Agnes Zak

Agnes Zak is an award winning Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Edgebrook. Agnes loves helping buyers and sellers accomplish their next real estate goal. Her strengths lie in her ability to anticipate needs, use technological resources to help her clients, market strategically, and put her clients first. With a strong emphasis on customer service, Agnes serves real estate needs in the following communities of Northwest Chicago: Galewood, Edgebrook, Portage Park, Old Irving, Dunning, Jefferson Park, Suburban homes in Elmwood Park, Norridge, Harwood Heights and surrounding areas.

Listing Your Home

Agnes, before bringing you a listing presentation on your home, first views your home and becomes familiar with it because your home is more than just facts and figures. She look at your home, walks through it with you, and then puts together your personalized listing package. She first helps you to understand the market conditions in your area so that you are a savvy seller, in the know, and can feel confident you are making the right decision to list. She explains her 6 factors she believes will sell the property and helps to set your expectations on the current closing costs, FHA financing, and other factors affecting today’s contracts. She is adept at helping people sell any type of resale home including estate sales, and has a vast amount of resources and trade lists to help with de-cluttering, staging, organizing or whatever is needed to get the job done and the home in its most attractive condition to draw in buyers and get you the best price for your home. She puts together an aggressive and unique marketing strategy for your home that is a combination of technological resources (placing your home on over 60 websites) and traditional techniques of direct mail, photography, video, and everything needed to reach more than 100% of the buyer pool: Meaning not just the buyers on the MLS but everyone! There is a tremendous amount of research and statistics to support that pricing your home well and positioning it correctly in the market will net you more for your home. She is very knowledgeable in this area and looks forward to helping you get your home sold efficiently and successfully.

Buying Your Next Home

Agnes enjoys working with first time and seasoned buyers in this market where opportunities abound and interest rates are at an all time low. Wherever you are in your search, whether you know exactly what you want, or need to narrow down your areas and wish list, Agnes meets you where you are and customizes your search to fit your present needs. She uses a mix of technology tools and traditional techniques to find you the ideal property. Before you make your final decision she makes sure that you have all of the available information on the area and it’s growth rate, market conditions, and recent sales so that you feel confident you have made the right choice. She is always available to answer questions and help with any needs along the way. She also has a wonderful list of resources and trades if you need painting, design work, or construction before moving in to customize your home. She is also a fierce negotiator and represents you and your interests to the fullest at all times.

Personal Background and Family Life

Agnes came to Chicago from Poland in 1996. She began her professional career as a nurse and has a heart for helping people in all aspects of life. A resident of Galewood in Chicago, Agnes is a wife and a mother of 2 small children. She loves the outdoors, camping and hiking.