Deby Rourke | Seattle & Eastside Real Estate Advisor

If you're buying or selling a home in Seattle or on the Eastside, you need more than a real estate agent—you need a strategic advisor, skilled negotiator, and trusted advocate. With more than 15 years of real estate experience, Deby has helped hundreds of buyers and sellers navigate the market with confidence, clarity, and exceptional results.

Since 2009, Deby has built her business on one simple philosophy: educate first, advise honestly, and always put the client's goals first. Whether helping first-time homebuyers, luxury sellers, downsizers, investors, or families relocating to Washington, she combines expert market knowledge with a highly personalized approach that makes every transaction feel seamless.

As a longtime Seattle-area resident, Deby specializes in Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell, Woodinville, Redmond, Kenmore, and surrounding Eastside communities. She helps clients understand not only home values and market trends, but also neighborhoods, schools, commuting options, lifestyle, and long-term investment potential—ensuring they find the right home for the way they live.

Before entering real estate, Deby built a successful career in the automotive industry, where she developed the negotiation, sales, and problem-solving skills that now help her clients win in competitive markets. Her calm guidance, attention to detail, and ability to navigate complex transactions have earned her a reputation for delivering outstanding client experiences from contract to closing.

One of Deby's signature strengths is preparing homes for maximum market impact. Her clients even have a name for it: getting a home "Deby Prepped." Through strategic home preparation, professional staging, high-end photography, thoughtful marketing, and data-driven pricing, she helps sellers attract more buyers, generate stronger offers, and maximize their home's value.

Having personally relocated internationally four times—including moving from England to Seattle in 1996—Deby understands the emotional and logistical challenges that come with relocating. She provides relocation clients with practical guidance, local expertise, and trusted resources that make transitioning to the Pacific Northwest easier and far less stressful.

Deby is proud to serve her community beyond real estate. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Cascadia College Foundation and previously served on the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce Board, reflecting her long-standing commitment to supporting the communities she serves.

As a broker with John L. Scott Real Estate, Deby combines local expertise with one of the Pacific Northwest's most respected real estate brands, delivering innovative marketing, cutting-edge technology, and exceptional client service.

When she's not helping clients buy or sell homes, you'll likely find Deby enjoying boating, golfing, pickleball, mahjong, reading, or spending time with her husband and daughter, an estate planning attorney in Seattle.

Whether you're buying your first home, selling your current property, relocating to the Seattle area, or investing in Eastside real estate, Deby is committed to helping you make confident decisions and achieve exceptional results.

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Bellevue

Bellevue is the third largest city in the Seattle metro area, and it’s the hub of the Eastside, but it’s close to the Cascade mountains for hiking, mountain biking, and, in the winter, skiing and snowboarding. Locals also take advantage of Lake Washington for boating, kayaking or watching the sun set over Seattle and the Olympics to the west. Bellevue’s thriving downtown offers five-star dining, a world-class art museum, and some of the best shopping in the Northwest. The entrepreneurial spirit of the city and its highly educated work force make it a natural home for tech start-ups as well as global corporations. Our schools are rated among the best in the nation. This means even residents without children enjoy healthy property values. And there is a home here for everyone. Townhouses and condos downtown, luxury waterfront properties on the Lake, and areas with a more neighborhood feel are all available in our robust real estate market.

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“Firstly Deby helped me sell my home by recommending renovations that would make it attractive to prospective buyers. The renovations were completed, and the house sold for significantly more than I had even hoped for, with 13 offers in the first weekend on the market. Deby then helped me secure my next home which was new construction. I nearly lost the home to another bidder because my offer was contingent on the sale of my current home at the time, but Deby convinced the builder that there was no risk in selling my current home in time and for enough that my financing was solid. I don't even want to imagine how things would have gone differently with another realtor.”

– David Chadwell

Deby is a fantastic realtor. She’s friendly, flexible, and understood what we wanted in our new home. She definitely eased our anxiety during a stressful time.

– Ngocbich Thi Le

Deby is awesome to work with. Her knowledge in the real estate industry is invaluable. She is patient, speaks for the pros and cons of the properties she shows her clients and works with you to make a decision/submitting an offer. We worked on purchasing a new home through Deby and she is there with you when you need her support. Buying a new home can be intimidating and exciting, so count on her expertise and you won't go wrong!

– Ramesh Krishnaram

Deby has handled 2 transactions for us. We have worked with many realtors through the years and purchased and sold many houses. Deby is the best of the best. She is professional, extremely knowledgeable, supportive and kind. She gave us great advice about how to get our house ready for sale, and she helped us navigate some unfortunate bumps in the road with our appraisal. We ended up getting a great price for our home, and were so happy with all the advice and help she gave us. She is a perfectionist when it comes to paperwork, transactions and looking out for her clients, and often catches things that other people miss. The house purchase we completed with Deby was complex because of delays and irregularities with the builder. Deby was unfailingly supportive, negotiating compensations for us, and helping us deal with the whole situation. Deby consistently goes above and beyond what realtors are obligated to do, and provides her clients with outstanding and excellent service. She is very knowledgeable about the market in the greater Seattle area, and is a hard-working, committed and responsible professional. I can't recommend her highly enough.

– JB Fadely

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