Brown Harris Stevens

Fran Snelwar has been a top agent throughout her 38-year real estate career, having won numerous awards. These include multiple awards for top producer, top selling agent, and top listing agent. While with Barbara Cleary’s Realty Guild she received the firm’s Presidential Award, recognizing her outstanding sales achievement. She was also a recipient of the Brown Harris Stevens’ Platinum Circle Award.

Fran is well respected by clients and colleagues alike for her sharp business acumen and has twice served as a Director for the New Canaan Board of Realtors. She is both a highly skilled marketer and negotiator, taking great pride in her ability to understand the needs and concerns of her clients.

Over the years Fran has assisted buyers and sellers throughout Fairfield County, Connecticut. She is a published author, and an avid animal lover. Having volunteered for animal rescue leagues, she has added many rescues to her own family.

Testimonials

This letter is in recognition of the exceptional job Fran Snelwar performed in selling our home in New Canaan, Connecticut. Through her knowledge of the market, honest assessment of the opportunities and tireless efforts she overcame the many market obstacles to successfully sell our home. During the process, we received updates and couldn't have asked for more hands-on support...I highly recommend Fran Snelwar to you as a hardworking real estate professional that will do the utmost in representing your best interests and sell your property." - T.V.

I write this letter of recommendation with regard to the real estate services rendered to our family by Fran Snelwar. Her level of professionalism, her industry knowledge and her diligence allowed us to find our home. She took a genuine interest in helping us achieve our goal...I would recommend Fran to prospective clients, and am very confident that she would be an asset when planning to buy or sell a home." - B.W.

Arriving from England without any local knowledge of the real estate market or New Canaan, we were extremely fortunate to have chosen Fran Snelwar as our realtor. We found her to be highly professional, extremely knowledgeable and totally understanding of our requirements...Whatever the weather, her enthusiasm did not waiver even though we did take a long time to make up our mind! We have no difficulty recommending Fran's service to anyone in a similar situation. She is definitely the best in her field." - P.P.

I am writing to express my thanks and satisfaction with the exceptional service I received from Fran Snelwar...Although I interviewed several different real estate agents before engaging Fran, I chose Fran because she was the only agent who demonstrated a genuine desire to meet my needs in selling my house. I felt she really wanted the experience to be successful for both of us. I felt she was always working hard to make things work out well for me as opposed to being solely concerned with making a commission. In addition, Fran was extremely thorough in handling the innumerable details associated with preparing the house for sale. In my opinion, the house sold so quickly because Fran was so thorough and professional in the work she did before the house was ever listed for sale. In addition, she always made herself available to me by phone. I never had to wait hours or days for her to return my call. I could not reach her on the first try, I always knew she would return my call promptly and she always did. In addition, when I was unexpectedly hospitalized during the selling process, Fran went "beyond the call’ by helping me with details that normally I would have taken care of myself. In short, Fran was wonderful to work with because of the quality and professionalism of her work and because she is just a really nice person! I would recommend her highly and without reservation." - L.S.

Fran is an amazing realtor and I feel lucky to have worked with her for our first home purchase. From another state over, she helped us find a great place and kept us informed of every detail via email, text and phone. Her experience and guidance made such a stressful process feel like a breeze. She is very knowledgeable, answered all our questions and found us the answers to the -very few- questions when she didn’t know. Her expertise specially made the difference when negotiating the price. She helped us reach to an agreement that was fair and made us happy. I would definitely recommend her to a friend as she will be our first choice as well in the future - O.U.

We could not have been happier with Fran. We were one of the first to see the house we bought. She handled everything very professionally and timely. She was very calm and relaxed with us and pushed hard on the sellers when needed. Fran is also a great resource since we moved to New Canaan. - T.D.

Fran Snelwar is an absolute pleasure to work with -- a warm and experienced professional who gives generously of her time and knowledge. We were really not familiar with Fairfield County before we met Fran. She spent a lot of time speaking with us to understand our needs and situation before we even embarked on our search. And she was both methodical and untiring in her efforts to locate the right property for the right price in the right neighborhood. Fran provided tremendous support and assistance throughout the process and we felt that we had made a friend in addition to acquiring a property. We would highly recommend her and would most definitely seek her assistance again should the need arise. - S.G.

“It doesn't get any better than Fran! We were first time homebuyers and had the sheer luck of finding Fran on our first inquiry for a house she was selling. While we didn't select that house, we met with her and found another home in Fairfield that we bought with Fran. Her attention to detail, patience, and general responsiveness is impeccable. She knows Fairfield county inside and out and her experience with the process was incredibly helpful to us since we really didn't know what to expect. I would absolutely recommend Fran for anyone looking. She is honest, trustworthy and is a complete professional.” -Buyer

"We loved working with Fran. She was very knowledgeable about the local areas and easy to talk to and get a hold of. She was also very knowledgeable about local contractors and businesses to help us make necessary repairs and upgrades to our property after purchase. Would definitely recommend working with Fran." - Buyer, Wilton

"Fran was wonderful to work with. I was selling the house on behalf of my father, who had just moved into a senior living facility in upstate New York -- and I live several hundred miles away -- so it was essential that I be able to trust her to deal with all of the local details. She gave us sound guidance on staging, on pricing, and when to get the house onto the market. In the end, the house sold within in a week for rather more than the asking price. If I lived locally I would undoubtedly use Fran again -- as it is, I can strongly recommend her." – Marjorie S.

“My husband and I feel so grateful and fortunate to have had Fran as our agent when buying our first home. Her professionalism, expertise, determination, and patience are unparalleled! We started looking for a home at the height of the pandemic in an unprecedented market and Fran took the time to listen and prioritize our needs in this search as well as share her extensive insights into the area. We spent months working together and she was relentless in her pursuit of finding us the perfect home – and she did just that. I couldn’t be happier with the outcome or our experience working with Fran and I can’t recommend her enough!” – Jacquelyne R.

"Fran is a true professional and a pleasure to deal with. From start to finish and after many lengthy visits to the property we purchased she was patient and always willing to answer questions and get information. She clearly has many years of experience based on her knowledge base about our home. Our property Is on a lake and she knew a lot about the land around water as well. I would not hesitate to use Fran again if ever we leave our dream home!" – Nina T.

“Fran represented us on our two New Canaan properties, first to rent them in 2018, and then to sell them in 2021. She was exceptional in both of our experiences. Fran exceeded our expectations in selling both of our New Canaan houses very quickly at prices above or at list. She is a no-nonsense, true and trusted professional. Fran knows how to market, negotiate and went way beyond in helping us sell our two properties while we lived out of state. She is also pleasant to work with, responsive, and can be counted on to resolve issues. We would highly, highly recommend her!” – Matthew S.