February = Fresh Start

February is a turning point, and the perfect time to fall in love with the idea of a fresh start, whether it’s finding your dream home, visualizing a new job, making a savvy investment, or preparing to downsize.

We're here to be your trusted guides through the ever-changing real estate market, to help you turn your goals into reality, and to share our rolodex of contacts to ensure you have the right partners you need for every step of the journey.

Let’s celebrate the neighborhoods near and far that feel like home, the connections that create community, and the excitement of finding that perfect match. Here’s to a month of possibilities and new opportunities!

- jeanne, phil, meg, alex, annie and christine

Introducing the Compass 3-Phased Marketing Strategy

Perfect your listing strategy before accruing a single day on market

• Phase 1 - Compass Private Exclusives: With Compass Private Exclusive, we can privately market your home to the largest network of top agents—without the risks of public price drops or accumulating days on market. This phase allows us to test price, gain critical pricing insights, and generate early demand. The pre-market exclusivity creates urgency among serious buyers—all while keeping us in full control to adjust strategy as needed. Sometimes you find a buyer that will pay a premium for certainty or pay a premium to not have competition.

• Phase 2 - Compass Coming Soons: Next, we broaden your reach with a second ‘pre-market’ phase through Compass Coming Soon on Compass.com. In this phase the home is showcased to all agents and consumers on the internet, without the risk of exposure from the MLS and Portal Sites, where days on market and price drops are publicly displayed.

• Phase 3 - Go Live on All Platforms: Armed with feedback from agents and buyers, we strategically launch your home to the public market. By this stage, we’ll have refined pricing, addressed any concerns, and optimized the presentation of your property. This ensures we enter the market with maximum demand and confidence to achieve the best outcome for you.

• Overall: In the same way movies launch multiple trailers to build excitement and demand, the 3- Phased Marketing Strategy allows us to launch your listing multiple times, to build excitement and demand.

Thinking of moving to a different area?

Let the JPM team connect you with one of our vetted Compass colleagues anywhere in the world, and take the guesswork out of finding an awesome realtor in a new city.

Real Estate in the News

Time in the Market Beats Timing the Market

Trying to decide whether it makes more sense to buy a home now or wait? There’s a lot to consider, from what’s happening in the market to your changing needs. But generally speaking, aiming to time the market isn’t a good strategy – there are too many factors at play for that to even be possible.

Courtesy of Keeping Current Matters

Team News

Congratulations to JPM client and author, Brad Snyder, on his new book!

In 1932, Angelo Herndon, a young Black Communist organizer, was arrested for possessing radical literature and charged with inciting insurrection, a capital crime. "You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads" details his 5-year fight for freedom, supported by allies like attorney Benjamin J. Davis Jr., historian C. Vann Woodward, and writers Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright. Their efforts helped Herndon become a key figure in advocating for the right to protest.

Find out more and order the book HERE!

Book Tie-In Giveaway! Answer this trivia question and have a chance to win a $50 gift card to Solid State Books on H St.

In honor of Black History Month - Which author and activist’s FBI file contained a whopping 1,884 pages – the biggest file the U.S. federal agency ever compiled on any writer?

Send response to christine.oreilly@compass.com

Hill Family Biking! 🚲

Hop on your bike, grab the fam and join teammate Jeanne and Hill Family Biking for some fun upcoming rides.

Put them on your calendar!

February 22nd - Kidical Mass - Clean up ride 10:30-11:30 

March 22nd - Kidical Mass - Garfield Park Grand Re-Opening Littles Ride 4-5:30

Get more info HERE!

1st Fridays Happy Hour!

We had a blast connecting with clients and friends at our Feb monthly Happy Hour at Maketto.

They took great care of us and the food and cocktails were outstanding. We are popping around supporting local places. Stay tuned and save the date!

HERE is info on Maketto.

Fridays We Prance!

Like to wear pink & want to start the weekend in a joyful way? There's a prancing dance party every Friday morning at 6:30am encircling Lincoln Park (rain or shine) starting at the Bethune statue! Jeanne joined them last week and had a blast. See Instagram  @FridaysWePrance. Hope to prance with you soon!

JPM Sponsorships and Events

March 15

Capitol Hill Village Starry, Starry Night Gala shoots into the atmosphere!

JPM is proud to sponsor Capitol Hill Village Gala again this year and tickets are on sale for the annual Capitol Hill Village Gala on March 15. The stars will be out—members, volunteers and the Capitol Hill community—and there will be fun, dancing, and good food.

Click HERE to purchase tickets.

March 22

Celebrate Mardi Gras with Maury at the Market

We are also proud sponsors of Maury at the Market, which draws over 350 people from the families of Maury students, Capitol Hill neighbors, as well as community and business leaders. Funds raised by the PTA provide funding for Teacher Aides, classroom support, school supplies, and programs such as Mindfulness, Readers and Writers Workshop, and the Literacy Lab. Click HERE to purchase tickets.

MARCH 15

DC United Ticket Giveaway!

First ticket giveaway of 2025!

2 clubs seats to DC United at Audi Field March 15, 7:30 pm against Montreal. If interested, no trivia this time! Just reply to christine.oreilly@compass.com for a chance to win!

Local Happenings

All Month Long

Celebrate Black History Month in DC

From museums to comedy shows and history tours, there are many ways to celebrate Black History Month in our nation's capitol.

Click HERE to learn more.

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Reserve A Romantic Table

Check out this list of DC's most romantic restaurants, perfectly suited for a special night with your loved ones.

Click HERE to learn more.

Lifestyle Tips and Tricks

Home Appraisals: Your Questions Answered

A home appraisal helps sellers extract maximum value and protects buyers and lenders from overpaying.

Courtesy of U.S. News

How to Stage Living Spaces When Selling Your Home

Potential homebuyers are looking for cozy living spaces where they can relax with family as well as entertain friends. Learn staging secrets that will make your living room, den or family room irresistible to buyers.

Courtesy of HGTV

How can Private Exclusives help our Buyers?

There is an exciting amount of inventory coming on the market in upcoming weeks and months! We might know of a home that Sellers choose to market privately, or are open to showing early to our vetted COMPASS Buyers. This is an advantage which only signed COMPASS Buyer clients have access to. We are happy to discuss this opportunity with you and your friends and family!

Find out more HERE!

Collections

Collections is a tool we use to share a curated, visually-pleasing group of listings with our clients. Every month we set up new public listings as a collection so we keep our clients up to date on any new listings that have popped up. Check them out below and CALL US to discuss how we can help you find the home of your dreams!

Featured Listings

Trinidad - For sale in

Private Exclusive

1200 Staples St NE

2 BD 2 BA approx 1492 SF $569,000

Capitol Hill - For Sale

515 Constitution Ave NE

3BD/4BA 4 units ~2919SF $1,200,000

CAPITOL HILL - SOLD IN PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE

1421 Duncan St NE

3 BD 1 BA $450,000

The Jeanne Phil Meg Team at Compass

jeannephilmeg@compass.com

jeanne harrison: (202) 841-7717

phil guire: (202) 255-8401

meg shapiro: (202) 329-4068

alex schindlbeck: (202) 699-0141

annie richardson: (202) 740-5084

christine o'reilly, team manager

o: (202) 545-6900