Welcome to the Donna & Scott McElwee Real Estate team website! With over eighteen years combined experience as full time licensed real estate salespersons residing in Rye NY for over 25 years, let us help you with any of your real estate needs in Rye and the surrounding communities of Harrison, Rye Brook and Greenwich Ct.

Houlihan Lawrence is the market leader across every price point, and as local members of the Houlihan Lawrence team we have the resources and talent to consistently provide superior service. With our financial backgrounds we offer an expertise in market analysis along with exceptional creative styling that allows our listings to be showcased across print and digital platforms.

We have successfully represented buyers and sellers with a wide range of real estate needs, sharing our network of professional resources ensuring a smooth transaction from start to finish. Our goal is to make sure that you have everything you need to make the best educated decisions for buying or selling real estate in the Rye, Harrison, Rye Brook and Greenwich communities.

TESTIMONIALS

(L.P & R.P): "Donna made selling our home SO easy, that we didn't even need to be there for huge parts of the process, having to travel for business. Donna identified the areas that needed refreshment and worked with our home improvement people to create a better, brighter version of our home. She gave it a facelift that would enable it be competitive in our real estate market. The money we invested came back to us threefold, just like she said it would.
We know she spent countless hours researching our home and comparing it to others on the market, in order to price it at the best possible outcome. She took the responsibility of picking colors for the rooms (nope, I was selling and wanted no part of that) and labored over picking just the right ones. She even checked daily on the painters to make sure they were doing what she wanted. She treated OUR home as if it were HER home.
We were confident in her ability, and knew we were in the best possible hands. We slept like babies each night of the process. Oh, and did I mention she sold our house in 1 day?"

(M.M.): "Donna McElwee was the perfect match for us as we prepared to buy our first home! Her extensive knowledge of real estate and the Rye market was invaluable to us as first-time buyers. Furthermore, Donna was incredibly patient, supportive, and warm; qualities that made us feel so comfortable. At every point in the process-from looking for the right house to signing the final papers- we always felt confident and calm with Donna by our side. Donna is always available, and we were so impressed by how responsive she was to our every question. Thanks to Donna, we found the perfect house for our family and we are so happy! We recommend Donna to all of our friends because we know they will also have a wonderful experience working with her."

(J.K.): "My husband and I moved here to Rye from NYC. We knew very little about the town (and even less about buying a home). From the moment we met Donna we felt as if we were with an old family friend rather than a real estate agent. She spent tireless hours picking us up from the train station, driving us around and providing us with everything from major facts about the town history and layout to incidental factoids she has gathered throughout the years both living and working here. We were given countless resources about the global housing market and how it historically and currently relates to the Rye market in particular. We were shown every home we would have thought to look at independently and she did so with incredible patience and kindness. We looked at many towns (each search guided by an associate in neighboring towns recommended by Donna) and feel there is an excellent possibility that Donna herself was one of the main highlights of this town. We are forever indebted to her for helping us to find our home and for guiding us even after the sale through many of our Rye specific ad homeowner questions. She is an incredible resource who we have already recommended to multiple friends contemplating the suburban move."

(D.G.): "We have complete trust in Donna, whether helping us to sell or to purchase a property. Donna's approach to her clients-even her uniquely undecided clients, like us-is to be extremely fair and honest. We never felt a "push," but rather we received fabulously fair and honest counseling. Donna was as patient with us as the day is long, and she actively pointed out the pros and cons of our thinking on both the sell and the buy sides. Getting a broker you trust is essential, and Donna won our trust immediately."