The Allen Brake Team expands in Kirkwood

The Allen Brake Real Estate Team, one of the top-selling teams in the St. Louis region, has expanded into new headquarters in Kirkwood. 

The team, led by veteran Realtor Allen Brake, recently moved out of shared space with its fellow Keller Williams Realtors into its own headquarters on Old Big Bend Road in Kirkwood. 

“The team has grown to a size and scope to where we needed our own space to better serve our clients,” said Brake, who has been in the real estate business in St. Louis for nearly two decades. 

Though the team is now in its own space, it remains affiliated with international real estate powerhouse Keller Williams. 

The move comes at a time of tremendous growth for The Allen Brake Team. Capitalizing on a hot real estate market, the team has increased sales and team size to better serve clients in an ever-expanding area. 

This November, Brake unveiled The Calm & Confident Home Sales Experience, a 10-point pledge to his clients that Brake said differentiates his team from others in the industry. 

“The Calm & Confident pledge is our way of doing business that ensures our clients have the most stress-free real estate experience possible,” he said. “Part of how we do that is by making sure each client is the smartest person in the housing market at the time they need to make important decisions about their housing investment.” 

The pledge includes things such as a professional home-staging expert to prepare a home for sale, a dedicated marketing team to publicize each sale, team members specializing in each part of the transaction and complimentary use of the team’s moving truck when the big day comes. 

With the new office space secured, Brake is focusing on expanding the business further and capitalizing on its successes. The team’s first-quarter of 2022 saw it outperform other Realtors in the St. Louis region by more than 3.5% in sales prices for its clients. That translates into roughly an extra $10,000 for its clients on the sale of a $300,000 home. 

“What we’re seeing are the fruits of a lot of labor from everyone on the team,” Brake said. “When our clients win – whether they’re selling or buying a house – that’s cause for all of us to celebrate, and we’ve been doing a lot of celebrating recently.” 

The St. Louis real estate market remains hot, and Brake said he sees continued growth in home values for the rest of 2022. Rising interest rates are putting some pressure on buyers, but the team remains flush with homes to sell and buyers motivated to purchase them. 

“The one piece of advice I’d give people is to not believe the doom-and-gloom you might hear about the housing market on a national scale,” he said. “I’m seeing our team do amazing things to help sellers and buyers right here in St. Louis and St. Charles counties every single day.”

The Allen Brake Team’s new headquarters is at 12166 Old Big Bend Road, Suite 302, in Kirkwood. The phone number, (314) 375-3030, remains the same, as does its general email inbox, info@allenbrake.com.