Tracy Dillard’s Midwestern warmth and openness make her clients feel they’ve known her for years. Her unusual combination of aesthetic sensitivity and business acumen allows her to approach real estate as both art and science – where contract terms and architectural bone structure easily coexist.
Tracy has been named by Quality Service Certified (QSC) to its "The Best in the Business" list, representing the top 250 of 30,000 eligible real estate professionals across North America. The Chicago Association of Realtors included Tracy on its list of highest-producing agents for 2008 -- representing the top 10% of agents in the Chicago market. She holds the national designations Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI) and Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) and the international designations Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) and Transnational Referral Certified (TRC). She is a member of the Koenig & Strey President's Club and has received the Premier Service Award as well as the Norma Strey Koenig Award, created in the name of the company founder to recognize integrity and professionalism.
Clients and other agents have said the following about Tracy’s work for them:
"You’ve given us great exposure to a wide variety of properties, amazing attention to detail, relentless follow through, focused professionalism, balanced advice and counsel, and a lot of your time and energy – who could ask for more? Thanks for a difficult job exceptionally well done."
"We greatly appreciate your attention to detail and the consummate professionalism you brought to every aspect of the marketing and sale of our property. You did what you said you were going to do and you did it with skill, style and grace."
"I am so confident that Tracy will take the best of care with my contacts that I send her way. She exemplifies the word ‘professionalism’. Tracy is a highly skilled negotiator who thoroughly knows her market. An added plus is that she is extremely knowledgeable about Chicago architecture."
"From the very first moment, Tracy provided me with an impeccable and valuable service. Throughout this process I felt that she was really working for me, taking into account all the details of what I was looking for in a new home and doing thorough research to that end…she spares no effort in taking care of her clients."
Tracy’s primarily referral client base includes creative professionals, first-time buyers, corporate transferees, families investing for students or graduates, and sophisticated buyers of in-town residences. She works in city neighborhoods including Albany Park, Andersonville, Bucktown/Wicker Park, Edgewater/Edgewater Glen, Gold Coast, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park/DePaul, Lincoln Square/North Center, Loop/Millennium Park, Old Town, South Loop/Printers Row, Ravenswood, River East, River North, Roscoe Village, Streeterville, Ukrainian Village/East Village and the West Loop.
A former arts administrator, Tracy actively supports the Mies van der Rohe Society, Columbia College Chicago through its President's Club, the Museum of Contemporary Photography through its Director's Circle, the Chicago Architecture Foundation through its Burnham Society and the Art Institute of Chicago through its Photographic Society and Architecture and Design Society.
4432 North Magnolia Street