My husband and I are proud to call Ankeny our home, along with our two children. I was born and raised on the south side of Des Moines, so I'm a city girl at heart, but I am enjoying the "small town suburb" feel here in Ankeny & all this city has to offer. I truly loved moving, and the experience taught me SO much about how to relate to my clients!
I love helping come alongside people as they make one of the biggest transitions of their lives.
Whether you are buying your first home, relocating, investing, combining households, or downsizing to move on to the next chapter of life. It gives me no greater joy than to get to live life with my clients and help them through all the decisions, negotiating, hard work, and celebration that comes along with this process.
“There is nothing more to say because she has been nothing short of fantastic and understanding. Couldn't recommend anyone else for this job but her”
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Luis Quintanar
“There is nothing more to say because she has been nothing short of fantastic and understanding. Couldn't recommend anyone else for this job but her”
Luis Quintanar
August 6, 2023
“To God be all the glory.”
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Gregory T Malone, Rochester, New York.
“To God be all the glory.”
Gregory T Malone, Rochester, New York.
August 6, 2023
“I relocated to Des Moines from the Greater Chicagoland area, so I had little to no knowledge of the area. Sarah was very informative the whole time in my search for a new home. She understood what was most important to me, and made recommendations that may have been outside my search. She made a very stressful time extremely easy, & I plan on working with Sarah again on the sale of my home.”
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Dylan Bridges, Des Moines
“I relocated to Des Moines from the Greater Chicagoland area, so I had little to no knowledge of the area. Sarah was very informative the whole time in my search for a new home. She understood what was most important to me, and made recommendations that may have been outside my search. She made a very stressful time extremely easy, & I plan on working with Sarah again on the sale of my home.”
Dylan Bridges, Des Moines
August 6, 2023
“We'd worked with other agents in the past and decided to go a different route this time around. We are so glad we did. Working with Sarah was a completely different experience from our previous agents when we bought and sold our last home. Sarah made the whole process seem personal to her which made us feel well taken care of. We had never built before so she helped us every step of the way. She did a great job really listening and hearing what we wanted and also being intuitive when we weren't quite sure what we wanted. I felt very comfortable knowing we were in good hands. Thanks Sarah! We ran into some pretty major issues and snags along the way and Sarah was there to back us up and support us through it all. You'd think she's been in this business for a lot longer than she has. She's really good at what she does!”
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Sarah Dilling, Ankeny
“We'd worked with other agents in the past and decided to go a different route this time around. We are so glad we did. Working with Sarah was a completely different experience from our previous agents when we bought and sold our last home. Sarah made the whole process seem personal to her which made us feel well taken care of. We had never built before so she helped us every step of the way. She did a great job really listening and hearing what we wanted and also being intuitive when we weren't quite sure what we wanted. I felt very comfortable knowing we were in good hands. Thanks Sarah!
We ran into some pretty major issues and snags along the way and Sarah was there to back us up and support us through it all.
You'd think she's been in this business for a lot longer than she has. She's really good at what she does!”
Sarah Dilling, Ankeny
August 6, 2023
“We received a glowing recommendation for Sarah from my husband's aunt. Sarah was fantastic from beginning to end. When we presented her our idea of a dream home she stuck with us and made it a reality. She was so sweet and accommodating the whole time. She was always available for questions and last minute showings. I know we ran like chickens with our heads cut off but she corralled us expertly. Sarah was above and beyond in every aspect. We honestly feel like she was the perfect agent. She was so knowledgeable and happy to teach us every aspect of the home buying experience. Once again we have to say Sarah and the team took a crazy dream and made it a crazy reality. We could not be happier. We love Sarah and Century 21.”
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Andrea and Brandon LaFon, Hartford
“We received a glowing recommendation for Sarah from my husband's aunt.
Sarah was fantastic from beginning to end. When we presented her our idea of a dream home she stuck with us and made it a reality. She was so sweet and accommodating the whole time. She was always available for questions and last minute showings. I know we ran like chickens with our heads cut off but she corralled us expertly.
Sarah was above and beyond in every aspect. We honestly feel like she was the perfect agent. She was so knowledgeable and happy to teach us every aspect of the home buying experience.
Once again we have to say Sarah and the team took a crazy dream and made it a crazy reality. We could not be happier. We love Sarah and Century 21.”
Andrea and Brandon LaFon, Hartford
August 6, 2023
“Sarah McElvaney was exactly what we needed in a realtor. She treated our family with respect, understood our unique situation, and gave us realistic recommendations without being at all pushy. Sarah responded to all our questions promptly and without complaint even when we kept her up late. We learned so much from Sarah!”
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Heidi Vansteenburg, Battle Lake, MN
“Sarah McElvaney was exactly what we needed in a realtor. She treated our family with respect, understood our unique situation, and gave us realistic recommendations without being at all pushy. Sarah responded to all our questions promptly and without complaint even when we kept her up late. We learned so much from Sarah!”
Heidi Vansteenburg, Battle Lake, MN
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was available to us and helped us at the last minute when we were panicking. She was amazing and went above and beyond. She was always available to answer any question. After every other option for help had fallen through, she even came to the house at 10 pm and helped us transport items to storage and take down a tv when I was ready to sit on the floor and cry the night before the closing. She handled all of the last-minute headaches that came up the next day, helping us feel confident that we could finally begin to relax because she had us covered. I will admit that I was hesitant to spend the money on a realtor, thinking that it was be more lucrative to sell by owner. Sarah made it all worth it to go with Century 21.”
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Lorilei And Rachel Baker Bondurant Iowa
“Sarah was available to us and helped us at the last minute when we were panicking. She was amazing and went above and beyond. She was always available to answer any question. After every other option for help had fallen through, she even came to the house at 10 pm and helped us transport items to storage and take down a tv when I was ready to sit on the floor and cry the night before the closing. She handled all of the last-minute headaches that came up the next day, helping us feel confident that we could finally begin to relax because she had us covered. I will admit that I was hesitant to spend the money on a realtor, thinking that it was be more lucrative to sell by owner. Sarah made it all worth it to go with Century 21.”
Lorilei And Rachel Baker Bondurant Iowa
August 6, 2023
“We loved working with Sarah McElhaney!! She was professional and showed attention to detail. She responded quickly and used her free time to help us with our house search. I highly recommend.”
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Jason Alderman
“We loved working with Sarah McElhaney!!
She was professional and showed attention to detail. She responded quickly and used her free time to help us with our house search. I highly recommend.”
Jason Alderman
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was top notch from start to finish! We love Sarah and the work that she does! She has her client's best interests in mind!”
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Kevin Van Auken, Ankeny
“Sarah was top notch from start to finish! We love Sarah and the work that she does! She has her client's best interests in mind!”
Kevin Van Auken, Ankeny
August 6, 2023
“Sarah McElvaney was awesome! From start to finish she always had our best interests in mind when it came to selling our house! Would highly recommend Sarah!!!”
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Kevin Van Auken, Ankeny
“Sarah McElvaney was awesome! From start to finish she always had our best interests in mind when it came to selling our house! Would highly recommend Sarah!!!”
Kevin Van Auken, Ankeny
August 6, 2023
“Sarah McElvaney was a delight to work with! She is an awesome person to work with and cares for her customers. We recommend Sarah to all of our family and friends. Sarah is a hard worker and very knowledgeable. Thank you Sarah!”
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Taylor Malone Des Moines
“Sarah McElvaney was a delight to work with! She is an awesome person to work with and cares for her customers. We recommend Sarah to all of our family and friends. Sarah is a hard worker and very knowledgeable. Thank you Sarah!”
Taylor Malone Des Moines
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was the first broker I worked with. What I really appreciated was that she is friendly, knowledgeable, patient, and understanding. She always went the extra mile to make sure that everything was correct and adequate. I also liked that she was available whenever I needed to ask her something. Sarah is a peerless individual to work with, and I would recommend her as a broker. Truly, she made the rigmarole of buying a house more pleasant.”
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Hosam (The Amazing) Abdeltawab, Ankeny
“Sarah was the first broker I worked with. What I really appreciated was that she is friendly, knowledgeable, patient, and understanding. She always went the extra mile to make sure that everything was correct and adequate. I also liked that she was available whenever I needed to ask her something. Sarah is a peerless individual to work with, and I would recommend her as a broker. Truly, she made the rigmarole of buying a house more pleasant.”
Hosam (The Amazing) Abdeltawab, Ankeny
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was absolutely amazing to work with!! She was very knowledgeable and approachable!! She was always able to answer my questions fully and quickly and was very supportive when I felt anxious during periods of the home buying process!! I would highly recommend her for your home buying or selling needs!! I will definitely work with her for any future needs I may have!”
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Sasha Sondgeroth, Carlisle
“Sarah was absolutely amazing to work with!! She was very knowledgeable and approachable!! She was always able to answer my questions fully and quickly and was very supportive when I felt anxious during periods of the home buying process!! I would highly recommend her for your home buying or selling needs!! I will definitely work with her for any future needs I may have!”
Sasha Sondgeroth, Carlisle
August 6, 2023
“We had a great experience with Sarah. She was always eager and excited about selling our home. She made the process as smooth as possible for us and it was a huge relief having her in an hour corner throughout the sale. We would highly recommend her services!”
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Lincoln Decklever, Des Moines
“We had a great experience with Sarah. She was always eager and excited about selling our home. She made the process as smooth as possible for us and it was a huge relief having her in an hour corner throughout the sale. We would highly recommend her services!”
Lincoln Decklever, Des Moines
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was amazing to work with! I had no idea how the process of getting a home worked in the first place, and Sarah was willing to show me everything I needed to know and work side by side with me and even willing to help me after closing. In the future, if I decide to sell my house I will definitely go back to Sarah!”
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Shelby Faith, Des Moines
“Sarah was amazing to work with! I had no idea how the process of getting a home worked in the first place, and Sarah was willing to show me everything I needed to know and work side by side with me and even willing to help me after closing. In the future, if I decide to sell my house I will definitely go back to Sarah!”
Shelby Faith, Des Moines
August 6, 2023
“Sarah is very responsive and pleasant to interact with! We will continue working with her in the future!”
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Jim Goebel, Des Moines
“Sarah is very responsive and pleasant to interact with! We will continue working with her in the future!”
Jim Goebel, Des Moines
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was great and super easy to work with.”
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Samantha Johnson
“Sarah was great and super easy to work with.”
Samantha Johnson
August 6, 2023
“Sarah made the buying process so easy and took a lot of the worry out of the process. This is my Fiance and I's first home and we really didn't even know where to start. Sarah walked us through every single step and was always there when we had questions. I cannot recommend Sarah Mcelvaney enough for the patience, attention to detail, and just general kindness showed all throughout this process. We could not be happier and will be recommending her to everyone we know!”
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Cheyenne Ankeny, IA
“Sarah made the buying process so easy and took a lot of the worry out of the process. This is my Fiance and I's first home and we really didn't even know where to start. Sarah walked us through every single step and was always there when we had questions. I cannot recommend Sarah Mcelvaney enough for the patience, attention to detail, and just general kindness showed all throughout this process. We could not be happier and will be recommending her to everyone we know!”
Cheyenne Ankeny, IA
August 6, 2023
“Could not find a harder worker and the more sincere person”
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Dawn Burns, Sammamish WA
“Could not find a harder worker and the more sincere person”
Dawn Burns, Sammamish WA
August 6, 2023
“Used Century 21 before and had an excellent experience. When we met Sarah, she was fantastic. Knew what our wishes were and got to work selling our house. What a great person to have on your team. Roger Wheeler assisted Sarah on the sale on our house. This is our second experience with him. He did a stellar job. Great person and we are thankful we met him. Well run operation to sell our house making our move to a new location worry free. We purchased our new house in our new location with the assistance of Century 21 in Fairbanks, Alaska. The staff up in Fairbanks are every bit as good as the Iowa Century 21 sales team. Without a doubt my husband and I are Century 21 people for our remaining time on Earth.”
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Kathy Foley, Des Moines, Iowa
“Used Century 21 before and had an excellent experience.
When we met Sarah, she was fantastic. Knew what our wishes were and got to work selling our house. What a great person to have on your team.
Roger Wheeler assisted Sarah on the sale on our house. This is our second experience with him. He did a stellar job. Great person and we are thankful we met him.
Well run operation to sell our house making our move to a new location worry free.
We purchased our new house in our new location with the assistance of Century 21 in Fairbanks, Alaska. The staff up in Fairbanks are every bit as good as the Iowa Century 21 sales team.
Without a doubt my husband and I are Century 21 people for our remaining time on Earth.”
Kathy Foley, Des Moines, Iowa
August 6, 2023
“Sarah is doing so well despite being brand new. She exceeded my expectations for a realtor without a lot of experience and was a pleasure to work with. She had to deal with quite a few unexpected twists throughout our homebuying process, but she didn’t get discouraged so neither did we! I have already recommended her to other people and wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again.”
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Kim, Ames
“Sarah is doing so well despite being brand new. She exceeded my expectations for a realtor without a lot of experience and was a pleasure to work with. She had to deal with quite a few unexpected twists throughout our homebuying process, but she didn’t get discouraged so neither did we! I have already recommended her to other people and wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again.”
Kim, Ames
August 6, 2023
“Sarah was always available for any questions we had at just about any time of day. Her attention to detail when meeting all our needs was impressive! Sarah treated us with such respect and what felt like the highest of priority that we couldn't have chosen a better person to represent us in the sale of our previous home and in the buying of our new one. She certainly has a very bright future in real estate. Sarah did such a tremendous job for us, that not only do we have a real estate agent for life but we also now call her friend which is saying a lot. We also will be recommending Sarah to all our friends and family needing an agent.”
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Larry & Cindi: Ankeny, IA
“Sarah was always available for any questions we had at just about any time of day. Her attention to detail when meeting all our needs was impressive! Sarah treated us with such respect and what felt like the highest of priority that we couldn't have chosen a better person to represent us in the sale of our previous home and in the buying of our new one. She certainly has a very bright future in real estate.
Sarah did such a tremendous job for us, that not only do we have a real estate agent for life but we also now call her friend which is saying a lot. We also will be recommending Sarah to all our friends and family needing an agent.”
Larry & Cindi: Ankeny, IA
August 6, 2023
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