Shawn
Hinchey.
I’ve been representing buyers and sellers across Durham Region since 2013. I built this business around the moments when selling a home is the hardest part of what you’re going through. Executors settling a parent’s estate. Couples downsizing after thirty years. Families moving on after a separation. Long-time owners who quietly know their home is dated and aren’t sure where to start.
Truth before transaction. Calm as a service. A coordinated team that handles prep, staging, marketing, negotiation and closing so none of it lands on your shoulders. And when the home needs work to sell well, the only pay-at-closing renovation program in Canada, so the money comes from the sale, not your savings.
If that sounds like the kind of agent you wish you’d had last time, that’s on purpose.
Office · 152 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON · L1G 4S7
Who is Hinchey Homes Real Estate Team?
Hinchey Homes Real Estate Team is a residential team brokered by eXp Realty, Brokerage, led by broker and owner Shawn Hinchey from 152 Simcoe St N in Oshawa. Serving Durham Region since 2013, the team runs Renos for Revenue, holds 500+ five-star reviews, and Shawn personally negotiates every transaction.
Shawn Hinchey
Broker, Hinchey Homes Real Estate Team
RECO registered, TRESA compliant, serving Durham Region since 2013
Published: April 13, 2026 · Last updated: November 1, 2026
Our aim: to be the residential team Durham Region trusts with its biggest asset.
Built by combining systems-driven service with pre-sale renovation expertise, so clients consistently achieve stronger outcomes and the business runs on referrals and reputation, not volume.
Pre-sale renovation at zero upfront cost.
Premium, full-service, listings-led residential real estate for inherited, estate, and dated-home sellers in Durham Region and the East GTA. For clients who value strong outcomes, clear guidance, and a coordinated team experience over the cheapest option.
One
coordinated
team.
Hinchey Homes is a husband-and-wife founded team built around Shawn in the lead seat and three career operators behind him. When you hire us you are not hiring one agent. Every part of the experience is owned by a specialist with a clearly defined role. Clean handoffs. One experience, not departments.
Owner & Lead Negotiator
Shawn Hinchey
Shawn personally handles every listing appointment, buyer consult, showing, and negotiation. Pricing strategy, offer strategy, and the conversations that decide outcomes belong to him. Past clients and referrals drive the majority of the business by design.
Co-Founder
Laura Hinchey
Laura and Shawn built Hinchey Homes together. As the other half of the husband-and-wife team, she anchors the family story behind the brand and the values that show up in every client relationship, the community work, and the standard we hold ourselves to long after closing day.
Transaction & Client Care
Tara Solano
Tara is the calm voice on the other end of the phone and the reason every Hinchey Homes deal closes the way it should. She runs every transaction from accepted offer to keys-in-hand, coordinating lawyers, lenders, inspectors, and the dozens of moving parts that decide whether a deal closes cleanly or unravels at the eleventh hour. If something is at risk, she sees it days before anyone else.
Operations Lead
Stephanie Keuning
Steph runs the calendar, the weekly cadence, and every piece of listing prep. She schedules the trades, coordinates the staging, manages Broker Bay, orders signs and feature sheets, and runs the entire Renos for Revenue program from staging consult through completion. If anything physical happens to one of our listings, Steph made it happen.
Marketing Lead
Jasmine Solano
Jasmine builds and ships the marketing machine. Listing creative, video content, social media, listing websites, paid ads on Meta and Google for every new listing, feature sheet design, and source-tagged attribution. The reason your home gets seen in its first two weeks is Jasmine.
Alberta Connection · Calgary & Southern Alberta
Mike Stoner
Mike is our trusted Alberta partner for Durham families relocating to the Calgary area and for clients looking at cash-flowing investment properties through the CMHC MLI Select program, one of the most powerful financing tools in Canadian real estate. When you need Alberta, we only give one name.
Five values.
Zero exceptions.
Our core values aren’t aspirational. They’re how we operate every day, how we hire, how we coach our team, and how we measure whether we did a good job.
Truth Before Transaction
We put the client's best interest ahead of the deal. We tell the truth clearly, give honest guidance, and never pressure people into decisions that are not right for them.
What this looks like operationally:
- Honest pricing advice
- Candid feedback on homes, offers, and timing
- Willingness to say 'not yet' when that is the right answer
- No pressure-close behaviour from anyone on the team
Calm Is a Service
We make complex moves feel clear, organized, and manageable. Our job is to reduce stress through preparation, process, and leadership.
What this looks like operationally:
- Every client knows the next step
- Every major milestone is prepared for in advance
- Problems are solved before they become client stress
- No chaos passed downstream
Communication Without Chase
We respond quickly, explain things simply, and keep clients informed at every stage so they never have to wonder what is happening next.
What this looks like operationally:
- Prompt replies as the standard
- Proactive updates at every major stage
- Plain-English explanations
- No client should ever feel like they need to chase the team for clarity
One Team, Full Ownership
We work as one coordinated team and take responsibility for every detail. Clients should feel fully supported from the first conversation to long after closing.
What this looks like operationally:
- Clean handoffs
- Shared visibility across the client journey
- No dropped balls between sales, admin, prep, marketing, and closing
- The client feels one coordinated experience, not separate departments
Strategy Creates Results
We do not rely on luck. We prepare, price, market, negotiate, and execute with intention so our clients get stronger outcomes with less stress.
What this looks like operationally:
- Data-backed pricing
- Prep before launch
- Premium media and strong negotiation discipline
- Clear offer strategy
- Post-mortems after major deals so the system keeps improving
91.8%
of our business
comes from people
who already
know us.
Past clients and their referrals drove 91.8% of the deals Shawn closed last year (56 of 61 sides, FY25). That number is our scoreboard. It is also the reason we never have to chase business, and the reason we can afford to tell every client the truth, every time.
37.7%
Repeat clients
26.2%
Client referrals
27.9%
Sphere referrals
500+
Five-star reviews
We want to be
your real estate team
for life.
Once a client,
always a client.
No expiry date
When we say past clients are not past, we mean it. If you have ever worked with Hinchey Homes and something comes up with your home, anything at all, we want you to call us. You do not need to be selling. You do not need to be buying. You do not need a reason.
A trusted plumber recommendation. A quick opinion on a renovation. A question about your property tax assessment. A neighbour who is thinking of selling and wants a honest second opinion. A contractor who is quoting you something that feels off. Call us. That is the relationship we want.
The 91.8% number above is not an accident. It is the result of years of being the agent people call first when anything home-related comes up. If you hire us once, we are yours for as long as you want us.
Quietly,
consistently,
year after year.
2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
Three Best Rated, Oshawa
Top 3 real estate agent in Oshawa, six years running.
See the source2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
RankMyAgent Top 100, Canada
Among the top 100 real estate agents in the country.
See the source2023 · 2024 · 2025
RankMyAgent Best of Oshawa
Highest-rated agent in Oshawa on RankMyAgent.
See the sourceDiamond 2022 · Platinum 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Durham Region Readers' Choice
Voted by readers, awarded by Oshawa Whitby This Week.
See the sourceDiamond 2022 · Gold 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Clarington Readers' Choice
Voted by readers, awarded by Clarington This Week.
See the sourceAcross Google, Birdeye, RankMyAgent, Facebook, Rate-My-Agent
500+ Five-Star Reviews
Real names, real reviews, no buybacks. Counts per platform, with the date each was checked, are on the testimonials page.
See the sourceReal clients.
Real outcomes.
“I've personally bought 4 homes and sold 3, and I will never work with anyone else again. They genuinely care about the outcome for you.”
Matt T.· Repeat Client
“White glove service. When they say leave it in their hands you can rest assured.”
Michelle M.· Client
“They eat, sleep, breathe real estate. No other team will be more committed.”
Craig A.· Client
“Since closing, Hinchey Homes has continued to support us and our community with a donation to our daughter's Ringette Association.”
Erin M.· Client
Results, or
we pay for it.
If our service ever falls short, you pay less. A full 1% commission reduction if you are not completely satisfied. 48-hour resolution on any concern. It is in the contract before we start.
Applies to listing agreements. Conditions in our Terms.
Their Opportunity.
One block away.
Every kid included.
Their Opportunity is a national children’s charity headquartered right here in Oshawa, one block from our office. They exist to break down the financial barriers that keep kids out of organized sport and recreation. Every child they sponsor is asked to pay it forward in their own community within ninety days. It is the most beautiful idea in local philanthropy and we are proud to stand behind it.
We have partnered with Their Opportunity for years. Together we have helped put thousands of Durham kids into organized sport, and we contribute personally to the cause every year because we believe in what they do. If you want to help, the link below goes straight to them.
Founded by Randy Gill, 2007
Their Mission
To educate, uplift, and support children to overcome barriers through the strength of sport and generosity.
The Giveback
Every kid Their Opportunity sponsors is asked to give back in their own community within ninety days. The cycle keeps going.
Why It Matters Here
These are our neighbours. The kids on these teams grow up in the same Durham communities we sell homes in. The better our community, the better the lives we help build.
One round.
One kid back in the game.
1
Kid funded for a full season of sport, per golfer
60,000+
Children given a chance to play since 2007
70
Communities across Canada reached
750,000+
Recreation hours delivered to kids who needed them
Impact figures from Their Opportunity’s public reporting. Every dollar raised at the classic is funnelled directly into sponsorship of local children through the Their Opportunity sport-access program and its pay-it-forward Give Back cycle.
Come in
for a coffee.
A real office with a real team. Not a kitchen-table operation. Drop by for a coffee and let’s talk through whatever you have in front of you.
152 Simcoe St N
Oshawa, Ontario · L1G 4S7
Mon-Fri 9am-6pm · Evenings & weekends by appointment
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Questions about Hinchey Homes, answered
- Shawn Hinchey is the broker and owner of Hinchey Homes Real Estate Team, based in Oshawa, Ontario. He has been serving Durham Region since 2013 and personally negotiates every transaction. Hinchey Homes has 500+ five-star reviews and operates under eXp Realty, Brokerage.
- Hinchey Homes has 500+ five-star client reviews across Google, Birdeye, RankMyAgent, Facebook and Rate-My-Agent. The count on each platform, and the date it was last checked, is published on the testimonials page. The platforms overlap, so the per-platform numbers are never added together.
- Hinchey Homes serves all of Durham Region and the East GTA, including Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Clarington, Bowmanville, Courtice, Brooklin, Port Perry, Uxbridge, Newcastle, and Orono.
- Yes. Shawn Hinchey personally handles every negotiation on every listing and every buyer transaction. This is a core brand promise, not delegated to junior agents.
- Three things: Renos for Revenue, Canada's only pay-at-closing pre-sale renovation program; up to $9,000 invested in preparing every listing; and a written Performance Guarantee. 91.8% of the team's business comes from repeat clients and referrals.
- Hinchey Homes Real Estate Team is brokered by eXp Realty, Brokerage. The team office is at 152 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, Ontario.