Sheila O'Halloran-Bower
Sheila O'Halloran-Bower is a REALTOR® with @properties Christie’s International Real Estate serving the North Shore neighborhoods of Chicago. Her 18 years of enjoying working with buyers and sellers elevate your experience in searching for the best value in the purchase of your new home or in staging your home to maximize your sale price. Sheila will help you by using her negotiating skills, analyzing property comparable sales, carefully crafting the contract details, and managing the final steps from the inspection to closing. She is organized in preparing for each phase of the transaction and managing expectations.
Sheila's 20 years as a Licensed Residential Real Estate Appraiser in Illinois also gives you an analytical platform for comparing the pricing of homes whether you are buying or selling. She has appraised over 2,000 properties including loft-style and hi-rise condos, split levels, ranches, bungalows, and lakefront estates. Whether you are downsizing, upsizing, or buying your first home Sheila can advise on multiple floor plans and varying price ranges. With experience assisting clients and previously managing her own family's relocation across states on multiple occasions, Sheila will soften your move with insight to the many decisions you must make.
Sheila O'Halloran-Bower was born and raised in Wilmette. Although she attended St. Francis Xavier and Regina Dominican, her three children attended the District 39 schools in Wilmette and New Trier High School. Youth and high school travel hockey, softball, baseball, and basketball familiarized Sheila with the surrounding suburbs as well as the New Trier District. As an avid paddler and swimmer at Wilmette Beach, she can share her tips on lakefront recreation along with local walk/bike paths. She is a community-minded person who has volunteered in Wilmette with the village, park district, schools, and St. Joseph/St. Francis Xavier parishes.
