Market Knowledge

The Hess Team is a Seattle-based real estate partnership focused on delivering clear guidance, thoughtful preparation, and strategic marketing for every home. With deep expertise across neighborhoods from Wedgwood and Bryant to Ballard, Magnolia, and the broader Puget Sound region, they combine data-driven insight with proven listing strategies to help clients make confident decisions. We are known for meticulous preparation, strong communication, and a hands-on approach that brings out the best in each property.

A hallmark of their approach is market intelligence. The Hess Team tours more than 800 homes every year, giving them an unmatched pulse on inventory, pricing trends, construction quality, and neighborhood dynamics. This level of on-the-ground insight gives their clients a powerful advantage — whether prepping a home for the market, navigating multiple offers, or evaluating long-term value.

Community

As brokers with Windermere Real Estate, one of the Northwest’s most trusted and community-focused brokerages, The Hess Team brings a balanced blend of local insight and industry expertise. Their success is rooted in a simple philosophy: relationships first, transactions second. They take time to understand each client’s goals, lifestyle, and long-term plans, ensuring every step is tailored, informed, and strategic.

The Best

Their work is defined by clear communication, thoughtful strategy, and honest guidance from start to finish. Whether preparing a listing to achieve maximum market impact or helping a buyer identify long-term value, The Hess Team delivers the kind of professionalism and care that creates lifelong client relationships.

With extensive neighborhood knowledge, refined negotiation skills, and a commitment to community-driven service, The Hess Team is proud to help clients make confident real estate decisions throughout Seattle and the Puget Sound region.

Known for being devoted, hard-working, positive, and approachable, Merritt and Emily focus on making the real estate experience as smooth and stress-free as possible. They feel incredibly fortunate to help clients navigate major life moments and take pride in being trusted advisors for buyers and sellers at every stage.

The Team

Merritt and Emily work as a team and have complimentary skill sets and persepectives. As a team, they provide comprehensive service to their clients and have extensive knowledge of the local Real Estate market. They are honest, devoted, professional, hard-working, competitive, positive, knowledgable, light-hearted and caring. The Hess Team feels very fortunate to wake up each day and do what they love. When not selling homes they enjoy anything related to the outdoors from hiking, fishing, camping and all things adventurous! Merritt played sports through college and can be fiercely competitive on the ping pong table, so watch out! This competitive personality translates well into real estate.