Willie Kathryn Suggs Licensed Real Estate Brokers, located in the heart of Historic Harlem, is headed by owner-broker Willie Kathryn Suggs.
The firm specializes in sales and rentals of one to four family homes, condos and co-ops in Harlem and Washington Heights. Since becoming a licensed real estate salesperson in 1985, Ms. Suggs and her subsequent brokerage firm have consistently set records in sales and rentals of properties in Upper Manhattan. She was the first to sell a Harlem home at the $500,000; $650.000; $750.000 $850,000, $925,000 price points. Her firm was the first to sell a Harlem row house for in excess of $1,000,000. That landmark sale, of $2,005,000 was achieved in 2002. Ms. Suggs was the first to obtain one bedroom rentals above $1,300, and the first to obtain two bedroom rentals above $1,750.00 uptown. The firm has also found homes for buyers for as little as $215,000 for a two family renovated home, and $90,000 for a five5 room pre war co-op. The office represents bank foreclosures, short sales and market rate properties in all price ranges. Office staff, agents, and associate brokers are required to live and own property in the area the office covers.

The firm utilizes innovative sales techniques such as multiple open houses with complimentary transportation between the homes, Sunday brunches inside restored mansions, and guided bus tours of Harlem’s landmark districts. The customer base is continually broadened by sponsoring Home Buyers' Fairs at local Harlem venues. These events are free to the public. A buffet lunch is provided for attendees who can learn about the buying process from real estate industry professionals. Her firm has participated in the Greater Harlem Real Estate Board Home Buyers Fair; the Fannie Mae and Metro Expo Home Buyers Fairs. Color photographs of office listings are continuously updated on the office web site: "www.williesuggsharlem.com" web site and seventeen other national web sites including "Yahoo!"
Suggs’ office was the exclusive broker for the Hamilton Heights-Washington Heights HomeWorks site. That site of 30 homes was the first to close title with the City of New York; the first site to begin construction; and the first site to close all of its' properties. Her office also marketed the Harlem-West HomeWorks site of 30 properties for the Abyssinian Development Corporation.
Ms. Suggs, an acknowledged expert on the Upper Manhattan real estate market, is frequently sought out by the news media to comment on the current state and future of the market uptown. She has been interviewed and quoted by the Wall Street Journal; New York Times; New York Daily News; New York Home; New York Magazine; New York Observer; New York Post; New York Sun; Black Star News; Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Ebony; Smithsonian; German Financial Times; The Financial Times; “The Real Deal,” The London Times; ABC's Good Morning America; the CBS Morning Show; the CBS Week-End News; WCBS-TV, WWOR-TV, Fox 5 TV, ARD German Television; BBC radio; WINS radio, and the Voice of the America. She was profiled by Bloomberg Television in a series on successful real estate brokers. Bob Vila's "Restore America" sought Ms. Suggs' assistance in the preparation of a report on the re-birth of Harlem. Her firm was the first to be featured in several Manhattan branches of Citibank as the local "Realtor of the Month"
Ms. Suggs' office is the proud supporter of numerous community groups. Sponsorships include the first ever Harlem United Show House for Aids Research (1998.) Her office has provided substantial financial support to the annual Hamilton Heights Homeowners House and Garden Tour; the Mt. Morris Park Historic House Tour, the West 119th, West 146th, West 159th and Hamilton Terrace Block Associations; The Children's Art Carnival; Figure Skating in Harlem; and the Johnnie Hartman Plaza Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Ms. Suggs came to real estate after a successful career in television journalism. She was a news reporter and show producer at WITI-TV 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was a staff news reporter, and show producer in the ABC TV network news division. Ms. Suggs was the staff writer and served as an associate producer on the award winning prime time series, "All American" that profiled such celebrities as Diana Ross. She was elected and served more than decade on the governing council of the Writers Guild of America, East.
A graduate of Columbia University with a Masters Degree in History,
Ms. Suggs was awarded a Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Marquette University.
Ms. Suggs offices occupy the entire four story row house the firm owns in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of West Harlem.
The office is open seven days a week.