Karen Kostiw

Karen Kostiw’s extensive background in real estate and finance allows her to uniquely understand her clients’ needs and concerns in today’s fast-paced market. As a former financial services executive with extensive team-building and negotiation experience, Karen has the proven ability to meet and exceed her client’s goals. Karen utilizes a project management discipline to ensure all steps in the real estate transaction process move smoothly and stress free. Karen’s extensive professional and personal network, which includes bankers, contractors, and design professionals, allows her to assemble the perfect team for each of her clients.

Karen enjoys building relationships through increased understanding, honesty and trust to foster inclusion in all aspects of the buying and selling process. She is an empathetic listener, responsive to her clients’ inquiries and drives forward to achieve amicable solutions to real estate dilemmas.

Prior to residential real estate sales, Karen held a successful tenured position on Wall Street where she both analyzed residential mortgage debt offerings and managed client relationships.

Karen was raised on the North Fork of Long Island and has resided and worked in Manhattan since graduating college. Karen is currently living in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan with her husband who is also in the real estate profession as a private lender and developer in the tri-state area. Karen currently volunteers at the NYU Career Services Center, is a New York Cares Kaplan SAT tutor, and a SIFMA Invest Write Essay Judge. She enjoys the arts, cooking, running, playing tennis in Central Park and exploring the neighborhoods and restaurants within the five boroughs.