Patrick O’Rourke Regional Vice President

Patrick O’Rourke was named Regional Vice President of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage for Chicago's North Shore in 2004.  Under his guidance, Coldwell Banker has maintained its position as the market leader on the North Shore, with a larger market share than the next three competitors combined.  He oversees the operations of 10 offices and more than 700 broker associates in Cook and Lake counties.   Well-known for his superb leadership skills and progressive business style, Patrickbelieves, “We are here to support each other. We are the biggest because we have the most professional agents, the best marketing and support staff in the industry."   Patrick stresses that each office has the feel of a boutique family business and every manager and staff member strives to exceed the expectations of individual agents. Patrick also manages the Glencoe Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office.  Under his strong leadership, in 2011, the average production for a full time agent was $5,000,000 in closed transactions. 

Committed to Your Business and Your Success

Patrick’s ongoing commitment to his agents includes development of individual marketing plans and access to Coldwell Banker’s leading technological resources that provide agent branding on top real estate websites including: Zillow.com, Realtor.com, Trulia.com, and Homes.Yahoo.com. Inquiries generated from these sites(as well as from ColdwellBanker.com and ColdwellBankerOnline.com)flow through Coldwell Banker’s HomeBase InTouch system that gives our agents the ability to respond within 60 seconds of the inquiry. Coldwell Banker’sphilosophy is that leads from an agent’s listings belong to the agent, not the company.Wecollect no referral fees or other charges on those leads.  In 2011 alone, HomeBase InTouch disbursed over 7,500 leads per month to Coldwell Banker agents, more than any other Chicagoland brokerage.   In addition to these major websites, Coldwell Banker advertises our listings on well over 60 major news and search websites.

Marketing & Design

Patrick employs staff members who help agents execute their business and marketing plans. In addition to agent and property internet marketing, graphic designers are available to agents, at no additional cost, to work on ads, public relations, brochures, direct mailings, and eblasts.  Patrick and the marketing staff work directly with local print publications and websites (including Pioneer Press, Patch.com, Sheridan Road Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Sun Times Publications, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Social and more) for further exposure of agents and their listings in the local marketplace. Patrick also provides a regional branding specialist who helps agents create branded materials to market themselves in a consistent manner to consumers.

Personal Background

A second generation Realtor, Patrick has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate profession. In 1990, he started his own real estate firm, Landmark Real Estate, which he successfully operated until October, 2000 when it was acquired by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.Born and raised on Chicago's North Shore, Patrick graduated with a B.S. in business administration from the University of Arizona.  He is a past Board Member of many community causes and charitable organizations including the United Way, Historic Preservation Commission, Coach and Commissioner of Little League Baseball, and Rotary. Patrick and his wife Cheryl have raised their four amazing kids in Glencoe and are active in their schools, sports, and pursuits within the community.

Coldwell Banker Nationally

Coldwell Banker is the dominant real estate company in the United States. Last year, Real Trends reported that it sold $103 billion of real estate while its closest competitor sold only $66 billion. In addition, for the 14th year in a row, Coldwell Banker agents sold more real estate in the State of Illinois than any other company in 2011. Coldwell Banker sells one out of every four homes in the high end market across the U.S.  Our luxury Previews Internationaldivisionserves Sellers who own homes valued over $750,000 with unmatched international connections and sophisticated marketing tools.  From global print advertising campaigns to digital platforms, the comprehensive Preview program is designed to attract the most qualified luxury home buyers. . . whether they are five miles or 5,000 miles away. Coldwell Banker has created an environment that allows agents to thrive.   It has invested both time and capital to deliver tools to the agents that help them increase sales year after year. Our agents are justifiably proud of Coldwell Banker’s heritage and the company’s commitment to remain the market leader.

Technology and Internet Innovations