About Andrew Schwartz

A native New Yorker and residential real estate advisor with nine years of experience, Andrew Schwartz knows New York as both a market and a place. He has represented first-time buyers, pied-à-terre purchasers, investors, developers and longtime homeowners, with recent transactions across Chelsea, the Upper East and Upper West Sides, Greenpoint, Boerum Hill and Bushwick. His work has ranged from starter apartments to significant luxury properties, including the $10.7 million sale of Residence 41A at One57, where he represented the sponsor, and the recent $6.7 million purchase of 733 Park Avenue, where he represented the buyer.

Andrew is a member of the Philip Scheinfeld Team at Compass, a leading New York team with more than $1 billion in transactions. The affiliation gives his clients the reach and resources of a high-performing team while preserving what has always defined Andrew's practice: highly personal, independent advice and an exacting standard of representation.

For Andrew, exceptional representation begins with understanding not only the market, but the property itself. His interest in real estate began well before his career did. The son of a commercial real estate attorney, he grew up fascinated by New York's buildings—how zoning shapes them, how architecture gives them identity (he's especially partial to Art Deco), and how the configuration of a few hundred square feet can completely change the way a home flows. That curiosity has developed into extensive experience advising clients for whom renovation is part of a purchase or sale, with a keen eye for how space can be improved and how those choices affect value and marketability.

His philosophy of representation is straightforward: his clients' decisions should be entirely informed and entirely their own. Andrew is rigorous about identifying risks, candid about his opinions and equally serious about respecting a client's tolerance for those risks. He sees good brokerage not as persuading someone toward a decision, but as making sure they understand the decision they are making.

His knowledge of New York does not end at the front door. Andrew is an avid reader, theater and opera devotee, and enthusiastic participant in the city's restaurant and nightlife scenes. For clients new to New York—or simply to a new part of it—his advice has a tendency to extend beyond floor plans and closing tables. He doesn't just know what it costs to live in New York; he knows how to live here.