Selling our house with The Hume Group was the best decision we made. Tom Hume is a true North Tacoma expert and the best realtor in Tacoma for sellers. read more

I contacted Matt Hume a few weeks ago. I was just starting with a plan to buy in early 2020. My dream home came on the market 2 days later. A day later after it was listed I called to arrange a viewing. I saw it the next morning and offered that day with a competing bid. With Matt's experience I got the house!! Fast forward a month and I am moving into my dream home soon. I am forever grateful for his expertise and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone looking to buy or sell a house. He knows the Tacoma market very well, especially in North End. read more

I'm a Realtor here in Tacoma, but I regularly refer friends and clients to David Gala & The Hume Group who need to list their homes for sale. Why? Because they are one of the most efficient, thorough, and top notch Realtors I've ever interacted with. I first realized how great David, Matt, and Tom were before I'd ever met any of them. When I showed their houses they would follow up with a friendly text to see if I had any questions. That kind of initiative is rare. If the home I saw wasn't what my clients were looking for, they would suggest another listing for us to check out. This group sells A LOT of houses, and with that comes an incredible amount of knowledge, expertise, and professionalism. They answer their phones, they solve problems, and they get homes sold. RECOMMEND. read more

After using another agent and having a couple of offers not accepted, I did a search for properties that had been sold in the last 6 months in the area I was looking in. I literally tallied up who the buyer and seller agents were, and from which firm. The Hume Group won out. I was still skeptical as this was my first experience buying a home and it hadn't been that great so far. I gave them a call and was connected to Tom Hume. I could end my review right here and say the next house we found, we won the offer. That in and of itself is an accomplishment in the market right now, but having Tom Hume as our agent added so much more. Not only was he was able to answer questions about the neighborhood and the type of house we were looking for, but being from the area, he knew and had worked with the selling agent before, and was able to give us to referrals to trusted, local inspectors, of which we had many (general, roof, chimney, foundation, furnace). I felt that these personal relationships made a gigantic difference in our home buying process - from the seller acceptance to closing. Tom's knowledge of the process was excellent. He was great at negotiating, smart in strategy, took care of requests quickly and in general, is calm, sure and terribly easy to work with. We recommend him heartily. Thanks again for helping us buy our first home! read more

The best realtors in town! Highly recommend Tom and Matt as they are thorough, honest and fully understand the task restate process.

My wife and I moved here from Portland, and we only had about 2 months to find a place in town, and we wanted to buy. Only visiting and meeting with Matt twice in person, and the rest by phone and e-mail, he was able to help us find exactly what we wanted - buying a house couldn't have been much easier! What we really liked is that Matt seemed to observe us quietly while he showed us houses, and could quickly tell when houses we were viewing were not the right fit. He also steered us away from homes that he knew we most likely would not be interested in when we asked about them. Matt is extremely knowledgeable about Tacoma, and this was very helpful for two people who had not spent a lot of time in the area enough to know where we'd fit. We'll definitely be recommending Matt and The Hume Group to anyone that we know of who is looking to move to Tacoma or purchase a house here in town. read more

A+++...Worked with the Humes and David Gala on several opportunities and have always had the best experiences. Tom Hume just helped us close on our second home and it went very easy and smooth. I truly recommend! read more

Matt and Tom Hume sold our Fircrest house in 2 days at asking price!! They provided great communication throughout the entire selling process and helped to find contractors that could assist with a couple of things needing fixed. I would recommend them 100% to anyone selling a home in the Tacoma, WA area!! read more

Tom Hume represented us when we purchased our new home. He did a great job. He was very attentive to detail, and made everything easy to understand. He was available throughout the process, and was there for us every step of the way. He obviously cares about his clients and his work. He's a great real estate agent. We highly recommend him! Thanks, Tom!! read more

Dan is amazing and personable. We found just the right home and were under time constraints to get our offer in. He not only toured every house we wanted to see but was honest and knowledgeable throughout the entire process. So happy with our purchase and home. He made first time home buying a breeze and had open communication the entire time. We really appreciated his help!!! read more

Matt was wonderful to work with. He made the process of buying and selling relatively stress-free. He kept us well informed throughout the process and offered his expertise to help us make well informed decisions. Matt knows the area, was easy to get ahold of. He was so helpful and absolutely wonderful to work with, buying and selling our first home! There would be no hesitation to use him again. We highly recommend Matt as an agent! read more

The Hume Group is truly 5 star and here is why. Their team of professionals met with me within 24 hrs of my call to Matt Hume, had my house on the market in two days, pictures were brilliant, the video with sound and the flier perfectly captured the homes character, features, and charm. We had 7 offers in 3 days and picked the best one with the guidance of Tom Hume. I quickly realized I had hired a highly skilled team of people who worked together seamlessly in order to make the transaction a success. Thanks to the Hume Group's 5 star marketing and service I received over 35k more than what i wanted! read more

Tom Hume is easily one of the best real estate agents that I have ever worked with. During an extremely difficult closing on our house - Tom was relentless in working through problems with the bank and the sellers. In the opinion of my wife and I, he went well above and beyond what I would normally expect from an agent. He knows the town of Tacoma extremely well and I have recommended him to numerous friends which have all availed themselves of his services. Succinctly put - Tom Hume leaves home buyers extremely satisfied. Great agent. read more

I hired Matt Hume to be my real estate agent and I am so happy that I did ! He listed and sold my home. Text/Cell: 253-312-2148. I have worked with several realtors in the past and I felt Matt really had our back and had our best interest in mind. I thoroughly recommend him! Matt estimated the price that he thought it sell for and he nailed it. He helped with great suggestions for getting the house ready to sell, and also helped us to know what we didn't need to do, which saved us time and money. He was very thorough with our offer, explaining everything in a way that made sense, and he communicated well with the buyer's agent, making sure to have our best interests and kept our sale on track. The photos of the house were fabulous and truly represented our home and also very professional looking. Matt is honest and a real person. He's easy to talk to and fun to interact with, but don't let this fool you, he is spot on with strategic negotiations and his down to earth manner is coupled with a super smart brain that is constantly thinking of how he can get the most for his clients and looks for a win win approach. He's been in the business for a fifteen years so he won't be "learning" on you, and he sells a lot of houses and knows how to anticipate things before they come up. He never felt too busy to have a conversation with us, and always had time to address my concerns along the way. He will be my first call when I buy or sell in the future and when anyone needs a realtor I can refer them to Matt without hesitation. read more

After having an unsuccessful venture with a real estate team, I interviewed David Gala specifically because of all of the signs about Tacoma, thinking that his popularity must speak to his skill set, passion for selling, and drive to get the job done. Upon meeting him, he spewed out all of the verbage you want to hear when you're about to entrust the sale of your investment to someone. He laid out a full on plan to sell our view property. It was a challenging property to sell as it had some limitations that may be unappealing to buyers. I was so enthused by his well-formulated plan: Brokers Open House, Buyers Open House, Flyers, Ads (in multiple prints and online), professional photos, etc, etc, etc. His strategy seemed to be all encompassing. My husband and I (granted, I was managing most of the sale) felt confident that David had it all under control. He was really enthusiastic to get started and wanted us to sign with him right away. We assumed, if not being reassured, that this meant that "the plan" would kick off right away. Over a week after signing, I had to hound and hound and hound to preview the marketing materials. I was told, many times, by their admin assistant that "allowing the owner to preview" wasn't really what they normally did. I told her that I wouldn't authorize anything being mass printed or published without looking at it. In our previous experience with another agent, they misrepresented SO many things about our property, I wanted to be very clear that I wanted to just look things over as to not have to then undo errors. Weeks past before anything was shown to me. The house was put on the MLS right away, however with a very generic non-descrip blurb about it and no photos (I ended up having to provide photos - apparently the conversation where they were going to have professional photos done slipped their minds as "We never agreed to that"). I'll shorten this for you: Brokers Open = NEVER HAPPENED despite months of promises Buyers Open = NEVER HAPPENED ("we want to have the broker's open first) Multiple Print Ads = NEVER HAPPENED Flyers in box outside = Always empty despite telling them they had to refill them. David never answered calls from me after I signed WITH HIM - he dumped everything onto Matt who was really rude, abrupt and impatient. Once I compiled all of my complaints and emailed them, Matt called me to "fire me" as his client. I WASN'T EVER HIS CLIENT! I was David's client (this was before the formal merger of their groups - this was right at the beginning of their journey). Happy day! I couldn't be more relieved to get rid of them! I want to make it very clear I'm not an "over demanding difficult client" - I'm someone who had invested my hard earned money into a home and watched its value slide and slide and needed to get out of it before the market bottomed out. They seemed to not give 2 hoots about my 300K property but to me, that was a HUGE HUGE HUGE amount of money at the time. I hired my 3rd agent and the house closed in under 45 days for full asking price. The agent we ended up going with worked her TAIL off. Was from Seattle (with 99% of her closings happening in King County and Seattle specifically) and she came down to Tacoma for a Brokers Open, Buyers Open, Marketing, Negotiations, Closing. She saved the deal when the buyer's financing got sketchy. She took a greatly reduced commission. She went above and beyond to honor the fact that, while her pocketbook probably was in the negative by the time closing hit. Smart business? YES! I bought 2 houses through her already and will again! read more

I just can't say enough great things about Tom and the David Gala/Hume Group. We chose this team solely on the fact that their signs dominated the North End of Tacoma. I was not dissapointed when I interviewed the Hume brothers. We started looking 2.5 years before finding our dream home. Tom was very patient and would show us houses each time we wanted to look and never pressured us. When we finally found our dream home we decided to make a non-contingent offer BUT we also needed to sell two homes! Tom immediately got our main residence on the market and within 3 days we had 6 full price offers and ended up selling 11k over asking. A few months later he sold our investment property. He is professional, very approachable, has decades of knowlege in the Tacoma Area and such a pleasure to work with. The gentleman who we purchased our new home from was representing himself and said although he had other higher priced offers, he chose our offer because of Tom and his level of professionalism. I also know a few other agents in the area and they all say that their experiece in working with the David Gala/ Hume Group is nothing but positive. If you are buying or selling your home I honestly think they are the best in the business - you won't be dissapointed. Sincerely, Mark and Brennan read more

I've been super happy working with Tom and the rest of the Hume Group. Some realtors in the past have given me the willies, but this team manages to strike the perfect balance between hard working and laid back. I'm in the market for a new home and I've been nothing but pleased with the time Tom takes to show us places and the energy he invests in finding homes to show us that meet our criteria. I have a friend who was represented by Tom when his house sold in the toughest part of the downturn, and even though the value of his home was down from 2007 levels, he was still happy with and recommended Tom. I wondered why every other for-sale sign in town has their name on it, and now I know it's because they're just good, hard-working people who go above and beyond for their clients. read more

I'm a property manager in the Tacoma area and was introduced to Tom Hume about 6 months ago through family friends. The company I work for is starting up a rental business and in need of numerous properties to get up and running. So for these past few months I have been working closely with David Gala & The Hume Group, specifically, Tom Hume. What can I say besides Tom and this company are amazing. I am in contact with Tom nearly everyday of the week, and once a week we go out and look at properties together. It's impressive to me that they are one of the busiest real estate groups in Tacoma, yet I feel like they exist solely for me. I can get in contact with them anytime regarding any type of question or issue. And of course, they are extremely knowledgeable. This is a brand new line of work for me, so 6 months ago I knew absolutely nothing regarding the housing market. But with the help of Tom and the company I feel like I've been doing this for years. I highly recommend working with this great group of individuals and can't imagine working with anyone else. read more