Kathy Swanstrom is a dedicated real estate professional with a passion for helping others. With having over 10 years of experience in Chicagoland’s real estate field, Kathy values the importance of building strong and trusting relationships with her clients. She takes the time to understand your unique goals and specific needs to ensure your transaction goes as smoothly as possible. She also brings a wealth of knowledge to each transaction, including her unique knowledge of the market that comes from years as a former real estate appraiser.
For over 18 years, Kathy and her husband have lived and raised their 3 children in Lemont, Illinois. She enjoys supporting her kids in their activities and sports, hiking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
Kathy is a wonderful person and skilled realtor. It is not often you come across someone, particularly in real estate and sales, that is this client-centered. For Kathy, it's all about making the client happy and fully satisfied with their purchase. She spent a year helping me find a place. She's patient, friendly, and very easy to talk with. She gets to know her clients so well; she knew exactly the kind of home, inside and out, that I was searching for. She's amazing. I cannot sing her praises enough. I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell a home.
Kathy did a wonderful and sweet job with representing us as the seller's agent in Illinois. She had our benefits as her top priority. She is very communicative and responsive, yet never rushed to an answer without background research and confirmation. I will certainly recommend Kathy to my friends.
Kathy was remarkable throughout the entirety of this home buying experience. She was very informative with market knowledge and information about the area. Kathy communicated seamlessly with my lender, attorney, and sellers representative so I never had to worry about any disconnect. She was always on time, extremely transparent, and I would love to work with her again in the future.
Kathy is the ultimate pro! She knew what our growing family needed and found suitable homes in a very unpredictable market. Kathy is a very patient, communicative, and detail oriented realtor with extensive expertise in her field of work. We will continue to recommend Kathy for her realtor work and are very happy she was able to assist in finding our forever home.
Kathy Swanstrom was a 15 out of 10! She bent over backwards for us during our home sales and purchases. My long-time home sold on a fluke to someone seeking to move to the area and posting on a neighborhood Facebook page. My neighbors knew I was planning to move after my son graduated high school and told the buyer about my home. This caused my family to move 6 months earlier than planned. Even though I had a potential buyer, I still had to show my home. I was completely unprepared for this last-minute opportunity, and Kathy saved the day. She offered suggestions for things to take care of and what to leave as-is. She beautifully staged my home and educated me on the process of selling and buying a home in the pandemic market that we were in. It was easy to sell my home, but finding one during the pandemic was much harder. Kathy worked tirelessly to find us a home that improved my downtown commute, was close to highways for my commuting husband and college students, and was in a walkable community. Kathy searched along the BNSF from LaGrange to Naperville, and the UPW from Elmhurst to Wheaton – a huge geographical area cover. She was on top of soon to be listings with me and my husband often being the first showing. Kathy worked tirelessly putting in offers on homes and to strategically to give us an edge, but deals fell through because we had to stay within our budget. Looking for a home that met our priorities during the pandemic proved to be very stressful and challenging. We were down to the wire, 35 days from closing on the home we were selling, and Kathy found an absolutely lovely home in unincorporated Glen Ellyn. We were the first to see the home, and Kathy worked with the selling agent to put in an offer that day. She was also able to negotiate a closing on the same day of my sale closing. About six months later, our family needed to move again for a job change. Kathy went back to work to find us a home in the area we needed to be in, again, under a time crunch. Kathy helped us find a lovely ranch home in a beautiful area with all of the things we were looking for in a very short period of time. Through all of these deals, Kathy worked with us on our offers, many times late into the evening, and into the early morning hours. She helped us figure out the best way to position our offer and what price to go in at to give us the absolute best chance of the sellers accepting our offer over others. We felt like we were working with our best friend rather than a real estate agent. In fact, we spent so much time together during this process that we are friends! Kathy helped us find a real estate attorney and ensured the closings were nearby, given our busy schedules. With my second home purchase, she helped me find an architect to help plan a kitchen remodel. Kathy also has an amazing eye for design and has helped me envision the potential a space has. Another aspect of Kathy’s service level to her clients is responsiveness. If I texted with a question or an update, she would often respond in 2 minutes or less. When you choose to work with Kathy Swanstrom (and I HIGHLY recommend you do) she will contact you quickly and invite you to meet anywhere that’s convenient for you to discuss what you want, deal breakers, price ranges, neighborhoods, etc. After you finish, she will give you her opinion/feedback on what you said and ask follow up questions to suggest you check out things you might not have considered. Full service, white glove service, at its best.
Kathy helped us with both buying our new home and selling our existing home. We had a tight deadline and some very specific needs and she was able to meet all of them. We highly recommend her for all your buying and selling needs. Bought and sold a Single Family home in 2020 in Downers grove, IL.
I can’t speak highly enough of Kathy. From the first time I reached out to Kathy she was very responsive. We always felt like she had our best interest in mind. Kathys knowledge, honesty, and hard work ethics made it easy to work with her. So glad to have found her.
