"Kathy’s real estate experience in Chicago and also in my Lakeview neighborhood was evident and super helpful. She came to our first meeting well- prepared with market information and guidance on the process, and at that time I was not even sure I was ready to sell. I appreciated her honest, no pressure style.

I had an exceptional experience working with Kathy Murphy. From start to finish, she was professional, responsive, and incredibly knowledgeable about the market. She took the time to understand what I was looking for, made numerous commutes to out the suburbs, and overall made the entire process smooth and stress-free. Whether it was scheduling showings, answering questions, or negotiati...

Not only is Kathy a true professional who has your best interest always in mind, but she is extremely easy to work with. Friendly and cordial only begin to scratch the surface. We have worked with Kathy on three real estate transactions, and all have closed without a hitch. We can’t recommend her highly enough.

Kathy goes above and beyond to make things happen regardless of the situation or potential obstacles. Thanks Kathy!

Kathy has always been our go-to when it comes to buying and/ or selling. She is so wonderful to work with going above and beyond for her clients. We will always recommend and refer to Kathy when it comes to anything real estate!

What a delight to work with Kathy. Very knowledgeable and such a professional

Kathy is the absolute best! We loved her attention to detail and availability! She really puts her clients first! Thank you Kathy!

I would highly recommend Kathy to be your realtor especially if, like me’, you are selling for the first time. She calmly answered all my questions and handled all situations. Kathy is a top notch realtor and person.

Kathy is a great realtor and a wonderful person. We would never buy or sell with anyone else. Her attention to detail is unparalleled and her professionalism is off the charts. I recommend Kathy to everyone I come in contact with.

Kathy was great in helping us search for our first home. She was very communicative and thoughtful during the whole process. She got us into every house that we wanted to see and helped us land our dream home!Kelley Gessner3/14/22

I have worked with Kathy on two properties and recommended her to other friends who used her services. She is very, very good and knows how to move a property. She also was instrumental in our purchase of new place. She gives great advice and stands with you during entire process. Pleasure and profitable to work with!! Maria Quinlan

My wife and I worked with Kathy to find our dream home and it was an incredible experience. Not only was Kathy very professional and responsive but I never got the feeling that she wasn't looking out for our best interests and she never made us feel like she was encouraging us to buy a home that we didn't fully love just to make a quick sale. We found the perfect home quickly and under K...

Kathy was incredible to work with. She made the process absolutely seamless. She was super flexible and made a usually very stressful process, simple.

Kathy Murphy went above and beyond what we expected of a real estate professional in several important ways, and her efforts ensured that the sale of our Lakewood Balmoral home went through. Robert Bernstein

I have worked with Kathy on two properties and recommended her to other friends who used her services. She is very, very good and knows how to move a property. She also was instrumental in our purchase of new place. She gives great advice and stands with you during entire process. Pleasure and profitable to work with!!Maria Quinlan

Kathy Murphy assisted us with the purchase of our new home as well as the selling of our previous home in Lakewood Balmoral. She was most generous with her time during our search for our new home. She helped us through the process of selling our previous home which we had owned for 45 years. She was patient, encouraging and always available when we had concerns or questions. We admire he...

 Kathy was the best! This was our first time buying a home and she made the process very easy and was always there to answer our numerous phone calls/texts/emails. We were fortunate to have her in this process! Kate Schankweiler   

Kathy Murphy assisted us with the purchase of our new home as well as the selling of our precious homoe in Lakewood Balmoral. She was most generous with her time during our search for our new home. She helped us through the process of selling our previous home which we had owned for 45 years. She was patient, encouraging and always available when we had concerns or questions. We admire h...

Kathy is absolutely wonderful to work with! Every task is met with professionalism and courtesy. This was my second opportunity to work with Kathy. She truely cares about her clients as well as the community and neighborhood she lives in.Michele DiMaggio

Kathy did a fantastic job for us when we sold our condo and the ensuing home search. She found us a buyer for our condo before we even went on the market, saving us all the headache and worry that would have entailed. She also stuck with us over a months long housing search in what was a very tough market for buyers, sending us listings and touring homes with us until we finally found ou...

Kathy helped me buy and sell a condo during the pandemic and kept me sane. :) I received great advice about the pricing and marketing of my condo and ended up receiving a full price offer in 3 days. She was very patient in my search for a new condo and always provided good insights.

I was impressed with Kathy's integrity and honesty when working thru the negotiations. She kept confidences and honestly presented our best options. Her attention to detail helped us to keep the stress down...she gave us contacts to sell and donate furniture, and clean our house...I highly recommend Kathy Murphy

"Kathy was professional and wonderful to work with. She was always responsive and listened to our interests and needs. She was able to bring a lot of different people to see the house which led to finding our buyer, which was so important, especially now. We appreciate her kindness and expertise." zuser20140531142227183 5252 N Wayne Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

I was living in Florida and had been trying to sell my Chicago Gold-Coast condo for nearly two years. I had only received low-ball offers, until I met Kathy. Through her work with showings and open houses, she was able to bring me a reasonable offer very quickly. It wasn’t until I came back in town to move out that I realized how she had succeeded. Brilliantly, through small changes...

Kathy was a kind, calm, intelligent professional guide for us as we prepared a condo property for resale. Her knowledge of the local market and regional trends was extremely helpful, and she advised us in the various details of prepping the place and assessing interested potential buyers every step of the way. We're so grateful she was able to work with us, and recommend her most highly!...

Kelly Summers     8/2/19We bought our first home (a condo) with Kathy, and then returned years later to sell it with her. Both experiences were stellar. We were moving from California so didn't know Chicago well, but she helped us find the perfect neighborhood and vintage building; she was then a calm and experienced fount of advice through both the buying and selling processes. She...

Jane Dus     4/6/19We have worked with Kathy on the purchase of two condos and the selling of one. We feel very fortunate that we found Kathy when we moved to Chicago. She was always very straight forward without punching her opinion, provided great advice and helped to navigate some challenging bumps along the way. We would highly recommend Kathy...she is the best realtors we have ...

"Kathy helped with the process of purchasing my first home. She was always available to answers my questions and always remind me of the steps that I should take in the process, which was very helpful since I knew very little about that. She's also a very pleasant person."renatoartdirector5415 N Sheridan Rd APT 302, Chicago, IL 60640

She's a rock star. I closed my purchase with Kathy(VA loan), and I couldn't have completed the journey without her knowledge, professionalism, and her sincere opinions. As a first time buyer, I had numerous questions and confusions, yet she helped me clarify all my worries. She was there for every step of showing (revisiting multiple times), inspection, appraisal, and most of all COMMUNI...

"I've known Kathy for over 10 years. They say that business and friendship should be separate but when it came to selling our place I could not think of hiring any other agent other than Kathy to sell our place. 9 years ago she helped us find the same place after looking at over 50 places over a period of one year! When to came to selling our place ( because of an overseas move) were wer...

"Kathy had our backs throughout the process. I appreciated her competitive pricing but calm, down to earth manner. And she clearly knew my neighborhood. Easiest real estate (of 5) I’ve had, hands down."aliefer5253 N Lakewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

I have engaged Kathy 4 times over the past 13 years in both selling my home and purchasing a new one. Most recently, Kathy had sold my condo in quick order (5 days on the market) and I ended up renting as we could not find the right place to purchase. While out of the country, I spotted a condo in foreclosure in a building I knew. Kathy went and looked at the unit and sent me detailed pi...

Kathy Murphy sold my condominium in Chicago in 2/2018. Kathy was a true professional in every aspect of the process and I couldn't have been more pleased with the effort she put forth and the outcome she helped us achieve. Kathy is very knowledgeable about the Chicago residential real estate  market, and she went above and beyond to help us with an employer requested relocation. I highl...

Kathy Murphy was highly recommended to me, and after working with Kathy on the purchase of my new home, I highly recommend her as well! I had fired my first realtor due to unmet expectations. Kathy went above and beyond my expectations. While not a first time home buyer, it was my first time  buying a condo and my first purchase in the city. Kathy is very knowledgeable, professional and...

Kathy did a wonderful job helping us find a home.  She listened to us and sent property listings for houses that met our needs and budget. She also helped guide us through the process of purchasing the home, which became somewhat complicated because of inspection issues. We followed her advice and we were glad we did. In sum, we found Kathy to be polite, professional, and spot on in her...

We were relocating to Chicago from out of state and wanted to find a home in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview neighborhoods. Friends recommended that we utilize Baird & Warner and were fortunate to meet Kathy Murphy. She helped us focus on properties that met our needs and efficiently guided us through  dozens of showings during two weekend visits to Chicago. After finding the ideal home, Kath...

Kathy is absolutely wonderful. We started our search for our first place with only a budget and a deadline. It was overwhelming. Kathy was recommended to us by a couple friends and we reached out to her hoping for some guidance. She was responsive from day one and had the patience to explain the  process and answer all (and we had a lot!) of our questions. Kathy was available by phone, ...

Kathy was the perfect realtor for us. After taking us on a few showings she honed in on exactly the type of home we were looking for and it was only a matter of time before she found us our new place. Very accommodating, very willing to offer guidance for inexperienced home buyers. I couldn't  recommend her highly enough!

Kathy Murphy handled the sale of our home where we had lived for more than 30 years, and she found us the condo where we presently are living. Perhaps the best aspect of her work is that she quickly got to know our likes and dislikes and how to match us to a new home that will serve us well far  into the future. We actually had some fun times looking at potential apartments. Conversely,...

Kathy was very professional from the beginning. Developed listing and pictures in a few days and began marketing. Her recommendation for pricing was right on the mark and had multiple showings within a few days and received an offer in 10 days. She handled the negotiations and we closed in 20  days. Am very pleased and impressed with Kathy's knowledge of the market and ability to make t...

Kathy helped me find the perfect condo! This was my first time buying a home and Kathy was extremely patient and informative through the entire process. She not only has years of experience and thorough knowledge of Chicago but she also has a great attitude. I would recommend Kathy to anyone  looking to buy or sell a home.

We have moved/sold many houses over the years and therefore worked with many realtors. I can say emphatically that Kathy Murphy is the hardest working realtor we have ever worked with. She is completely in tuned to the housing market and what prospective buyers are looking for. She has a very  positive but realistic attitude throughout the process and is overall delightful to work with....

Kathy helped us with the purchase and subsequent sale of our Lincoln Park condo. She was consistently responsive and professional and took our satisfaction with the outcome personally. J J     

We first met Kathy at an open house almost a year ago in March when we knew we were moving to Chicago. We told her our story and she followed up with us but was not pushy. When we finally moved to Chicago and were ready to buy a home, we worked with Kathy. She was incredibly helpful to us in navigating the purchase of a home in a new city. She provided incredible recommendations for assi...

Kathy worked very hard at selling our house. She advised us about staging for best visual impact and provided professional floor plan and photography. She held weekly open houses to generate interest. She was prompt and reliable in scheduling showings, inspections and walk-throughs. In short, she did everything we could have asked. We can feel confident in recommending her to friends, kn...

Kathy Murphy proved to be an excellent agent and resource for me when I recently purchased my new home.Kathy developed a keen sense of what I wanted within my budget, and never pressured me in any manner. She accompanied me on many open houses and private showings to a multitude of homes before I settled on one. Always helpful and cheerful, I have enlisted her services in selling...

Working with Kathy was an absolute pleasure. As first time buyers we didn't know what questions to ask and Kathy  knew what we needed to know and found the answers for us.She helped us through the process as first time homebuyers, and was always available when we needed her. She worked with us for several months while we viewed many homes, in the end was able to help us get...

Kathy is an expert in the Downtown Area and the various neighborhoods. I appreciated the insight since we have not lived here before. She was fun to be around, professional, and an overall great experience.

Kathy was professional and candid with me throughout the process. I was informed along the way and she listened to what I wanted. It was a very positive experience to work with Kathy.   

Kathy was professional and candid with me throughout the process. I was informed along the way and she listened to what I wanted. It was a very positive experience to work with Kathy.   

Baird & Warner was excellent in our search for a condo in Chicago. The online resources to review the MLS listings were very helpful. Our agent, Kathy Murphy, was a pleasure to work with, and helped us throughout the process from beginning through our close. 

Kathy, Please accept this letter as a recommendation and a sincere thank you for your efforts in selling our townhome in Sauganash Village. Your advice, patience and persistence in guiding us thorough the marketing, selling and closing transactions were appreciated.  You exercised patience and worked with us to sell the value of our home, the benefits of living in the Saugana...

I had the pleasure of working with Kathy on the sale of my existing home and purchasing a new one. Kathy is immensely knowledgeable about the market and what needs to be done to sell. She even personally helped me stage my home to get it ready for sale.   She also is an extremely effective, patient and crafty buyer's agent. She showed me listings that were exactly what I was se...

I had the pleasure of working with Kathy on the sale of my existing home and purchasing a new one. Kathy is immensely knowledgeable about the market and what needs to be done to sell. She even personally helped me stage my home to get it ready for sale.   She also is an extremely effective, patient and crafty buyer's agent. She showed me listings that were exactly what I was se...

We were so fortunate that Kathy was the agent that recommended to us when we moved to Chicago. She is teriffic! She helped us find a home in an unfamiliar city that worked perfectly for us. She was informative about the different neighborhoods and extremely patient as we looked at houses in different areas. She guided us through the buying process and everything went smoothly. She was s...

Kathy - thank you so much for all you work, help, support over the past year as we went through the sale of our 2-flat in Lakeview You are a pleasure to work with! Thanks for everything. Carol and Jeff Allen June 2012

When we decided to place our Lakewood-Balmoral home for sale we interviewed three real estate sales agents/firms to understand how they would propose to market our unique property. Of the three, Kathy Murphy of Baird & Warner stood out as the most skilled and prepared to successfully market and sell our home for us. Ms. Murphy defined a clear and unique strategy and outlined a thoro...

Kathy Murphy was an exceptional agent in every way as she sold my home. She is very, very skilled and a delightful person to work with. E. Kelley 2007

Kathy Murphy was very patient and completely understood our needs, desires and capacity financially. She was definitely an asset! M. Alexander 2007

Kathy provides excellent service throughout both buying and selling. Will highly recommend her when I can. D. Kornicki 2007

We were relocating to Chicago from out of state and wanted to find a home in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview neighborhoods.  Friends recommended that we utilize Baird & Warner and were fortunate to meet Kathy Murphy.  She helped us focus on properties that met our needs and efficiently guided us through dozens of showings during two weekend visits to Chicago.  Afte...