Real Estate App Makes Move Into Local Market With Chevy Chase Offices

Compass brokerage has tabbed agents from Trent & Co. to lead its local efforts

BY AARON KRAUT

Published: 2015.10.21 09:57

A real estate app and brokerage with a growing presence in the Washington area is extending into Maryland with a new office in Chevy Chase and a new team of real estate agents.

Compass, which in 2013 launched as a real estate listing app in New York City, has been hiring real estate agents in that area and other metropolitan areas to form a fast-growing brokerage with an emphasis on data and marketing.

Trent Heminger’s six-person Trent & Co. real estate team will lead the company’s efforts at its new 15,000-square-foot office space at The Collection at Chevy Chase.

“A lot of the questions we were getting from clients were technology-based,” Heminger said. “This is where we were finding a little bit of a challenge.”

Trent & Co. agent D’Ann Lanning said Compass will help with branding, by providing data to help find properties that better fit what a buyer wants and a suite of tools to help agents complete the behind-the-scenes paperwork and spend more time with clients.

That means an easier time creating fliers marketing specific properties and finding property valuations.

The Chevy Chase Compass office opened last week and will eventually be home to 200 agents. Trent & Co. did more than $100 million in sales and closed more than 130 transactions in 2014. Heminger lives in Bethesda.

“A lot of agents live where they sell,” Heminger said. “What’s important for Compass to continue to grow at the rapid pace they’re growing was to be able to make sure they had people who know the area. That drives your market awareness. Clients feel comfortable with the knowledge and help of agents they know.”

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The entire team at Trent & Co. would like to thank everyone who came to our annual

Fall Party this past weekend. Please, click the link below to see some of the photos that were taken at the event.

Trent & Co. Fall Party 2015 Flickr Album

Thursday, October 15, 2015

TRENT HEMINGER AND THE ENTIRE TRENT & CO. TEAM ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THEIR MOVE TO COMPASS

WASHINGTON DC (October 15, 2015): With over 45 years of collective real estate experience, Trent & Co. is taking their wealth of real estate experience and thought leadership to Compass. Trent Heminger, who leads the team, has been named one of "America’s Best Real Estate Agents” by both the Wall Street Journal and Real Trends. Additionally,Washingtonian Magazine has named Heminger as a Top Producer and Top Agent in the Washington Metro area. The team had over $100 million in sales and closed over 130 transactions in 2014 and is on track to meet or exceed that this year.

"My team and I are very excited to start this new chapter in our careers,” said Trent Heminger of Trent & Co. “We believe that Compass will provide the perfect platform to further grow our business, including the expansion of the brokerage’s new construction business."

Launched in 2013, Compass is a technology-driven real estate platform based in New York City, with offices in Washington, D.C., that combines exceptional agents with best-in-class technology to make the process of buying, selling or renting a home intelligent and seamless. To learn more about Compass, please visit www.compass.com.

"I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Trent for years and am thrilled to have him join us at Compass," said Lindsay Reishman, President, Compass Washington DC. "He is extremely well respected within the industry and his group is known for providing exceptional service to their clients."

Members of the Trent & Co. team include: Trent Heminger, Kevin Gray, Jonnie Jamison, D'Ann Lanning, Mary Noone and Ryan Isaacson.

For more information on or to connect with the team, please visit www.trentandco.com.