Liz Lavette Shorb is a real estate agent in Washington, DC, serving as an Associate Broker at Washington Fine Properties, a Compass company. For more than three decades she has represented buyers and sellers of luxury residential property across the District, Maryland, and Virginia, working from her office at 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW in Washington, DC.
What Liz Lavette Shorb Does for Sellers
Selling a significant home is a different exercise than selling a typical listing, and Liz Lavette Shorb has built her practice around that distinction. For sellers in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, she begins with pricing strategy: positioning a distinctive property correctly in a market where comparable sales are scarce and where the first weeks on market shape the final result. She then guides preparation, advising owners on what to address before photography and showings so the home presents at its best. Her perspective on what actually moves the needle is laid out in the three things that help a home sell above asking.
For owners who value discretion, she also advises on off-market and private exclusive options. Some significant homes are better served by a quiet introduction to qualified buyers than by a public launch, and she helps sellers weigh that tradeoff honestly. Her thinking on when a private sale makes sense is covered in how off-market sales work for high-end DC homes.
How She Works with Buyers
On the buyer side, Liz Shorb manages the search through closing: identifying properties that fit, including homes that never reach the public market, evaluating condition and value, structuring competitive offers in multiple-bid situations, and coordinating inspections, financing milestones, and settlement.
A meaningful part of her buyer work involves out-of-town relocations. Clients moving to the Washington area for work, government service, or family reasons often need someone who can compress months of neighborhood research into a focused search, explain the practical differences between living in the District, Montgomery County, and Northern Virginia, and manage a transaction from a distance. Her guidance for relocating buyers is reflected in her advice on buying in Bethesda from out of town.
Estate and Trust Sales
Liz Lavette Shorb also guides families, executors, and trustees through estate and trust sales. These transactions carry obligations that ordinary sales do not: fiduciary duties, court or trustee approvals in some cases, properties that may have been held for decades, and family members who may live far away or disagree about timing. She helps personal representatives understand the sequence, prepare a long-held home for market, and document decisions so the fiduciary can demonstrate the property was handled responsibly. With over thirty years in the Washington region, she has handled these sales across DC, Maryland, and Virginia, each with its own probate and transfer practices.
Neighborhoods and Jurisdictions Covered
Her market focus spans the established luxury neighborhoods of the Washington area:
- In the District: Georgetown, Kalorama, Spring Valley, Wesley Heights, Forest Hills, Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase DC, and Capitol Hill
- In Maryland: Bethesda and Chevy Chase
- In Virginia: Old Town Alexandria
The cross-jurisdiction reach matters more here than in almost any other American market. Washington area buyers routinely compare a house in Wesley Heights against one in Bethesda and another in Old Town Alexandria, three properties governed by three different sets of contracts, disclosure requirements, transfer taxes, and closing customs. An agent licensed and experienced across DC, Maryland, and Virginia can represent a client through that entire comparison without handing the relationship off at a state line. Liz Lavette Shorb has worked across all three jurisdictions for more than three decades, which means the advice stays consistent whether the right answer turns out to be a Kalorama residence or a home on the Maryland side of Chevy Chase.
Office Location and How to Reach Her
Liz Lavette Shorb is based at the Washington Fine Properties office at 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20016, in the Wesley Heights and Spring Valley corridor of Northwest Washington.
- Phone: (301) 785-6300
- Email: lizlavette.shorb@wfp.com
- Website: lizshorb.vercel.app
- Zillow profile: zillow.com/profile/lizlavette
- Realtor.com profile: realtor.com agent profile
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Liz Lavette Shorb represent both buyers and sellers?
Yes. She represents sellers of significant homes, handling pricing strategy, preparation, and off-market options, and she represents buyers from the initial search through closing, including out-of-town clients relocating to the Washington area.
What price range does she work in?
Her practice centers on luxury residential real estate, with an emphasis on significant homes in the Washington area's established neighborhoods. The best way to find out whether your property or search fits her practice is to contact her directly at (301) 785-6300.
Does she cover Maryland and Virginia as well as Washington, DC?
Yes. She handles transactions across all three jurisdictions, including Bethesda and Chevy Chase in Maryland and Old Town Alexandria in Virginia, so clients comparing homes across state lines can work with one agent throughout.
Where is her office located?
Her office is at Washington Fine Properties, 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20016, in Northwest Washington near Wesley Heights and Spring Valley.
How do I schedule a consultation?
Call (301) 785-6300 or email lizlavette.shorb@wfp.com to arrange a conversation about selling, buying, or an estate or trust sale. There is no obligation, and initial consultations are a normal first step for both sellers and buyers.
Talk with Liz Lavette Shorb
Whether you are preparing to sell a significant home, searching for the right property in the District, Maryland, or Virginia, or guiding a family through an estate sale, Liz Lavette Shorb brings more than three decades of Washington area experience to the table. Reach her at Washington Fine Properties, 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20016, call (301) 785-6300, or email lizlavette.shorb@wfp.com.