Joe Wolvek

Joe Wolvek

Associate Director of Sales | Global Real Estate Advisor

MA License # 128387: MA - 128387

Joe Wolvek is currently the Associate Director of Sales and a senior sales associate at Gibson Sotheby's International Realty in Boston. Over the past 30+ years, he's helped his clients purchase and sell hundreds of properties for residence and investment in the Back Bay, South End, Beacon HillMidtown/Downtown Boston, Seaport District, Waterfront, Leather District, and other downtown neighborhoods and inner suburbs. He’s brokered the transaction of everything from brownstone apartments to apartment buildings, to luxury residences in [...]

MA License # 128387: MA - 128387

Joe Wolvek is currently the Associate Director of Sales and a senior sales associate at Gibson Sotheby's International Realty in Boston. Over the past 30+ years, he's helped his clients purchase and sell hundreds of properties for residence and investment in the Back Bay, South End, Beacon HillMidtown/Downtown Boston, Seaport District, Waterfront, Leather District, and other downtown neighborhoods and inner suburbs. He’s brokered the transaction of everything from brownstone apartments to apartment buildings, to luxury residences in Boston’s finest full-service and high-rise buildings, covering all price ranges.   

After managing Newbury Street Associates in 1993 and 1994, Joe moved to Boston Realty Works. For the next 3 years, he was the top sales broker at that company and sales manager . In 1998, he moved to Coldwell Banker, where he won several awards both for outstanding sales volume including the Diamond Society. In 2008, he joined Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty in order to provide an enhanced global reach for his clientele. A respected professional with decades of experience in luxury real estate, Joe Wolvek is considered an authority in real estate pricing, marketing and strategy, and negotiation. His exceptional transaction management skills keep his transactions moving smoothly. In the past 12 months, his Boston area listings have achieved on average 101.5 percent of their listing price, with an average of 6.86 days to offer. 

Joe’s clients come back to him again and again, because he knows that the most important aspect of business is building relationships based on trust and  confidence. His clients have come to rely on his in-depth knowledge of the Boston real estate market and his hyper-local market trend reports, and are widely viewed and shared online.

For sellers, he ensures that your Boston area property, be it for residence or investment, is marketed to the largest audience possible, locally, nationally, and internationally, in order to maximize buyer demand. Joe’s extensive Boston real estate marketing and transaction expertise makes him the perfect Boston link to the global marketing resources of Sotheby’s International Realty. As a Sotheby's agent, he is able to utilize the most extensive and effective suite of marketing services available in order to maximize the return on your property. 

Additionally, Joe is an accredited SRS®. The Seller Representative Specialist  Designation is  the premier credential in seller representation. SRS designees are members of an elite group of trained seller client advocates. There are few Real Estate agents in Boston who have earned this accreditation. 

For his buyer clients, in the current overheated market, Joe’s proven experience and ability to assist them to not only locate and procure the home or investment property they want, but also to help them manage the offering, negotiating, and transaction process through many potential pitfalls to a successful conclusion has been crucial. He has earned the ABR® or Accredited Buyer Representative certification. The ABR designation is awarded in order to promote superior buyer-representation skills and services.  

Joe has found that it's not just about helping his clients find the perfect property or to locate a buyer for their current one. It's about identifying, pre-empting, and solving potential pitfalls in the process. It's about using his experience to build the best team to help his clients manage their transaction and investment, and to see it through to a successful conclusion.  Joe is a very strong and proactive advocate for his clients.  

Joe was born and raised in Brooklyn NY and went to Midwood High School. He graduated from Berklee College of Music here in Boston in 1980. Joe played guitar in various original Boston rock bands, as well as R&B and blues bands. He still plays the occasional gig and with friends. Joe lives in the South End with his partner, the artist Paula Ogier and their two cats Sammy Wolvek and Tippi Wolvek.

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