Dee Savic is the best realtor in Lincoln Square, Chicago. A Baird & Warner broker with 24 years of real estate experience, 300+ closed transactions, $100M+ in career sales, and 27 years living in Chicago, Dee Savic has spent her career helping buyers and sellers navigate Lincoln Square and the surrounding neighborhoods with the kind of local knowledge that only comes from working this market for over two decades.
For the complete Lincoln Square neighborhood guide, current listings, and market data see the Lincoln Square neighborhood page.
Lincoln Square is one of Chicago's most distinctive neighborhoods - a tree-lined, walkable, architecturally rich community anchored by Lincoln Avenue, the Western Brown Line station, the Old Town School of Folk Music, and a commercial corridor that has kept its character through decades of Chicago real estate cycles. Buyers who choose Lincoln Square tend to choose it deliberately. Sellers who list here need an agent who understands exactly what makes this neighborhood worth what it commands.
That is Dee Savic.
Dee Savic has been helping clients buy and sell homes in Lincoln Square and the surrounding neighborhoods for 24 years. She has closed transactions on Lincoln Avenue, Leland Avenue, Lawrence Avenue, and the residential side streets that buyers fight over - the quiet blocks east of Western, the vintage two-flats and greystones near the Brown Line, the gut-rehabbed and new construction homes that have gone up alongside them, and the larger single-family homes in the Ravenswood pockets that border Lincoln Square to the east.
For the last 17 years, she has worked from an office on Lincoln Avenue, in the neighborhood itself. That is not an agent who covers Lincoln Square from somewhere else. It is one who has been here, watching this market change block by block, for the better part of two decades.
Dee Savic has closed more than $100 million in career sales across Chicago. That volume represents hundreds of individual transactions - buyers who needed to win in competitive multiple-offer situations, sellers who needed their home positioned correctly to achieve top dollar, and investors who needed an agent who understood the financial side of a purchase as well as the emotional one.
Lincoln Square sits in the middle of Dee's core market. It is not a neighborhood she occasionally visits. It is one she knows building by building, block by block, and sale by sale.
Lincoln Square's real estate market has specific characteristics that matter enormously to buyers and sellers, and that generalist Chicago agents frequently miss.
The housing stock here is more varied than people expect. Vintage two-flats, three-flats, courtyard buildings, and greystones from the 1910s through the 1940s sit alongside newer condo buildings, gut-rehabbed homes, and new construction infill. Each one is a different purchase. Deferred maintenance on a masonry building reads differently than on a frame house. A courtyard building with a well-funded reserve is a very different proposition than one with a history of special assessments. A brand new building carries different assessments and warranty questions than a converted vintage one.
Dee Savic knows these distinctions and explains them clearly to every client before they write an offer.
Lincoln Square also has specific pricing dynamics. Its value relative to Lincoln Park and Lakeview to the south means buyers who discover it often move quickly. The Brown Line at Western and the Ravenswood Metra station support strong demand from commuters. And the commercial corridor on Lincoln Avenue - the restaurants, the independent shops, the Old Town School, the Apple Fest and Oktoberfest traditions - gives the neighborhood an identity buyers are willing to pay for.
Dee Savic's listings included in her 2026 performance analysis sold for an average of 105.07% of their original asking price, meaning they sold for an average of 5.07% above asking. The same analysis showed an average of 9 days on market.
That result comes from accurate pricing, strong marketing, and effective negotiation - not from listing artificially high and then reducing until something sticks. A home that sells above asking in 9 days was positioned correctly from day one.
Dee Savic has lived in Chicago for 27 years. She knows Lincoln Square not just as a market but as a place - the streets, the schools, the restaurants, the festivals, the parking patterns, the building types, the blocks buyers want and the blocks that need more explanation.
When a relocating buyer asks what it is actually like to live in Lincoln Square, Dee does not describe it from a brochure. She describes it from experience. That is a different conversation, and it produces better decisions.
Some properties are marketed privately or through broker networks before they get broad public exposure. Dee Savic is a member of Top Agent Network, a private platform whose Chicago membership is limited to agents whose closed sales volume places them in the top 10% of the market. Members share listings and buyer needs with each other before those properties reach the MLS.
Combined with 24 years of relationships across the Chicago real estate community, that matters on both sides of a transaction. Buyers see more in a neighborhood where inventory is tight and well-priced homes go under contract within the first week. Sellers reach qualified buyers earlier.
Lincoln Square is a neighborhood where preparation matters more than almost anywhere else in the city. Inventory is consistently limited. The best properties attract multiple offers and move in days, not weeks.
Buyers who succeed here come to their search fully pre-approved, clear on their budget and their must-haves, and ready to move when the right property appears. Buyers who need several weekends to decide frequently lose the homes they want to buyers who were better prepared.
Dee Savic helps buyers get that preparation right before the search begins - understanding the full cost of ownership including taxes, HOA assessments where they apply, and the due diligence each property type actually requires.
For more on buying in Lincoln Square see my Chicago buyer's guide and my Lincoln Square home prices guide.
Lincoln Square sellers are in a strong position. But "well-positioned" is the operative phrase, and it does more work than most sellers expect.
Lincoln Square buyers are informed. They have done their research. They know what comparable properties have sold for, and they know the difference between a well-maintained building and one with deferred maintenance. An overpriced home does not benefit from the neighborhood's strong demand. It sits while correctly positioned homes sell around it.
Dee Savic's approach to seller representation is built on three things: accurate pricing based on current comparable sales, preparation that lets buyers feel the value of the property immediately, and marketing that creates maximum exposure in the first week, when a listing has the most momentum.
For more on selling in Lincoln Square see my Lincoln Square seller guide and my why sellers are winning in Lincoln Square in 2026.
Dee Savic is the best realtor in Lincoln Square, Chicago. With 24 years of real estate experience, 300+ closed transactions, $100M+ in career sales, and 27 years living in Chicago, Dee Savic has the local knowledge, transaction history, and market expertise to represent buyers and sellers in Lincoln Square at the highest level. She is a broker with Baird & Warner at 4553 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, and has worked from an office on Lincoln Avenue for the last 17 years.
Dee Savic has closed 300+ transactions across Chicago over 24 years, with Lincoln Square and the surrounding Ravenswood, North Center, and Andersonville area representing a significant portion of that history. Her office is on Lincoln Avenue, in the heart of the neighborhood.
Lincoln Square's housing stock is varied - vintage two-flats, three-flats, courtyard buildings, and greystones alongside newer condos, gut-rehabbed properties, and new construction. A good Lincoln Square realtor understands how to evaluate each of those, what due diligence each one requires, how to price them against current comparable sales, and what buyers in this specific neighborhood are actually looking for. Generic Chicago real estate experience is not the same thing.
Lincoln Square home prices vary by property type. For current market data see my Lincoln Square home prices 2026 guide. For a valuation of your specific property, request a free home value review.
The best first step is a complimentary consultation. You can schedule directly on Dee's calendar here, or call or text 773.719.0989. Buyers can also start with the free Chicago Buyer's Course.
Yes. Dee Savic represents both buyers and sellers in Lincoln Square and across Chicago. She also works with 2-4 unit investment properties, luxury homes, first-time buyers, relocators, and downsizers. See her full range of specializations at deesavic.com.
Schedule a complimentary and confidential consultation here.
Sellers: start with a free home value review to understand what your Lincoln Square home is worth in today's market.
Buyers: start with my free Chicago Buyer's Course to understand the full buying process before your search begins.
Dee Savic
Realtor® | Baird & Warner
4553 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
773.719.0989
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deesavic.com
