another spectacular home we loved down the street and Angela happened to be the broker on that listing as well. Another great experience! We are so grateful to have had the experience of working with such a talented, hard-working, honest, friendly and kind human being. Selling real estate is more than just about making sales. It’s no wonder Angela and her team are one of Westchester’s top brokers. There is no one else I would rather recommend or want to work with again. - Austin & Sabina Schuster, Scarsdale, New York

    ★★★★★

    "As first-time buyers, we were lucky to work with Angela and Jessica Retelny. These two talented agents held our hands throughout the entire process and made us feel completely comfortable with the important journey of buying our first home. It was truly an education! 

    Angela’s superpower is knowing the market inside and out. She was always spot on with what a house would sell for and what it would take to put together a winning offer on the most coveted houses.

    Angela and Jessica provided us with every advantage to place adequate bids and advised us incredibly well. While they predicted well in advance what the “magic number” to win a bid should be, they always made sure we kept sight of what was within reason for each house and which houses were worth pursuing keeping in mind future resale and their potential to appreciate in value and be desirable properties in all types of markets.

    It was important that the deal felt right to us and that we were pursuing the ideal long-term house for our family and we knew that they had our best interest in mind every step of the way to ensure this happened. We always felt that Angela and Jessica truly had our back and wanted us to be happy, so we trusted them immensely.

    Working with them paid off. They ultimately found us our forever dream home! We loved working with them so much and the happy ending was a huge surprise: after a long search, they found a perfect house for us just across the street from their own family home! They knew this was our dream location and they made it happen! We are beyond excited with the outcome of our search.

    Thank you to the Angela Retelny Team for your laser-focused dedication, creativity, great negotiation skills and humor. We so appreciate you helping us find our forever home! Anyone looking to buy or sell a house would be lucky to have you as their agents and advisors." - The Weiland Family, Scarsdale, New York


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    About Jessica

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    About Jessica Retelny Shames 

    Licensed Real Estate Salesperson 
    Co-Founder & Marketing Director, The Angela Retelny Team at Compass

    With expertise in luxury real estate marketing, branding, interior styling, and staging, Jessica is the creative force behind the award-winning Angela Retelny Team at Compass. She develops and executes all property marketing initiatives ranging from sophisticated digital campaigns to property staging and everything in between. Jessica is also a licensed real estate salesperson specializing in Scarsdale, Harrison, Larchmont, and the suburbs of Westchester County. As a buyer's agent, Jessica goes above and beyond to ensure her buyers secure their dream properties. Resourceful and diligent, Jessica often creates opportunities for her buyers and works tirelessly to identify and source listed and non-listed properties for her sophisticated clientele. Buyers and sellers alike value Jessica's honest advice and unique insight.   

    Prior to joining The Angela Retelny Team at Compass, where she specializes in the Scarsdale, Harrison, Larchmont, and Edgemont real estate markets, Jessica was the Marketing Director of the successful Scarsdale-founded and boutique real estate brokerage, Platinum Drive Realty. She conceptualized and implemented innovative property marketing, corporate branding, digital and social strategies for Platinum Drive’s extensive listing portfolio across all five offices throughout Westchester, Long Island, and Greenwich, CT.

    Jessica also oversaw and managed all marketing initiatives including print, digital, social media, and special events in New York City. Her strategies helped elevate and position Platinum Drive as the number two brokerage in Scarsdale at that time. The firm was acquired by Compass in February 2018.

    Before transitioning into real estate, Jessica worked in Global Merchandising and Licensed Consumer Products at Marvel Comics (Disney Consumer Products) for nearly five years. She oversaw a $1 billion consumer products business, developed eye-catching designs to parallel Marvel's content release and brand strategy, and managed relationships with high-profile partners including Kellogg’s, Chobani, and Unilever.

    Jessica graduated from Cornell University where she majored in Communication. She grew up in Scarsdale, New York, and graduated from Quaker Ridge Elementary School, Scarsdale Middle School, and Scarsdale High School, where she excelled as a nationally ranked sprinter. She was recruited by Cornell University and continued her successful athletic career as a sprinter and long jumper on the Division-1 Women’s Track & Field Team at Cornell. She was a two-time IVY League Champion, ECAC, and NCAA Regional qualifier.

    She currently resides in New York City with her husband, Jason, and young daughter, Chelsea. She looks forward to moving back to Westchester to raise her family in the near future!

    Jessica Retelny Shames’ Listings

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    a view of a dinning table and chairs on the roof deck
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    Listed By CompassPending

    $2,350,000

    Bedrooms
    6
    Bathrooms
    4
    Square Feet
    4,032
    Acres
    0.44
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    a living room with furniture and a large window
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    a bathroom with a granite countertop sink and a mirror
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    Listed By CompassPending

    $2,199,000

    Bedrooms
    4
    Bathrooms
    4
    Square Feet
    3,805
    Acres
    0.21
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    a view of a golf course
    a view of entryway and hall
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    a living room with furniture fireplace and a large window
    a living room with furniture fireplace and a large window
    a dining room with furniture a chandelier and wooden floor
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    a view of a kitchen from the hallway
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    a room with furniture and window
    a view of a dining room with furniture window and wooden floor
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    a bathroom with a toilet sink and mirror
    a living room with furniture fireplace and a table
    a bedroom with bed and window
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    a spacious bathroom with a tub double sink and mirror
    a living room with furniture and a window
    a living room with furniture and a potted plant
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    a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
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    a living room with furniture a rug and a window
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    a view of a garden
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    a view of a room with gym equipment
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    a view of a tennis court
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    Listed By CompassPending

    $1,065,000

    Bedrooms
    2
    Bathrooms
    3.5
    Square Feet
    3,295