Christine's best advice today: "Take advantage of
today's interest rates, the great house prices and inventory. If you try
to catch the market at the best moment, it will elude you. Sellers who
feel they may be getting less than a year from now? It's all relative.
You may get less, but you will also buy for less. When your house
value goes up, so will the one you want to purchase."
Christine Aubrey, owner/broker of
Coldwell Banker Upton-Massamont REALTORS, feels the same about the Pioneer
Valley as many of us who have the privilege to live here. "The Pioneer Valley is a
very special place", said Christine, "I came to
college here and never left". Christine graduated Cum Laude in
1977 with a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts. She made the
town of Hatfield her home for 30 years while raising her 2 children. Her
daughter, Alison lives in New York City working in the public health field and her son Brian and his wife live in the area and Brian works
for Coldwell Banker Upton-Massamont REALTORS.
Christine enjoys walking, hiking,
kayaking, skiing, traveling and listening to live music whenever she can. The Pioneer Valley has the natural beauty and opportunity for all her hobbies.
Professionally Christine Aubrey is a
force to be reckoned with, starting as a teacher at Turners Falls High School. She moved on to real estate, opening Upton & May Real Estate in 1988 with
former teacher/general contractor Steve Upton in South Deerfield. In 1993
she merged the company with Massamont Real Estate acquiring an office in
Shelburne Falls and becoming Upton-Massamont REALTORS. She became sole
owner of the company in 2001 and opened a third office in Florence. In 2006 the company became
an affiliate of Coldwell Banker to bring a higher level of services and
technology to their clients.
Along the way, Christine
continued her real estate education earning ABR, CRB, and SRES designations.
She also served the real estate industry supporting our local association, the
REALTOR Association of Pioneer Valley, on several committees and as secretary
on the Board of Directors. She also served at the state level
with the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS.
Christine also finds it important
to invest in the community, serving on the Board of Directors of the Northampton Chamber of Commerce and the Rockbridge Abundant Life Community.
These days Christine can be found
listing and selling real estate throughout the valley. "Working with buyers and
sellers can be incredibly rewarding and I have established many long term
friendships with my clients", said Christine. The rest of
her days are spent among one of her three offices where she enjoys overseeing
her company and where she is the force that drives the company forward with
technology and providing the best service in the Pioneer Valley.
