Chicago North Side Real Estate
Leigh Marcus and his team have closed more than 2,200 sales across Roscoe Village, Lakeview, Lincoln Park and the neighborhoods around them — with honest pricing, sharp negotiation, and a team that actually answers the phone.
The Leigh Marcus Real Estate Team
@properties Christie's International Real Estate
About Leigh
Leigh Marcus didn't start in real estate. He spent fifteen years in technology sales at IBM, CDW and EMC before his wife — an agent herself — pulled him into the business. That background shows in how the team works: data first, straight talk always, and a negotiating posture built on knowing exactly what a home is worth.
Since then, Leigh has become one of the most recognized names on Chicago's North Side. He leads The Leigh Marcus Real Estate Team at @properties Christie's International Real Estate, with more than 2,200 sales closed and over $1.5 billion in career volume. The Chicago Association of REALTORS® has named him a top producer five consecutive years, and the team has landed on the Inc. 5000 list two years running. In 2019 he represented the highest-priced sale Roscoe Village had seen in more than a decade.
What that scale buys you is not a bigger machine — it's a team that has run the play hundreds of times. Whether you're a first-time buyer trying to win a competitive condo or a seller weighing an offer under pressure, you get people who have been there and will tell you the truth about it.
You'll hear what your home is actually worth in this market — not the number that wins the listing.
A full team means someone is reachable when a showing, an offer, or a question can't wait.
How It Works
Selling a home is a project with a lot of moving parts. Here's the sequence the team runs every time, so you always know what's happening and what comes next.
Before anything goes online, we sit down with the numbers: recent comparable sales on your block, current competing inventory, and how buyers are behaving this month. You get a defensible price range and the reasoning behind it — not a flattering guess. Roughly half of the team's listings historically go under contract inside the first few weeks, and pricing is the reason why.
We advise on the handful of fixes and staging moves that actually move the needle, then bring in professional photography and a full marketing package. A listing lives or dies in its first ten days on market, so the launch is coordinated to hit the MLS, the syndicated portals, and the team's own audience at the same moment for maximum first-week attention.
Showings and open houses are managed for you, and every piece of buyer feedback comes back so we can adjust quickly if the market is telling us something. You are never guessing about how it's landing — you get real reactions, not silence.
This is where experience pays for itself. When offers come in, the team works to keep buyers close to the original terms even when inspection issues or appraisal gaps surface. Clients consistently point to negotiation as the part of the process that earned the commission — holding a deal together and protecting the price when things get complicated.
Inspection, attorney review, appraisal, financing, the final walkthrough — the team tracks every deadline and stays ahead of the problems that derail deals. You get steady communication straight through to the closing table, and someone who picks up when a question can't wait.
Buyers on the North Side are competing in a fast, tight market — good homes move in days. The team's job is to get you positioned before you fall in love with a place you can't win.
The team keeps a large book of repeat and referral business for a simple reason: clients feel like they had a real advocate, not a sign in the yard.
What We Do
First-time buyers through luxury clients — single-family homes and condos across Chicago's North Side.
Data-driven pricing, professional marketing and photography, and negotiation built to protect your number from launch through closing.
Straight guidance on value, fast access to new listings, and offer strategy that wins competitive homes without overpaying.
Discreet, experienced representation on higher-end North Side and select North Shore homes — including record-setting Roscoe Village sales.
Patient, jargon-free help through your first purchase — mortgage basics, what to look for, and how to compete for the home you want.
Client Experience
"An 11 out of 10 — this team genuinely earns its commission, and the value they bring shows up at every step of the sale."
Personable and exceptionally knowledgeable about the Chicago market — the kind of agent who knows the block, not just the listing.
A smooth listing with strong photography that pulled immediate interest, and negotiation that held the deal close to our original offer when issues came up.
Prompt communication and shrewd negotiating that landed us a higher sale price than we expected going in.
Drawn from their public Google reviews — read them on Google.
Where We Work
Leigh and the team sell across Chicago's North Side and select North Shore suburbs. A few of the areas we work most:
Tree-lined blocks, single-family homes and vintage two-flats — the neighborhood where the team set a record sale in 2019.
Family-favorite streets and strong schools just north of Roscoe Village, with a mix of new construction and classic homes.
From lakefront condos to Southport single-family homes — one of the North Side's most active and varied markets.
Historic greystones, luxury condos and premium pricing — a market where negotiating experience genuinely matters.
Design-forward homes and loft condos for buyers who want character and a walkable, energetic scene.
A tight-knit, European-flavored pocket of the North Side with charming homes and loyal, long-term residents.
New construction and rehabbed classics across one of the city's fastest-evolving near-northwest neighborhoods.
Move-up and luxury buyers heading to the suburbs get the same representation across chosen North Shore towns.
Get In Touch
Tell us a little about what you're planning — a sale, a purchase, or just an honest read on your home's value in today's market. We'll get back to you quickly.
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Good To Know
Chicago's North Side is home base — Roscoe Village, North Center, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Bucktown/Wicker Park, Lincoln Square and West Town — plus select North Shore suburbs for move-up and luxury buyers.
Both. The team represents first-time buyers through luxury clients, and single-family homes as well as condos. No purchase is too small to get the full team behind it.
With data, not guesswork — recent comparable sales, current competing inventory, and how buyers are behaving right now. You'll get a defensible price range and the reasoning behind it before your home ever goes on the market.
The team works by appointment and is flexible with evenings and weekends. The fastest way to reach us is a call or text at (773) 985-6356, or email leighmarcus@atproperties.com.
Leigh has spent nearly two decades in Chicago real estate with more than 2,200 sales closed and over $1.5 billion in career volume, recognized as a top producer by the Chicago Association of REALTORS® five years running.