Selling the home you raised your family in is not a transaction. It is a decision with decades attached to it.

Mary Murphy has spent more than 35 years guiding Peninsula families through exactly those decisions. She continues to seek out training and advanced study in the health, financial, and social realities of later life, because the families she serves deserve an advisor who knows more than the paperwork.

That commitment shows up in how she works. She moves at the pace of the family, not the pace of the market. She knows that the hardest part is rarely the price. Forty years in one house leaves a lot behind: the furniture that nobody has room for, the boxes in the attic, the photo albums, and the conversation nobody wants to start. She has walked clients through trust sales, probate timelines, and estate transitions where three siblings live in three time zones and none of them agree on the first step.

Before real estate, Mary was a teacher. It still defines her approach: explain everything, assume nothing, and never let a client sign something they do not fully understand.

Born in London to Irish parents, Mary came to the United States and built her life and career here on the Peninsula. She lives in Atherton's Lindenwood neighborhood and works out of Compass Menlo Park, supported by her team.

If you are helping a parent think through what comes next, or thinking it through for yourself, start with a conversation. No timeline, no pressure.