About Leah

Leah was fantastic to work with. Not only did we find the perfect apartment, be we had fun along the way (when is the last time you said that about NY real estate). Professional, prepared, personable, and on top of it! What more could we ask for?

Leah goes above and beyond to help her clients and make the process of finding a home not only seamless but a pleasure. I almost wish I didn't find an apartment! She provides thoughtful recommendations, honest opinions, perfectly planned appointments, and great conversation along the way. Her positive nature shows in her great relationships in the industry, and her expertise / inside advice is priceless.

It's my great pleasure to recommend Leah without reservation to anyone in need of a professional, knowledgeable, and hard-working real estate agent. We listed our studio apartment with Leah, and she guided us through the entire process, addressing any concerns and making suggestions to help make the apartment more saleable, resulting in multiple offers. Selling in New York isn't easy but it was far easier with Leah. She's a joy to work with.

Over the years, Leah helped me to find 3 great apartments in NYC. I've found other brokers to be hit-or-miss, but Leah has been great in all 3 situations. Rather than thinking she has all the answers, she takes the time to really understand what I'm looking for, which results in an efficient and successful search. I've found her to be equally helpful and knowledgeable on both rental and purchase / sale situations, and she has a great command of neighborhoods throughout the city.

Ms. Leah Blesoff is an excellent, patient, kind, hard working, Realtor®, with outstanding professional ethics. I recommend her without any reservations. She has helped me in the acquisition of three different apartments in Manhatattan and the process was very smooth. If you are looking for someone that will be there for you throughout the whole process, please don't look any further. Ms. Leah will guide you from the beginning of your journey until the end, always with a smile, and prepared with the best real state available in your area.

Leah Blesoff is a fantastic real estate broker. She is knowledgeable of the Manhattan market (not just UWS), diligent in providing you leads and options and helps you throughout the process from providing recommendations in her network to everything from banking contacts to movers. I have personally worked with her on both sales and acquisitions on multiple occasions and have without hesitation recommended her to friends and family. If you want a broker who knows everyone, knows the market insides and outs and gives you their honest opinions about your listings then look no further than Leah.

Many thanks for your hard work and due diligence in the completing the sale of my mother's studio recently. The price was very close to what she wanted and took less time thatn we had imagined due to the prevailing market conditions and lack of prospects at times. We always appreciated your proffessionalism, positive attitude and response to our concerns. We were very comfortable with you. Your many suggestions, pictures taken and posted, open houses, comp sales provided and wise advice were all appreciated and effective. We were also very impressed with Halstead's resources, website and advertising. We wholeheartedly refer you to any prospective cl...

It's hard to explain what anybody could do to justify the commission that brokers at big firms in the city all seem to ask for, but I saw it first-hand with broker extraordinaire Leah Blesoff. Leah is one of the best professionals I've ever met. She was our broker for a year and during that time she sold 2 high-end luxury apartments for me at rates far above what comparable properties sold for. This was not luck, it was Leah's fantastic attitude and willingness to do anything that needed to be done to get the properties sold, including coming in early mornings on the weekend, gardening on the terrace, and leasing a crane to install a 400-pound divid...

I don't know what I would have done without Leah when buying our apartment. We actually thought we knew what we wanted - a modern, open plan. Leah was great and knowledgeable, lining up several potential places, all in our price range. And while they matched the priorities we gave her, none of them led us to pulling the trigger. That's when Leah sent us an email with two words - "great building." While it is a pre-war apartment (not modern), the rooms are huge, the neighborhood is amazing, and we now have the opportunity to renovate and create exactly the space we want. Leah had been incredibly patient as we went from one apartment to another. She l...

I was lucky to be introduced to Leah Blesoff through a mutual friend when I mentioned that I was looking to buy an apartment in New York City. At the time, I was living full-time in Miami and looking to expand my work possibilities. We chatted on the phone and I liked her immediately: she asked intelligent questions, has great knowledge of the city and all its neighborhoods, and most importantly, she was an attentive listener. Leah was tireless in her search for my apartment and was always incredibly responsive at any time of the day. She was very astute in determining what apartments I would be interested in seeing - to the point where she understo...

In early 2010 I met Leah and asked her for some guidance about selling my apartment. Our initial meeting was very casual and Leah provided an honest assessment of what she thought I could sell it for. We went over comps and discussed what was marketable about my unit and where it needed work. Leah didn't put any pressure on me to give her the listing or even press me on a timetable for selling the apartment. It was actually several months later that I ultimately decided to sell and asked Leah to handle all the details. My place sold within a few months and not so far from our listing price. I think part of that success was Leah's vision for staging ...

Leah is a realty rock-star! My experiences with her (now three purchase or sale transactions) have been outstanding in every way. My first experience with Leah was selling my studio apartment at Lincoln Square. Because I was leaving NYC on a specific date, Tabsolutely had to list, negotiate contract and close on time. Leah confronted the realities of my time constraints without pressuring me to have a "fire sale" and talked extensively about pricing. I think we struck exactly the right balance between my need to sell quickly and my need to "net a certain number. I considered hiring a smaller realty company, but they can't leverage the same degree of...