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LUXURY REAL ESTATE AGENT
ELENA LICARI
®
Silicon Valley’s luxury market moves fast. You need a guide who knows every neighborhood, wins negotiations, and makes the process effortless.
Community and lifestyle are part of buying and selling real estate, just as much as the house or property itself. Elena considers all these factors as she takes each client on the journey from real estate dreams to just closing.
of 1.6 million Realtors® in 2020 - 2021
Sold as of 2025
Elite Member of Leading 100
Your 3-Step Plan
Step 1: Schedule a Strategy Call
Tell Elena about your goals — whether you’re buying your dream home or selling at top dollar. She’ll give you an honest market assessment and a custom plan.
Step 2: Get the Inside Track
Elena’s network unlocks off-market listings, pre-market opportunities, and neighborhood intel that online searches can’t match. For sellers, she’ll position your home to attract qualified buyers fast.
Step 3: Close with Confidence
From negotiation to closing day, Elena handles every detail so you don’t have to. Her clients consistently close on better terms than they expected.
Imagine This
You find the perfect Silicon Valley home before it hits the market. You negotiate from a position of strength. You close on time, on terms, with zero surprises. You move in knowing you made the smartest investment possible.
That’s not a fantasy — it’s what Elena’s clients experience every day. Without the right guide, though? You overpay, miss opportunities, and spend months wondering “what if.”
Dear Elena, Irvin, Jennyne, and family thank you for your great service in the sale of our mother Minnie and father Arthur's home. Your deep understanding of the real estate market, your guidance, and your advice were invaluabl...
Elena was exceptional. We were working against a very tight deadline, and she managed the entire process with calm, focus, and total control. Every step was handled efficiently, communication was constant, and nothing was left ...
We found our dream home on Zillow but it seemed so out of reach. Elena's expertise and hard work gave us the confidence about the property and helped us form an offer that was accepted. She is professional, responsive, and work...
Elena was incredible to work with from beginning to end when we searched for a lease. She presented us with an wide-ranging selection of wonderful options, always tailored to our family's needs, and went far beyond simply findi...
Elena is highly professional and works hard for her clients. We found our dream home by going to open houses but it seemed impossibly out of reach. Elena worked hard to help us feel confident in making the offer that was ultima...
This was my second transaction with Elena Licari, and once again she delivered an exceptional experience from start to finish. Elena is always on top of every detail, communicates clearly, and thinks several steps ahead. In thi...
I highly recommend Elena Licari! She is very knowledgeable. Spotting great opportunities, and guiding every step with confidence—but then somehow making the whole process enjoyable while we were buying and selling! She is alway...
We had an outstanding experience working with Elena from beginning to end. At the very start, she took the time to understand exactly what we wanted and gave us clear, realistic guidance about the market. Her preparation, commu...
Elena was a phenomenal listing agent! She brought incredible enthusiasm and unwavering confidence that she could sell our property well above asking price and even above comps--and she absolutely delivered. Her team handled eve...
Elena, thank you SO MUCH for your help in the purchase of our new home. We honestly could not have done it without you. Aggressive (in the BEST kind of way), knowledgable, professional, approachable, the list goes on and on. Ou...
When it came time to sell our home, there was no question who we wanted to work with - Elena Licari. I had the privilege of working alongside Elena as a firefighter, and I knew firsthand the work ethic, dedication, and integrit...
Elena Licari came into our lives when my husband Danyal and I were nearly ready to abandon our first home search, and she completely transformed our experience. She is a joy to be around, which made it easy to look for homes we...
My wife and I had the privilege of having Elena as our realtor. There are too many good things to say about her but to name a few: 1. Her communication is amazing. She went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable fro...
Moving from Delray Beach, Florida, should have been an exciting adventure for us. Unfortunately, our excitement quickly turned to dismay when we discovered that our new home was completely infested and uninhabitable. In our tim...
Elena is amazing and I really had luck on my side with meeting. As someone moving from the UK and buying a house for the first time, Elena really helped walk me through the process and introduce me to all the people and compani...
Working with Elena makes it abundantly clear why having a great Realtor® on your team matters. We decided to contact Elena and got her number referred to us by my cousin who had worked with her in the past. Right off the bat, w...
We were quickly outgrowing our townhome with 3 kids and had started looking for a single-family home, but we were not sure as to how to approach the entire thing. We did not engage any Realtor® and started looking on our own (s...
We contacted Zillow to schedule an appointment to view a property that was for sale and we were randomly connected with Elena Licari. We were fortunate to have been connected with Elena. It turned out to be a great overall 5-st...
Selling a home that one has expanded and filled for 20+ years and finding a new dream home is, by all means, a daunting task if not impossible. After a couple of disappointing encounters with Realtors®, when I contacted Elena, ...
We recently closed the sale of our primary home with the help of Elena and I am very happy to share my experience working with her. More than just an agent she was our guide and adviser who has deep knowledge of her domain. Aft...
Elena spent a year with us as we struggled to find the right house in the right neighborhood with the right schools. We are ecstatic with our new place in Los Altos and are grateful to Elena for her expertise (and her patience)...
We were looking to buy our first home and choose Elena looking at a lot of positive reviews about her. After meeting her in person for our first home tour we were really impressed with her extensive knowledge. She has guided us...
Elena is the best! Elena is knowledgeable, friendly, very easy to work with, and very responsive. She made our first dream home buying process a breeze. Elena is a doer! You have questions, just ask her. She will answer or get ...
As first-time home buyers, we are very grateful to have Elena as our agent. She is professional and knowledgeable and explained everything we need to know about a home purchase. After knowing our lifestyle and top priorities in...
In Elena, I did not find an agent at all I found a friend with who I could be very open and frank. What really stands out about her (something I was skeptical about before I started the home buying process) was unlike other age...
Elena is the ultimate Realtor®. We were introduced to her as we were entering the market earlier this year. We had an outstanding experience with her starting with our initial Zoom call where she walked us through what we could...
Elena has been a joy to work with. We were looking for a house with very specific needs during COVID times. She understood our needs well and did her research to help us narrow it down to a smaller list of houses so that we spe...
Elena was recommended to me by another real estate professional. Elena used her excellent knowledge and analysis of the local market to create the selling strategy, suggested several pricing options, and provided all the releva...
We are fortunate enough to have found our dream home with Elena's help and experience. Elena helped us navigate through different areas and neighborhoods in the bay area before we narrowed down on where we wanted to be in the n...
We just sold our house in Campbell (July 2021) and had a fantastic experience working with Elena. She was professional, always on time, a great negotiator, and answered all our questions well. She has a great sense of aesthetic...
What a simple and pleasant task to write this review on our wonderful agent. Elena Licari. I found Elena based on her record and did not regret it for a single moment. It was immediately clear that helping people to buy and sel...
We were fortunate to have Elena recommended by a family friend. Our experience with her was outstanding. We could not have asked for more from a selling agent! Ours was a complicated transaction involving the sale of a family h...
Elena helped us buy our dream home. When we started to look for a house we were very new to the real estate market, its rules, and terminology. Elena did several video meetings with us and explained in detail all stages of buyi...
We were lucky to have accidentally found Elena on Zillow. I was looking for houses for about 8 months. Nothing on the market caught my eye. So I desperately need someone that has connections with the off-market listing and real...
We recently closed the sale of our primary home with the help of Elena and I am very happy to share my experience working with her. More than just an agent she was our guide and adviser who has deep knowledge of her domain. Aft...
Selling a home that one has expanded and filled for 20+ years and finding a new dream home is, by all means, a daunting task if not impossible. After a couple of disappointing encounters with Realtors®, when I contacted Elena, ...
We contacted Zillow to schedule an appointment to view a property that was for sale and we were randomly connected with Elena Licari. We were fortunate to have been connected with Elena. It turned out to be a great overall 5-st...
We were quickly outgrowing our townhome with 3 kids and had started looking for a single-family home, but we were not sure as to how to approach the entire thing. We did not engage any Realtor® and started looking on our own (s...
Working with Elena makes it abundantly clear why having a great Realtor® on your team matters. We decided to contact Elena and got her number referred to us by my cousin who had worked with her in the past. Right off the bat, w...
We had the pleasure of working with Elena for our first home purchase in the crazy bay area market. We were familiar with her consummate professionalism as she's helped our family/friends over the years and came highly recommen...
Elena & Tony Licari
My love for real estate began when I meet my husband Tony, who is a builder, developer, and licensed general contractor for over 20 years.
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ELENA LICARI
®
Buying or selling a luxury home in Silicon Valley is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make — and the wrong agent can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Elena Licari brings 15+ years of real estate expertise, a background as a former San Jose firefighter (yes, she runs toward problems), and a track record of $400M+ in closed sales. As a Top 1.5% Realtor nationwide, she specializes in Silicon Valley’s most sought-after communities: Los Gatos, Saratoga, Los Altos, and Monte Sereno.
Her approach is simple: listen to what you actually want, give you honest market intel, and negotiate relentlessly on your behalf. No pressure, no runaround — just results.
Elena's philosophy is simple: clients come first. She pledges to be in constant communication with her clients, keeping them fully informed throughout the entire buying or selling process.
