Ann Wood

CRIS Realty

22 Years of Experience

(7)

$10M

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Years of Experience

Recent TransactionsTransactions from the last 3 years

$374.7K

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Service Areas

Frankfort, IL Homer Glen, IL Joliet, IL Lockport, IL Manhattan, IL Minooka, IL Mokena, IL New Lenox, IL Orland Park, IL Shorewood, IL Tinley Park, IL

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About Ann Wood

With 22 years of experience serving buyers and sellers in the New Lenox and surrounding areas, Ann Wood has built a reputation for results, clear communication, and strong organizational skills that keep every transaction on track. Backed by 54 five-star Google reviews, her clients know they can count on her for honest guidance and a smooth process from start to finish. Whether you're buying your first home, upsizing, or downsizing, she provides local expertise and proven strategies to help you achieve your real estate goals with confidence. If you're looking for one of the best Realtors in New Lenox and surrounding communities, let Ann put her experience to work for you. Ann was voted Best Real Estate Agent in the Lincoln-Way area by the community in the Best of Lincoln-Way Readers' Choice Awards -- a testament to her results, reputation, and client-first approach. She's also been ranked in the top 3% of Realtors in the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors for three years running (2022, 2023, 2024). Ann combines traditional values with cutting-edge tools, offering customized digital marketing, targeted social media exposure, and community-driven promotion to ensure your home gets seen and sold. Her local insight, responsive communication, and decades of experience make her one of the most trusted Realtors in New Lenox . Ready to buy or sell your home? Connect with Ann today--because your next move deserves the best.

Community Involvement

Ambassador for the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce, Membership Director for the Joliet Archery Club, Secretary to local homeowner association, Secretary to local investment club

HOBBIES/INTEREST

Camping, archery, scuba diving

Credentials

LICENSE

Real Estate - Illinois - # 471.021342

Specialties

Buyer's Agent
Investment Properties
Listing Agent
Rentals

Awards

2026
TOP AGENT
New Lenox, IL
2026
TOP AGENT
Lockport, IL
2026
TOP AGENT
Frankfort, IL

Other Awards

Top 3% Residential Transactions - 2022, 2023, 2024

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Ann Wood's Reviews & Ratings

7 Reviews

(4.9/5)

Note: Reviews may include other agents on their team

What clients say about this agent....

Professional
Communicative
Responsive
Outstanding
Knowledgeable
Attentive
Hard working
Sold Quickly
Trustworthy
Excellent negotiator

Marfilippo

Review for Member: Ann Wood

September 11, 2024

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ZillowVERIFIED

Ann is an outstanding real estate agent who helped us with the purchase of our home in Lockport. She is extremely knowledgeable about the local market and provided exceptional customer service. Our home purchase went smoothly, and I would highly recommend Ann to anyone looking for a realtor in Lockport or the surrounding areas.

Maryec42444

Review for Member: Ann Wood

January 25, 2021

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I have worked with Ann Wood as both a buyer and a seller. As a seller, she listed my property after she and I reviewed the different prices in the area and we settle on an asking price a little higher than what she told me I would get for the property. On the Monday following listing my property, I got three offers. I accepted the one that was most favorable to me as far as price and closing date. Then I bought a new home. After deciding which house we wanted, she worked with us and the builder to finalize everything. She was very knowledgeable about the whole process and I would highly recommend her to anyone.

Paulapugar

Review for Member: Ann Wood

January 20, 2021

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I'm providing this review after a bad experience aEUR" and after many hours of thinking long and hard before sharing it publicly. Normally, people are too quick to get online and complainaEUR| I am not one of those people. Instead, I'm one who takes the time to compliment someone. Unfortunately, in this situation that isnt the case, and I believe the public should be aware. When picking realtors, we always assume someone working with a big name company is going to make our sale or purchase better or easier aEUR" or get us more money for our house. At the very least, we assume the person is going to work for us as our advocate. At least, this is what my thought was going into this process. I learned exactly the opposite. We selected Ann Wood with CRIS Realty in New Lenox and were absolutely appalled with our entire experience from start to finish. The beating we took financially and emotionally was unimaginable aEUR" but the sigh of relief we took when we finally closed was so huge that not having to deal with them any more in the future almost made it secondary. Ann basically did nothing to sell our home except enter the information in the MLS system and wait for other people to show the house. She did create brochures and put them on the counter in our kitchen aEUR" for people who were brought in by other realtors to see. When we asked her to hold an open house or brokers open we were met with nothing but excuses or reasons why they wouldnt be effective. Her only suggestion was to lower the price of our house. When we asked about any other marketing tools we were always told just to lower the price of our house. Our house was NOT overpriced. In fact, it was very competitively priced and sold for less than it could have. When we were presented with an offer on the house she didnt do her due diligence and was incredibly lax in advising us. We had made it clear the certain draperies and hardware werent included in the sale and the way she handled the situation created a huge disagreement during which we felt she didnt advocate for us at all. When we learned that the agent who brought the buyer for our house was also with CRIS Realty aEUR" and was also the listing agent for the people who were selling their house to buy our house aEUR" we became convinced that there was much more being considered than aEURoecustomer representationaEUR?. After some research we learned "in-house" sales are FAR more favorable than those from two different companies. We had another offer come in during this situation and Ann told us that we did NOT want a bidding war. We have not sold enough homes to have realized that we certainly did want a bidding war aEUR" its a sellers market and why wouldnt we have wanted to get the most for our house that we could? Why would a realtor have told us we didnt want a bidding war?? Why would she at least not have asked for aEURoehighest and bestaEUR? from both people who offered? Due diligence and looking out for her customer were not on top of her priority list. We also found that the other offer was not from a CRIS Realty associate. During attorney review the debate over the window treatments continued (we were not being unreasonableaEUR| these were very expensive aEUR" over $12k window treatments) and Ann argued the buyers position to us rather than trying to work with the other agent to smooth the situation. When we were told by our attorney that the buyers were considering cancelling the contract we asked Ann to contact those who had looked at the house to see if there was still interest aEUR" and she told us she would. We went through business cards and followed up ourselves and found she had not reached out to any of them. We asked her to schedule an open house and she said she wasnt allowed to do that. We asked her for the name of a particular agent who had expressed interest and she did forward us that nameaEUR| Elise Ratliff with Ratliff Agency. Elise had no knowledge of our house and had never showed it! However, we did have a wonderful conversation with Elise and I would highly recommend her to someone looking for a realtor! The cherry on the cake here was the home inspection aEUR" during which our security camera footage showed more than five people going in and out of our home over a period of four hours aEUR" with NO regard for our property and NO supervision from Ann. Ann had told me that the buyers were having people come in to measure for carpetingaEUR| yet there were no tape measures, not flooring business vehicle, etc. Just people milling about casually. In the end, we had an incredibly horrible, EXPENSIVE, emotionally draining experience that has prompted me to write this lengthy review in hopes that I can save others the same type of experience. When it comes to realtors we most often see positive reviews aEUR" because its a personal experience and people are less likely to share the negative in these cases. Its not like a restaurant. In this case it was so bad we feel others need to be aware of what can TRULY happen to them.

MichaelPatrick267

Review for Member: Ann Wood

April 28, 2020

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We have used Ann twice in the last five years and both times she has exceeded our expectations. Ann has a professionalism and attention to detail which is highly desirable. Anns knowledge of the selling and purchasing process made us feel at ease through a potentially stressful process. I would recommend Ann to any who ask.

JOHN R.

Review for Member: Ann Wood

December 12, 2018

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Ann is very thorough and professional. She provided us spot on information about the market and pricing our home. We sold the house in one day with multiple offers!! Thank you Ann!!!

Gloranger2

Review for Member: Ann Wood

June 30, 2016

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Ann was incredibly professional, helpful, and knowledgeable in our search for a home. She was happy to show us as many properties as we wanted until we made up our minds. I would highly recommend Ann Wood to anyone needing a realtor.

Judieb2

Review for Member: Ann Wood

March 18, 2016

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Ann was a pleasure to work with. She was very professional, responsive, listened to what was important to me and guided me to the perfect home. I requested to see MANY places before I found the right one and she was always kind, patient and understanding. I would highly recommend Ann!