Helping you make a home buying decision you’ll still feel good about in years to come

Zeina’s Story

Buying a home is a life decision as much as a financial one. Whether clients are navigating a divorce, returning from overseas, juggling a growing family, downsizing after decades in the same home, or just trying to make the right call in a fast-moving market, Zeina is drawn to helping people through that kind of transition with confidence.

Before real estate, she worked in Global Markets, which shaped how she still thinks about property today, as a long-term financial decision, not just an emotional one. That perspective is part of why she went on to build her own modelling tools for appraising fair home value, rather than relying on the estimates standard real estate apps spit out.

As a selling agent, she saw how overwhelming the buying process could be for capable, switched-on people. They were making one of the biggest decisions of their lives while balancing work, family, emotions, uncertainty, and a fair bit of conflicting advice from everyone around them. That’s what led her to start Future Habitat in 2012, representing buyers instead, the people who’d never had anyone properly on their side of the table.

What keeps her engaged today, as the business’s owner and director, is helping clients avoid costly mistakes and end up in a home that suits their life, now and years from now. Clients talk about feeling supported and informed, certain they had someone in their corner when it mattered most.

How Zeina works with clients

Zeina combines clear thinking, detailed research, and straight-talking advice with a properly personal approach.

She’s often the calm voice in the room when emotions start taking over. Clients describe her as logical, organised, and honest, someone who listens carefully, challenges assumptions when needed, and keeps everyone focused on what’ll matter years after the purchase, not just on the day.

Her background in Global Markets shows up most clearly here, she treats every property as a financial decision worth scrutinising properly, backed by modelling tools she built herself to get a genuinely accurate read on fair value, rather than the rough estimates most online tools provide.

She helps clients define what they’re actually looking for, often spotting things they hadn’t considered yet, particularly around how a home will work for a family in the years ahead.

Zeina’s clients value three things most:

• Her ability to find information and opportunities they’d never have found on their own.
• Her market knowledge and thorough due diligence, which gives them confidence in the decision.
• Her determination at the negotiating table when it’s time to secure the right property.

Clients get an honest opinion, regular communication, and someone who’ll go the extra mile to make sure they’re making the right decision.

Outside of work

Zeina’s up early most mornings for the gym, and she’s recently taken up golf, which she’s thoroughly enjoying. The rest of her time tends to go to family and friends. She’s always up for a good chat, and she’s always up for getting out and having a dance. More recently, she has started a tiramisu tasting journey – yum!