Bringing nearly two decades of creative insight to Chicago's real estate landscape, Merav maximizes her clients' potential and gives them a competitive edge in each transaction. With her extensive local knowledge, tireless persistence, and unwavering ethics, she has built a robust client base through repeat business and referrals.
As a Chicago resident since 1998 and an urban researcher, Merav is an expert on the city's diverse neighborhoods. Leveraging her experience as a real estate investor throughout the metro area, she provides buyers, sellers, and investors with a unique perspective for smart purchasing decisions.
Upholding a commitment to excellence, Merav ensures every client has a positive experience. Whether you're buying or selling, her broad expertise will prove invaluable during your property search. With her background as an educator, program director, and consultant, she understands families' needs well and can guide them to ideal Chicago neighborhoods.
Beyond real estate, Merav is fascinated by the relationships between people and the built environment. She holds a UIC adjunct lectureship and graduate degree in Urban Planning and Policy, as well as an undergraduate degree in Ceramic Art and Design from Jerusalem's Bezalel Institute. An explorer of Chicago's vibrant arts and culture scene, Merav also enjoys running, yoga, travel, and the outdoors.
Let Merav's creative insight and nearly twenty years of experience maximize your real estate success - contact her today!
Merav has been a great help in walking me through the process of buying a new home. I am a first time home owner and was moving from San Francisco to Chicago. My plan was to be in escrow before the move and close before the first time home owner tax credit expired, therefore over 2 long weekends of traveling between the 2 cities, drinking a lot of coffee, viewing many condo units initial...
The Merav experience was the best ever in looking to purchase an expensive jewel, her preparation, groundwork, and research of our needs and visions and then presenting only the assured matches, asking and encouraging us to look at all aspects of a property while not being afraid to lose a deal when she saw a flaw we did not see, being unfamiliar with the city, she took us around the nei...
I am extremely grateful I crossed paths with Merav during my home-buying process. I can not even imagine a more perfectly seamless experience than what she provided. From the first online search to the closing table and beyond; I had a realtor by my side that was supportive, patient, understanding, and knowledgeable. On top of all of this, she also connected me with a first-rate team of ...
I found Merav Argov purely by chance. Terrified of the logistical nightmare of purchasing my first condo, I attempted to do some internet searching independently. In no more than a day and a half, I was left frustrated, overwhelmed, and confused. That's when I stumbled upon Merav Argov, whose name was attached as one of the realtors for a property in which I was interested. Although the ...
I worked with Merav for approximately eight months. I can honestly say that I have never worked with a more personable, honest, professional, friendly, and patient real estate agent. Rain, sleet, or snow Merav was always there to accompany me to viewings. Even when locks were frozen she didn't give up. She took the time to drive around from store to store to find de-icer. Merav set...
I would recommend Merav to anyone looking to buy a home. She made the process, which can be intimidating to say the least, smoother than I ever could have imagined. From the first day we met up until I closed last week, she was there every step of the way. She was always extremely detail-oriented and professional without ever pressuring me in any way. I ended up purchasing the very first...
When I began looking for a condo, I had only a vague understanding of the home-buying process and a desire to get a "great deal." I knew that home prices were low, and I hoped to find a nice place to call my own... In the current tumultuous marketplace, this naive optimism could have been disastrous. However, I was lucky enough to work with Merav as my realtor. With a depth of experience...
It was an extreme pleasure to have Merav as my realtor and I cannot say enough good things about the process of buying my home. Every single detail was taken care of and I didn't have to worry about anything. After hearing so many stories about how stressful buying a home could be, I couldn't believe how smooth and efficient the closing process went. It was all due to the professional an...
We can't thank Merav enough for her commitment to finding us the perfect house to call our home. We worked with Merav for over a year and during that time viewed over 50 properties. Her patience and professionalism were exactly what we were looking for in our search for our first home. Her advice and support during the negotiations, financing, inspection, and appraisal process far exceed...
Merav came highly recommended to me from a friend who had recently worked with Merav buying her first condo. I was also a first time homebuyer so I really knew very little about buying a home when I started my search. Merav coached me through every step of the process which made my experience easy and enjoyable. She was genuinely interested in what I wanted in a home, very responsive, pa...
Merav has been a great partner in our intense journey of home search. She supported us during that emotional period and shared our wishes, concerns and interests. Merav demonstrated an exceptional ability to truly understand our unique personal needs, to effectively filter the market inventory and to show us only relevant homes. She was very responsive, flexible and accommodating t...
I am delighted to have the opportunity to comment on the service provided by Merav Argov. I'm typing this in my new Chicago home, looking out my 23rd floor window with a marvelous view of the lake, Soldier Field, and the Field Museum. It's my perfect retirement location. I'm convinced that I would never have located this unit without the commitment, information, hard work, and patience M...
When buying a house for the first time, one always worries about finding the right home, the nightmare scenarios of first time closings, etc... After we hired Merav through a personal recommendation, I almost felt bad at the amount of homes she was showing us. My wife and I felt that our caviar taste made it impossible to find a new house within our budget. No matter how much work she di...
Merav is the best real estate agent! This being my first time buying I was nervous and excited at the same time. Merav took the time to really understand what I was looking for and the locations I was interested in. She showed me great places and had me consider places I may not have thought of. Merav's guidance and endless support throughout the whole process was outstanding. If you are...
We are very grateful for having Merav guide us through our first home purchase. Merav understood our needs very well, showing us only properties that would be of great interest to us. She makes her home in Chicago, and demonstrated great familiarity with neighborhoods and local housing markets, helping us understand where our bids should be. Merav is well-connected to competent and knowl...
I was a first-time home buyer and knew very little about the process aside from doing a few open houses. Merav asked me all of the right questions at the start to narrow things down and make great selections for showings. She pressed the listing agents on important details I wouldn't have thought to. And when an opportunity came to make an offer on a great place, she acted quickly and nu...
Merav is the ultimate real estate agent, sensitive to the buyers needs, her attentiveness and availability were unparalleled throughout the entire process and she was an absolute delight to work with. At the same time a fierce advocate for her clients in all negotiations with the seller. We could not have asked for a more perfect agent to help us buy our first home. We look forward to wo...
Merav was beyond helpful in getting us our first condo. We cannot thank our friend enough for referring her to us. She is hard working, dedicated, honest and just the perfect person to have on your side. Her team is AMAZING.
Merav handled the sale of my estate home in Winnetka, IL in July 2020. She has been truly amazing â?? her professional knowledge, attention to detail, accuracy in all she does, punctuality, ability to listen, responsiveness â?? all traits that make her best in class, high caliber broker. She drove the transaction with command, grit, and utmost attention to me and my needs; she is a...
As first time home buyers, Merav did a great job leading us through the home buying process from start to finish. And she was always glad to be with us every step along the way - helping us ask the right questions to the right people.
We had a great experience working with Merav! Merav is very resourceful and responded quickly to any questions we needed in the process, giving us confidence in the pursuit of our new home. Thanks Merav!!!
Merav was extremely helpful as we navigated the homebuying process for the first time. She asked all the right questions - of us as we were figuring out what we were looking for, and of the sellers agents as we were looking at houses. She also has a great team that makes the buying process fairly painless. We would recommend working with Merav to anyone!
Words cannot express how grateful we are to Merav. She helped us to sell our condo for well above asking price and helped us find our DREAM forever home in a really tough market. She helped us prepare our condo for sale with expert tips on how to get it ready. When it came time to purchase our home her guidance helped us find our beautiful vintage home with a modern renovation and open f...