Brand Book · Volume One · 2026
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The identity of a husband-and-wife real estate team, evolved from Wakefield at Home and built to grow across Massachusetts.
Prepared for Brandon & Kaitlyn Oberdorfer · October 2026 · Concept 3
Proposed · awaiting approvalBrandon and Kaitlyn already love how Wakefield at Home looks. This book keeps that look and turns it into a system that works on every screen, sign and page, and in every Massachusetts community the team serves.
Four labels show the status of every rule and claim.
Taken directly from the publication: copy, colors, typefaces, layout.
A recommendation in this book, awaiting Brandon and Kaitlyn's approval.
A fact, credential or compliance item that must be confirmed before it is published.
Placeholder material such as listings, agents and images. It is never presented as real.
Chosen October 15, 2026 from three magazine-based concepts (see Discovery).
Editorial Heritage, built on an architectural grid.
Concept A provides the identity: light serif headlines, navy covers, ivory pages, the inset gold frame and the magazine's page furniture. Concept B provides the structure: a twelve-column grid, asymmetric editorial layouts, and dimension-line details from the page 7 house drawing. The result is clearly the magazine, but it works as a website.
Home holds the everyday moments that become a life.
Dinners around the table, celebrations with friends, and a familiar place to land at the end of the day. The Oberdorfer Team begins there, with homes as the places where lives are built.
Brandon and Kaitlyn Oberdorfer bring the values of their own family to their work: care, honesty, hard work, and showing up for the people who count on them. Whether a client is buying a first home, making room for a next chapter, or preparing to sell, the aim is the same: to feel heard, informed and supported from the first conversation through closing.
Now the team is growing. A team office is planned, and new agents will join. The story stays the same as it grows: Husband. Wife. Your Team.
Paragraphs 1–2 are adapted from the source biography (page 2). Paragraph 3 is Proposed, with office details to confirm.
Mission
To help people across Massachusetts make confident real estate decisions, with personal attention, clear local knowledge and presentation worthy of every home.
Vision
To become one of Massachusetts' most trusted real estate teams, known for a family's care and a premium firm's preparation, carried into every community by agents who share that standard.
The publication's market page teaches rather than sells. "A useful snapshot helps you ask better questions." The mission keeps that educational promise.
It restates the brand promise, Luxury at every price point, in plain words: the standard does not depend on the price.
Growth is part of the vision but no market is named. The brand must not stay limited to Wakefield, and it must not claim offices it does not have.
Personal relationships, with the sophistication of a premium real estate organization.
For Massachusetts buyers and sellers at every price point, The Oberdorfer Team is the husband-and-wife real estate team that brings premium presentation and preparation to every move, because Brandon and Kaitlyn treat each client's home the way they treat their own.
Why choose this team over a larger, less personal organization?
Brandon and Kaitlyn lead the team personally, and the brand is built on that relationship. Confirm how client work is shared as the team grows
The team brings editorial-quality marketing to every listing, as Wakefield at Home shows: thoughtful presentation, clear pricing, and a property story.
The team compares a home with similar closed sales instead of quoting headline medians, and it sources and dates every number.
The seasonal At Home publications keep clients and neighbours connected between moves.
The Caregiver, guided by the Sage.
The Caregiver protects and supports. It fits "showing up for the people who count on us." The Sage informs, which fits the market education and "clear guidance and attention to the details." A trace of the Creator carries the creative marketing.
Why not the Ruler, the usual luxury archetype? Status and exclusivity would contradict "every price point" and push away first-time buyers. This brand's luxury is care and craft, not rank.
Watch for: a Caregiver can drift into softness. The Sage keeps the work expert and specific.
Be this, not that.
Working personas built from the brief and the publication. They are not research findings, so validate them with the team's real client history.
These three service principles come straight from page 2. They organise everything else.
Personal
Two partners invested in your goals.
Purposeful
A plan shaped around your home and life.
Prepared
Clear guidance and attention to the details.
Named in the source biography and the brief.
Treat every client's home and timing as if it were our own.
Say what the numbers mean, including when they are not what someone hoped.
Preparation is visible in every listing, every guide and every follow-up.
Clients know who they are working with and how to reach them.
Teach, compare and explain. Never pressure.
Sources, dates, spelling, light and staging, every time.
Every home gets a story, a strong first impression and editorial presentation.
The relationship continues after closing, through the publication and the community.
The publication already has the voice: warm, plain, specific and useful. Its best lines are short sentences that turn on a single idea.
Every paragraph should help someone decide or act. "Ask for a property-specific market review before deciding what to offer."
Leave out "luxurious," "stunning" and "dream home." Name the real things instead: the light, the layout, the walk to the lake.
"Close to Boston. Closer to what matters." Pair two lines when the second one moves the thought forward.
Name the source, the period and the geography. "Figures may be revised" is part of the voice, not fine print.
| Channel | Register | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Website | Clear, warm, scannable. Lead with the reader's goal. | "Selling this spring? Start with the right comparisons." |
| Agent biographies | First person, specific, verified. Values before credentials. | "I grew up … I help buyers who …" (only verified facts) |
| Property marketing | Concrete and sensory, never generic. Facts in the specifications. | "Morning light across the kitchen; a ten-minute walk to the commuter rail." |
| Luxury listings | Even more restraint. Let the architecture and the details speak. | "An 1890 Queen Anne, restored with care." Not "Exquisite masterpiece!" |
| Social media | Personal and local, one idea per post. Brandon and Kaitlyn's own voice. | "Saturday at the farmers market. Here's what we brought home." |
| A letter from people, not a blast. One clear next step. | "The fall issue is here. Inside: six ways to spend a Saturday close to home." | |
| Community articles | Editorial, researched, credited, with dates for anything that changes. | "Seasonal schedules can change. Check each destination before you go." |
| Buyer and seller guides | Step by step and calm. Explain terms the first time they appear. | "A listing price is a seller's starting point. A closed sale shows what a buyer actually paid." |
Your dream home awaits! Unlock luxury living with Massachusetts' #1 team.
Hype, an unverifiable ranking, no information.
For the home you have. For the life you are building. Let's start with what matters most to you.
Source line plus a clear next step.
Wakefield home prices are up! Now's the time to sell.
No source, no date, and it implies advice that applies to everyone.
Wakefield's median sale price was $786,979 for the three months ending August 2026 (Redfin). Your home's own comparisons matter more.
Sourced and dated, then turned toward the reader's own home.
Promise
Luxury at every price point. Source
Identity line
Husband. Wife. Your Team. Source
Pillars
Personal
Two partners invested in your goals.
Purposeful
A plan shaped around your home and life.
Prepared
Clear guidance and attention to the details.
Support lines
Thoughtful service. Creative marketing. A personal connection to every move.
For the home you have. For the life you are building.
A personal standard of service.
SourceProof
The At Home publications, the editorial listing presentation, sourced market education, and Brandon and Kaitlyn's direct involvement.
"Top Producer", as stated in the publication. Confirmed by the team, Oct 15, 2026
Calls to action
Request a consultation · Get a market review · Schedule a showing · Call Brandon and Kaitlyn: 406-250-7620
25 words
The Oberdorfer Team is a husband-and-wife real estate team serving buyers and sellers across Massachusetts, offering luxury at every price point.
50 words
Led by Brandon and Kaitlyn Oberdorfer, The Oberdorfer Team helps Massachusetts clients buy and sell with thoughtful service, creative marketing and a personal connection to every move. The team operates under REWAP Brokerage LLC and publishes the seasonal At Home community magazines.
100 words
The Oberdorfer Team is a husband-and-wife real estate partnership led by Brandon and Kaitlyn Oberdorfer. Its promise is luxury at every price point: the same preparation, presentation and personal attention whether a client is buying a first home, moving up or selling a cherished one. The team serves clients across Massachusetts, guided by comparable sales rather than headlines, and keeps neighbours connected through its seasonal At Home publications. The Oberdorfer Team operates under REWAP Brokerage LLC and is growing, with a planned team office and new agents who share its standard.
Every logo is outlined from the Cormorant Garamond Light glyphs embedded in the PDF, so it matches the cover exactly. The monogram's frame comes from the cover's inset gold border, in the 8.5 × 11 proportions of the magazine page.
currentColor). Use it for engraving, embossing, fax and newsprint.The approved way to show the relationship. The REWAP logo is used as supplied and never redrawn.
Powered by REWAP BrokerageClear space: keep at least the cap height of the "T" (marked x) clear on all sides. On covers, the inset frame counts as the edge.
Minimum sizes: primary 1.25 in / 120 px wide; stacked 0.9 in / 90 px; compact 24 px tall; monogram 0.25 in / 20 px tall (single frame below 32 px).
Approved colors: navy on ivory or sandstone; gold or ivory on navy; ivory on photography over a scrim; single color for production methods.
Lettering: Cormorant Garamond Light, mixed case, tracking +12. Caps lines use Cormorant Garamond Light tracked +160 to +420, outlined so they render identically everywhere.
Gold on ivory
Fails contrast. Gold is for navy grounds.
Stretched
Never distort, condense or rotate.
Metallic gradients
Use no gold foil effects on screen, and no gradients or glows.
Merged with REWAP
Keep the brands apart. Use the plate or the typographic lockup.
Vector SVG in /assets/logo/: primary (navy, gold, ivory, mono), stacked, compact, monogram, social avatar, favicon, and the brokerage lockup (navy, ivory). PNG exports: avatar 800 px, apple-touch-icon 180 px, favicon 32 px. Print-ready PDF and EPS versions will be exported after approval.
The values were sampled from the print file and refine the estimates in the brief. Gold Ink is new and keeps small gold-toned text accessible.
Midnight Navy
HEX #071D2D · RGB 7 29 45CMYK ≈ 95 75 50 65 · Pantone: match on proof
Covers, navigation, footer, CTA panels and display type on ivory.
Warm Ivory
HEX #F7F3EC · RGB 247 243 236Brief estimate #F6F1EB, refined
Page background for editorial content, biographies, listings and community pages.
Antique Gold
#B49A65 · brief #B4A17C, refined
Rules, frames and linework. Text on navy only.
Gold Ink
#7A6438 · new
Labels and numerals on ivory (5.1:1).
Sandstone
#E9E2D5 · brief #EAE3D7, refined
Alternating sections, callouts and stat bands.
Text Ink
#142A38 · sampled body text
Body copy on light grounds.
Slate
#59656A · brief #58666B, refined
Captions, metadata and sources.
Roughly how much of each color a typical page or piece should use.
Ivory 55 · Navy 28 · Sandstone 12 · Text 3 · Gold 2. Gold earns its luxury by appearing rarely.
Use gold for rules, frames, linework and labels on navy. Never use it for large fills, buttons on ivory, gradients or foil effects on screen.
Use navy for whole-section grounds such as covers, statistics and closings. Use it once or twice per page, not as scattered boxes.
Proof navy and gold on press. Antique gold can be printed as a PMS metallic for covers only, after approval. Uncoated stock will shift values.
Full contrast matrix and state tokens: Design System › Color tokens.
The PDF's font data names them: Cormorant Garamond Light and Light Italic, and Manrope ExtraLight. Both are open-source (SIL OFL) Google Fonts, free for web, print and signage.
Display · Cormorant Garamond
Aa Bb Cc Oo Qq
Rr Ss Tt & 1868
Light (300) for headlines from 30px up; Regular and Medium for smaller serif text; Italic for the answering half of a headline and for captions. Bodoni Moda was considered as an alternative, but the publication already uses Cormorant, so there is nothing to substitute.
Text · Manrope
Aa Bb Cc 0123
$786,979
Regular (400) for body text, Medium (500) for navigation, Semibold (600) for labels and buttons. The magazine's ExtraLight (200) is kept for print display sizes only. Inter was considered as an alternative and rejected, because Manrope is the source face.
Real estate / Your next chapter
Make your homefeel exceptional.
Thoughtful presentation. Clear pricing. A plan that fits your life.
If you are selling
Review recent closed sales with similar location, style, condition, and living area. Agree on a pricing strategy before choosing a launch date.
Full responsive scale (Display XL to captions): Design System › Type scale.
Photography carries this brand. It should look like an architecture and lifestyle magazine: honest, warm and composed.
Lake Quannapowitt Panorama, RedSoxFan274 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped. Breakheart Reservation, Joseph Reagle / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped. Team portrait from the publication (approval needed).
Use 4:5 framing and natural window light, on an ivory or deep navy backdrop or a real home setting. Wear navy, ivory or black, with no busy patterns. All agents get matching framing and grading.
Show a modest condominium with the same care as an estate: straight verticals, lights on, rooms decluttered. Shoot exteriors at golden hour or blue hour.
Show the places locals love, such as town commons, lakes, Main Streets and farms. Shoot each community through the seasons for the At Home issues.
Show tables, doors, hardware, light on a stair. Keep it tactile and specific, and stage it simply.
Colonials, Capes, triple-deckers, Victorians, mill conversions. Show the state's real housing stock, not just its grandest homes.
Show the office once it opens: the entrance, the meeting table, the team at work. Office pending
Overlay: navy scrim only (rgb(7 29 45 / .2–.88)), heaviest where text sits. Never use black, coloured tints or blur.
Mobile focal point: set a focal point for each hero (--focal) so faces and front doors survive the portrait crop.
Delivery: AVIF with WebP fallback, through responsive srcset at 480, 960, 1440 and 2400 px. Hero images under 250 KB. Lazy-load everything below the fold.
Each one is found in the source pages and reused across web, print and signage.
1 · The inset frame
A hairline gold border set inside the edge (pages 1 and 8). Use one per view: covers, heroes and closing panels.
2 · Page furniture
A spaced-caps running head at the top, and a folio bar at the bottom with the team name, issue and page number. On the web these become section labels and the footer.
3 · Headlines that answer
"Know the market. / Love the home." Set large, light and left-aligned, with generous space above.
4 · Navy for structure
Whole navy grounds hold statistics, services and promises. On ivory pages, a navy panel is the strongest accent available.
5 · Image and column
A tall image beside a disciplined text column. Grid: image across columns 1–6, text across columns 8–12, with the gutter left as air.
Whitespace
Margins run from 16 to 80px, and sections from 64 to 136px. Put more space above a heading than below it. When in doubt, remove an element instead of shrinking the space.
The dimension line with end ticks is the architectural signature. Use it sparingly, for ranges and measurements.
The rules in this book are written as CSS custom properties. The WordPress theme, the email templates and the print templates all read the same names.
--ot-navy --ot-ivory --ot-gold --ot-gold-ink --ot-sandstone --ot-slate …
--surface-* --text-* --rule-* --border-*, remapped automatically on navy sections.
Focus, hover, press, disabled, form, success, warning, error and info.
Fluid type (clamp()), 4px spacing, a 12-column grid, square radius and motion timings.
The homepage opens like the magazine: framed, navy, personal, with search set at the foot of the cover. This is a preview; the working example site is built from these components.
BuySellCommunitiesOur TeamJournal406-250-7620Massachusetts real estate
Thoughtful service. Creative marketing. A personal connection to every move.
The people behind the promise
Whether you are buying your first home, making room for your next chapter, or preparing to sell, we want you to feel heard, informed, and supported.
Massachusetts real estate
The people behind the promise
Mobile is composed for a portrait screen, not shrunk from desktop: one action, with the faces kept in frame.
Hero and search · team introduction · featured listings · buy and sell paths · communities · market preview · journal · consultation
Search and filters · process · preapproval · showings · seller consultation · market review · preparation · marketing · launch
Massachusetts hub · community template · At Home archive · categories · newsletter
About · directory · /agents/agent-name/ · recruiting · office template · contact forms · disclosures
Luxury at every price pointBrandon & Kaitlyn
Oberdorfer
Husband-and-wife team
406-250-7620[team email] · [website]
Offered by The Oberdorfer Team
Demo Residence
Example Street, Massachusetts · Offered at $000,000
The property
Placeholder property story. On a real listing this is a short, concrete description written from a visit: the morning light, the flow from kitchen to garden, the walk to the commuter rail.
Seller presentation
A plan shaped around your home and life.
Sunday · 1–3 PM
Open
House
Wakefield at Home becomes a repeatable series: same masthead, page furniture and sections, with a new community and season each issue.
Winter 2026–27 / Local living. Beautiful homes.
Worcester
At Home
Annual edition / Across the Commonwealth
Massachusetts
At Home
01 Cover · 02 The people behind the promise · 03 Life in [town] · 04 Market insight · 05 Field guide · 06 Kitchen · 07 Your next chapter · 08 Closing promise
Running head in Gold Ink caps. Folio: "The Oberdorfer Team · [Town] at Home / [Season Year] · page". Every photo and statistic carries a credit and a date.
8.5 × 11 in, 0.125 in bleed, saddle-stitched 8 or 12 pages, plus a digital edition in the website journal with a PDF download.
Signs use the navy cover with the gold frame, and nothing else. The phone number is the largest piece of text after the wordmark.
For sale
406-250-7620
A team office of REWAP Brokerage
Yard signs are 3 mm aluminium composite, matte navy, with a reflective-free gold vinyl frame. Riders are ivory with navy type.
Allow at least 1 in of letter height for each 10 ft of viewing distance. The phone number is never set smaller than 2.5 in on a 24 × 18 in sign.
The brokerage's name and any required disclosures must appear in the size and position Massachusetts rules and REWAP require. Confirm before any sign is ordered.
When agents join, the team brand leads and the agent's name sits in the same place on every template. No agent creates a separate identity.
[Agent Name]
[Title] · The Oberdorfer Team
[Direct phone][email] · MA lic. [verified number]
Hi Jordan,
Thank you for meeting with us today. Attached is the market review we discussed.
Powered by REWAP Brokerage LLC · Equal Housing Opportunity
Matches the team portrait: 4:5, natural light, the same backdrop and grading.
/agents/agent-name/ with verified license, specialties and service areas.
Business card, signature, announcement post, open house flyer and listing brochure.
Agents get this book, the voice rules and the governance checklist, and their first materials are approved by Brandon and Kaitlyn.
A brand built on honesty cannot publish a guess. These rules keep every page, sign and post accurate as the team grows.
Approve the brand, the voice, new templates, agent materials and every publication.
Approves advertising, signage, disclosures, the team name in advertising, and office wording, before they are published.
Maintains agents, communities, offices and articles in WordPress, with no development needed. Verifies every credential before publishing it.
Not without written verification.
To confirm before production.
ot-[asset]-[variant]-[color].[ext]. For example, ot-logo-primary-navy.svg or ot-card-agent-jsmith-2026.pdf. Logos, photography with licenses, templates and this book live in one shared library, and the source PDF is archived in /source/.
A personal standard of service
Luxury atevery price point.
For the home you have. For the life you are building.
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One ideaper post.
Square posts and stories use the cover grammar: inset frame, light serif, and a footer rule with the wordmark.
Just listed
Demo Residence,
Example Street
Market update · Wakefield
Redfin, accessed Oct 10, 2026. Wakefield, all home types. Price: 3 mos. ending Aug 2026; DOM, sale-to-list: Aug 2026.
The fall field guide
The best plans are close to home.
A personal standard of service
Luxury at every price point.
Welcome to the team
photo
[Agent Name]
Join our team
Grow with a team that presents every home like a feature.