Christine Bates’s career in international banking, finance, and marketing, a graduate degree in art history, and an MBA from Columbia University proved great preparation for becoming a real estate agent. She is regarded as the region’s most insightful real estate journalist and began analyzing and writing about real estate issues when her family moved from Greenwich Village to the Village of Millerton. She is an active real estate investor and has gutted, redesigned, and renovated commercial and residential properties in Connecticut and New York. Her clients value her energy, problem-solving, and experienced business advice throughout the process of buying or selling a property. They also appreciate her integrity, absolute confidentiality, responsiveness, and negotiation skills. She listens to her clients and always tries to make buying or selling a home enjoyable whether as a second or full-time home.
Over the years Christine has developed an understanding and appreciation of the “personalities” of towns, hamlets, and villages in Litchfield and Dutchess Counties through active involvement in civic life. She served on the Board of Directors of the North East Community Center for nine years, including three as chair, was elected to the Board of Trustees in the Village of Millerton three times, and continues to write for the Lakeville Journal and Main Street Magazine on topics from zoning to renovations to market dynamics. Christine delights in her new life in this beautiful corner of New England and is proud to be associated with William Pitt Sotheby’s, the premier real estate agency in Litchfield County. When she’s not writing or showing houses you can find her in the garden, exploring back roads, or feeding friends and family.
