About Melinda

Biography, Industry Awards and Honors

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2010 Personal Stategy:  My Coldwell Banker Gold Coast Office had 300% more business in January 2010 than in January of 2009! Therefore I am very hopeful for 2010, but just as last year we have an environment of more restrictive loan requirements and mortgage acquisition rules. As an experienced, high-end broker I remain poised to bring my clients through the rough waters around us.
       My Real Estate experience and extensive Financial Industry experience will best position clients for success.  A broad range of resources will be leveraged to help, from high level relationships with the President of Coldwell Banker's owner, NRT, the President of the local Coldwell Banker Region, and the owners of other brokerage firms, down to skilled Coldwell Banker marketing specialists and external professionals like photographers and designers and professional writers.
      My Client Interaction team will be direct and small, allowing me to deliver personal, one-on-one service to my clients.  Other types of work will be outsourced where needed to other skilled professionals.  We'll be nimble and focused, communicating directly with clients and responding quickly to what the marketplace is telling us.

 

Biography

"My clients always come first." For the past 15 years, Melinda Jakovich has been a top Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Realtor as a Senior Sales Associate in the Gold Coast. Her areas of expertise include Streeterville, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, River North, South Loop, West Loop, and the downtown vicinity. Melinda lives in the stunning One Museum Park building, looking out over the Field Museum, the Aquarium, and Soldier Field. During her 15 years in real estate she has enjoyed steadily increasing success, working primarily in the residential marketplace. She has even established herself as one of the city's top producing agents, having sold over $320 million in sales to date. Melinda Jakovich has been admitted to the President's Premier Club, the highest level of recognition at Coldwell Banker, an honor reserved for the top one percent of associates nationally.  Melinda Jakovich has also been admitted to the International Elite Division of Coldwell Banker which is reserved to the top 2% of agents worldwide. As a native Chicagoan, Melinda Jakovich prides herself on her knowledge of the Chicago real estate market.

Melinda Jakovich has worked closely with architects and developers to provide up to the minute input on market trends for Mariano's Market Hall, City Club and 420 W. Ontario for which she was the exclusive listing agent as well as being a listing agent for Wabash Station, and Kingsbury Estates development. She is currently working on the 416 Deming project located in East Lincoln Park.

Prior to joining Coldwell Banker, Melinda Jakovich worked twelve years in securities and investment banking with leading companies such as The Chicago Corporation, Morgan Stanley, and Alex Brown & Sons.

Melinda Jakovich received her double B.S. in Finance and History from Northwestern University. She also serves as a member on the Woman's Board of the Joffrey Ballet and on the Fundraising Committee for this year's Joffrey Ballet Spring Gala.