Jill is the Team Lead of The Jill Sockwell Group at Compass. Her Team is the #1 Small Team for SOLD Listing Volume in SOMA (South Orange and Maplewood) Year to Date in 2025! Compass is #1 National Brokerage for the 4th year in a row--they are also the #1 Brokerage in many of the local towns! As a Top Agent with 15 years of experience and a growing team, Jill is thrilled to have helped hundreds upon hundreds of Happy Clients and has the experience that comes with hundreds of successfully closed deals! Jill was proud to earn the Platinum Level Circle of Excellence award for her high volume of sales again in 2024. Year-to-Date Jill and her team have closed over $45 million in home sales locally. Jill has been awarded the "Best of Zillow" title for 5-star reviews and service, in addition to being honored again as a Five Star Real Estate Agent for 2024 by Real Trends-which ranks her in the top 1% of all Real Estate Agents in NJ! Jill is excited about being able to offer her Sellers a customized Selling experience--whether Sellers want to pre-market as an Exclusive, use Concierge funds to prep the home, try a "Make Me Move" Price, or go straight onto the MLS. The Jill Sockwell Group has a plan that will work whether you want to list in 30 days or in 3 years, and we work with Sellers in every price-point to create a customized and unique experience!
We love our Buyers at The Jill Sockwell Group! We use all of the state-of-the-art tools of our AI-powered end-to-end Compass platform to make sure our Buyers never miss a home that is new to the market, offer access to pre-market Exclusives, Coming Soons, Make-Me-Moves and more on our app and Compass One for our clients. A savvy local agent with great connections is an invaluable tool for Buyers-every year Jill sells at least three homes before they hit the market.
Jill began her real estate career 15 years ago, and before that she was a Copywriter at various Advertising agencies in NYC. Jill's strong business background in marketing made it quite seamless to parlay her Advertising and Public Relations experience and client service background into the real estate world. Jill still finds time to write, and Jill's first book, The Optimist's Guide to Divorce, was published by Workman in 2017. Jill is active in her community and in 2013 started a local divorce support group, The Power of One Single Mother's Network-which has grown to over 450 members. Jill also joined The South Orange Elks Club in 2019 and has served as an active member of the Columbia High School Track/Field Parents' Association.
Jill enjoys working with Buyers and Sellers alike. First-Time Buyers have come to appreciate Jill's in-depth knowledge, patience, attention to detail, warmth, and friendliness that help them feel empowered during their home search and connected in their new communities after they move in. Jill has found the sales or listing side of the business to be very similar to her advertising days. She looks for the "USP" (Unique Selling Proposition) of each home and bases her marketing strategy around each home's unique appeal. Jill is a confident negotiator, a tireless advocate for her clients, and a go-getter who has learned how to get her clients to the closing table. Jill's client philosophy is simple. She treats her clients the way she would like to be treated if she were in their shoes. Jill has found her niche by helping Buyers and Sellers transition from where they are...to where they want to go. The "J" and "S" in Jill Sockwell stand for JUST SOLD!
