JANE FAIRWEATHER

Congratulations, Jane, on winning The William Prescott Allen Award - 2012
Presented to an individual who has worked for the betterment and benefit of the community at large, and who dedicates significant time towards community service.

A cut above the rest..

The Wall Street Journal ranked the Jane Fairweather Team as #1 in Montgomery County, #2 in Maryland and #39 Nationwide in The 2011 Top 1,000.  A 30 yr. veteran of the business, Jane Fairweather is a pillar in the Maryland Real Estate community. Together with her team of highly specialized assistants and buyer agents, Jane sells an average of 170-190 homes per year. She has been named the # 1 Coldwell Banker agent in the Washington Metropolitan Area for 10 years. Jane has consistently ranked among the Top Coldwell Banker agents in the nation since 1998.  Jane career sales currently exceed 1 billion dollars.

Jane is a graduate of Leadership Montgomery (2009). She currently serves on Montgomery County Executive Isaiah Leggett’s Economic Advisory Council and was invited by Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot to testify in Annapolis in September 2008 on the state of the real estate market.   Jane has given a residential real estate “State of the Market” speech at the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce’s Real Estate Update Presentation for the last 5 years.

What makes Jane Fairweather such an expert?
Her remarkable experience allows for more product knowledge, more accurate pricing, proven marketing strategies, greater name recognition and stronger negotiating power. Jane also employs a team of expert assistants, who specialize in research, marketing, administration, finance and sales, allowing Jane to devote most of her time to negotiating on behalf of her sellers. Jane also has an unparalleled referral rate through which a considerable percentage of her 2,000 plus satisfied customers provide her with instant, credible access to new buyers and sellers.

Jane is considered an expert in the Washington Metro Area real estate market by the local media. She often appears on CNBC and Fox 5 News and is frequently quoted in the Washington Post Real Estate section, in Bethesda magazine articles, in Realtor Magazine, and the in Washington Business Journal, amongst others.

In addition to her extraordinary resume, Jane Fairweather also plays an active role in the community through her association with such local organizations as the Rotary Club, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, and the BCC Rescue Squad. Along with her husband David, Jane Fairweather also runs various programs to benefit the local community, among them the Jane Fairweather Community Service Scholarship Award. Every year this community service achievement award is presented to one student from each of the three Bethesda area high schools.

For 11 years, Jane has mentored a young girl from Nigeria (whose family fled during the oil wars in their country.) Jane considers it a very rewarding experience to play a positive role in a growing child’s life.
Over the past several years, Jane Fairweather has also been responsible for 20,000 residents in Bethesda and Chevy Chase waking up on Fourth of July morning to the sight of American flags in their front yard.

Jane is also:

• Board Member and Co-Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
• Founder of Strut Your Mutt Festival, whose proceeds benefit the BCC Rescue Squad and the BCC Rotary Foundation.
• Board Member of Imagination Stage, a nationally acclaimed children's theater in Bethesda.
• Board Member of Bethesda Green.
• A recent graduate of Leadership Montgomery
• Co-Chair of the Weizman Institute of Science for the Washington D.C. Region, a world renowned basic research institute in Israel.