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Janet Hagan, owner/broker of The Buyer’s Voice in Real Estate, was professionally educated as a neonatal intensive care nurse and served in the rank of Captain in the United States Army. Janet changed careers in the 1980s and became a licensed real estate Broker in both Maine and New Hampshire.

Active in the real estate community, Janet has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Exclusive Agents (NAEBA); President of the NH Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents; and Board member of the York County, Maine, Association of Realtors.

Professionally, Janet has been awarded many designations as a result of continued higher education. The Certified Exclusive Buyer Agent (CEBA) designation, the hallmark of achievement in the EBA field, is awarded only by the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents to those candidates who have successfully completed certain specific requirements that attest to their superior proficiency in the representation of buyers of real estate. Out of 1,102,250 Realtors in the United States, Janet was the 40th Realtor in the US to receive this designation.

The Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) is the highest Designation awarded to sales associates in the residential sales field. The CRS Designation recognizes professional accomplishments in both experience and education and CRS members comprise just 4 percent of all REALTORS.

The Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded by the Real Estate BUYER'S AGENT Council (REBAC), an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS, to real estate practitioners who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria.


Ed Hagan joined The Buyer’s Voice in Real Estate as a part-time Sales Agent in April of 2000 and became a full-time Associate Broker in the summer of 2004.

A 1968 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Ed was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy. He served onboard USS BRUMBY (FF-1044) and USS REEVES (CG-24) in the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, and completed a tour of duty with the Naval Advisory Group in Vietnam in 1972. Before leaving for Vietnam, Ed met Janet, a young Army Nurse, who became the love of his life. They were married in June of 1972. After graduating from the Surface Warfare Officer’s School in Newport Rhode Island, Ed completed an assignment as Operations Department Head in USS SAMPLE (FF-1048) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Ed and Janet started their family in Hawaii with the birth of Brian in 1975 and Jennifer in 1977.

Ed left the Navy in 1975 and returned to school in Hawaii to earn a degree in Chemistry. He then joined the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) and began a 26 year career with the company that designs the nuclear propulsion plants for U.S. Navy submarines. Ed’s duties as a Field Engineer took the Hagan family from Schenectady, New York to Waterford Connecticut, back to Pearl Harbor, and ultimately to Maine. Ed managed KAPL’s Field Engineering office at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from 1985 to 2003. Before retiring in June 2004, Ed spent his final year as a Senior Advisory Engineer assisting other KAPL offices in Hawaii, Washington, Idaho and Connecticut.

Like Janet, Ed is a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents, and both the Maine and NH Association of REALTORS. Ed is actively pursuing the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation.

Janet, Ed, and their two children have moved around the country every 2-3 years before settling in the beautiful Town of South Berwick, Maine. They knew first hand of the stress of moving into a new community; finding a new home on an all-too-brief house hunting trip, and getting their children enrolled in school. These experiences guide them in their quest to provide excellence in exclusive buyer representation for home buyers in Southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire.

"Janet has been patient in complex situations, and always kept her sense of humor and has represented us in an extremely professional manner. She always maintained her optimistic, friendly attitude throughout the process, and always had many new ideas and recommendations for us. We highly recommend Janet Hagan as the best in the business."
                 Gary and Cindy             The Cutts Mansion
                 Portsmouth, NH