Jean Nayar

With a longstanding background in architecture, design and sales, Jean Nayar offers well-rounded insight to clients seeking to purchase or sell premium residential real estate. A licensed real estate agent in both Florida and New York, she is a results-oriented professional with an emphasis on matching her clients’ personal style with the ideal property—and she is dedicated to exceeding her clients expectations.Given her broad real estate perspective, Jean is able to easily connect with both domestic and international buyers and sellers. Her expertise enables her to effectively guide her clients in getting acquainted with different neighborhoods, understanding pricing, finding a home or investment property and closing a transaction. As a real estate investor herself, she also uses her research, problem-solving and negotiation skills to her investment purchasers’ advantage when navigating a competitive real estate market.Prior to real estate, Jean worked as a design journalist and editor and continues to write about design and real estate for several luxury niche publications. She has been sought out for her insight by numerous publications and websites, including
The New York Times,
The Real Deal,
The Washington Post,
BrickUnderground.com, and
Real Estate Today Radio, among others. The author of several books, including the best-selling
Staged to Sell (or Keep) and
Living In Style New York, she uses her valuable communications and design background to identify the best properties for her buyers and successfully market the properties of her sellers.Jean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Minnesota, is a member of the Realtor Association of Miami and the Real Estate Board of New York, and has received a Certified Negotiation Expert designation. In her spare time, she enjoys biking, practicing yoga, exploring foods and wines of different cultures and discovering the work of emerging and established architects and artists around the world. She currently resides in both Miami Beach and New York.