Alicia Champagne

Early in August I was in search of my first home. After much searching, I found my dream home in Peabody, Ma. I got in touch with a real estate loan officer who referred me to Alicia and her office to help with the Purchase and Sales. It turned out that this loan officer was unable to write a loan... for a first time home buyer in my situation. This loan officer pretty much told me to back out of the deal. That afternoon I received a call from Alicia; she was understanding, encouraging, and extremely helpful. She gave me advice and got me in contact with another loan company. She remained in regular contact, helping me each step of the way. As a 25 year old single woman, and first time home buyer, I had many questions. Alicia was always available to answer these questions, quickly and thoroughly. Alicia was extremely diligent with the Purchase and Sales agreement and make sure that I was protected in every way. After the Purchase and Sales was completed, Alicia continued to serve as an advocate for me; and for that I am forever grateful. When it was nearing my Commitment Letter date, Alicia made sure to contact the bank and ask all the right questions, and really speak up for me. Without Alicia, I know that I would not be in the home of my dreams today; I truly believe I would have taken the loan officer's advice, backed out of the deal and tried again in a year or so. I also believe, that because of Alicia, my Commitment Letter was finished on time. I knew that the seller would not wait for an extension, and the bank was not exactly putting me in first priority at the time; but Alicia made all the right moves and gave the bank just the right amount of pressure when needed for all the deadlines along the way. Champagne and Marchand even represented me at closing. Closing was a bit overwhelming for me, there was so much paperwork and so much information discussed at once. Alicia's office helped me through every bit of it; I felt calm and knowledgeable of everything, and so happy with my accomplishment. I would recommend Alicia with the highest confidence to any home buyer. I was more than impressed with her work, and mostly impressed with her understanding and dedication to me. I know that Alicia truly cared that I purchase my dream home, and took extra care to make sure all aspects of the home buying process were done in my best interest.

I hired Alicia to help me negotiate a short-sale. There are many real estate attorneys, but very few who know the ins-and-outs of the short-sale puzzle, She and her staff were nothing but professional; very explicit in their instructions; and absolutely tireless when it came to contacting and reco...ntacting the various departments within the banking maze of my lender. Our timing was very short and the odds of a successful sale weren't good, but Alicia was relentless and refused to give up. The sale closed two weeks ago, leaving me a very satisfied and relieved client. She is a true credit to the real estate bar. Anne

I have used Alicia Champagne and her firm, Champagne & Marchand, several times to complete purchase and sale of properties in MA. My most recent transaction with Alicia was met with a few challenges. I was short-selling my property in MA, since relocating to VA, and needed to close on the property ...before leaving on a military deployment. She understood the time deadlines that were given and made sure that all related parties would adhere to this strict criteria. Alicia was able to work closely with my selling agent, the lender, and the buyer's attorney to ensure the transaction was closed in a timely manner. This was no easy task, but Alicia's professionalism, dedication, and determination kept the ball rolling and allowed the deal to close on time. There were many challenges that presented themselves along the way, but Alicia was able to overcome each one seemingly effortlessly. At no time did I lose confidence in her ability to get the job done. Since I was no longer in the local area, she kept me and my agent informed during every step of the process. I would highly recommend Alicia Champagne, and her firm Champagne and Marchand, for any real estate transaction.

We recently used this firm for a refi. I don't understand the details today for every step of the process, and frankly do not want to have to know everything. With Alicia on our side, we don't have to! The process was executed without a single hitch. Every single phone call and email was promptly... returned with a detailed answer (or a follow up phone call to explain some process I did not understand) to uncomplicate things for my wife and me. We will use this firm every time. I cannot imagine a reasonable person having a negative experience with this firm under any circumstances.

My wife and I recently used Alicia and her office in our first real estate transaction. As first time home buyers, we had plenty of questions and insecurities that we were constantly dealing with. Throughout all our nerves, we felt extremely confident that we had the best attorney representation th...rough Champagne and Marchand and we knew we were entering into a solid transaction once they gave us the thumbs up on the house. We're all moved in and couldn't be thankful enough!