Thorne Home Team

Two agents, one coordinated approach

Real estate decisions rarely stay in one lane. A buyer can be weighing neighborhoods, financing, disclosures and offer terms at the same time. A seller may need to decide what to repair, what not to touch, how to position the property and how to evaluate competing terms once offers arrive. Thorne Home Team is structured so Naomi and Katherine can bring complementary perspectives to those decisions rather than treating each part of the transaction in isolation.

Katherine is a Certified Home Marketing Specialist with strengths in design, marketing, negotiation, buyer-offer management and organizing pre-market work for sellers. Naomi brings a hands-on focus to buyer advocacy, negotiation strategy and preparing homes for market.

You can learn more about Naomi Thorne and Katherine Thorne individually.

Helping Marin buyers make the right decision before they make an offer

Buying in Marin County starts with trade-offs. Location, commute, lot size, condition, housing type and budget can change substantially within a relatively short drive. A productive search begins by deciding which of those trade-offs matter most to you, then looking at the parts of Marin where the combination actually exists.

Once a property becomes serious, the work gets more specific: reading the disclosure package, understanding available inspections, identifying questions that still need answers and shaping an offer around both the property and the seller's terms. The goal is not simply to write the most aggressive offer. It is to write a strong offer with a clear understanding of the risks you are accepting.

Start with the team's guide to buying a home in Marin County, or use the Marin County real estate hub to orient your search geographically.

Helping sellers prepare the property and the sale together

For sellers, preparation is part of the sale strategy rather than a separate renovation project. Naomi and Katherine work through the property before it reaches the market, identifying what is worth addressing, what can be left alone and how the work fits the property's likely buyer and price position.

That can include coordinating repairs, cleaning, staging and other pre-market tasks, followed by pricing, positioning, marketing, offer evaluation and the work required to keep a transaction moving through escrow. The objective is not to spend the most before listing. It is to make deliberate choices about the work that helps a particular home compete.

For the complete process, read Selling a Home in Marin County. If you are still deciding what the house itself needs, the guide to preparing your home for sale starts there.

Local knowledge matters because Marin is not one market

Thorne Home Team's core Marin service area includes Greenbrae, Kentfield, Mill Valley, Ross, Tiburon, San Rafael and Novato. The useful differences are more specific than town names alone: housing stock, lot patterns, commute trade-offs, property condition, local requirements and buyer expectations can change from one part of the county to another.

The Marin County real estate guide is the starting point for that regional picture. The site also goes deeper on San Rafael real estate and Novato real estate, two markets with materially different housing choices and decision patterns.

Thorne Home Team and Coldwell Banker Realty

Naomi and Katherine are affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty's Greenbrae office. Naomi holds California real estate license CalRE #01988116, and Katherine holds CalRE #01988117.

Thorne Home Team has received Rookie of the Year recognition, International President's Elite recognition and membership in the Top Agent Network. Those professional distinctions sit behind the more practical work clients see directly: preparing, evaluating, negotiating and managing a transaction from its early decisions through closing.

Start with the question you are actually trying to answer

You do not need to have your entire move figured out before starting a conversation. You may be deciding between two Marin communities, wondering whether to prepare a property now or later, trying to understand what a particular house will require, or simply working out what your budget buys in different parts of the county.

Contact Thorne Home Team and tell Naomi and Katherine where the decision currently stands.