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.

My girlfriend and I were going to buy the house together but we broke up before the closing. I had an 18K deposit. Alicia was able to get my deposit back. I then found a house for just my self. Alicia was suppost to do the closing but the bank messed up and there was an issue with the title and my cl...osing did not happen on time. Alicia helped me when she was not the attorney and did the work for the loan officers "recommended" attorney. He did nothing. watch out for the no cost cost deals. you get what you pay for ... as in zero

Alicia and her team is excellent in handling Bank/REO properties. She helped us in getting the perfect place that I can call home. Her knowldge of the business, negotiating skills are excellent. In my case, the seller and seller agent were very hard to work with, but Alicia worked very efficiently an...d negotiated with the seller to get me the best out of this deal. She gave me all the right advice from chosing the lender to final close out and guided me in every step of the deal.