About Barbara Markham
Barbara puts the emphasis on you throughout your move, ensuring all your needs are taken care of and all your questions are answered. Whether you are buying or selling real estate, you can count on Barbara Markham as a highly skilled, experienced, and well respected Realtor with over 27 years as a full time real estate professional. A Waterloo resident most of her life, Barbara is familiar with the market over most of a three county area, and endeavors to make sure every client is completely satisfied with the services they receive. Her knowledge of the local neighborhoods is key in finding the perfect home to fit your family's life-style, and her extensive background in marketing and finely tuned marketing systems gives her sellers a tremendous advantage in exposure to the market.
BARBARA MARKHAM - Broker Associate CDPE CIAS CNHS CRS e-Pro Green GRI RCC SFR
Barbara holds a Managing Broker License in the State of Illinois, practicing real estate full time, experienced in Buyer brokerage, contract negotiations, and professional standards. Since her affiliation with RE/MAX in 1991, she has been granted numerous sales production awards from RE/MAX Prestige, RE/MAX Preferred, RE/MAX International, and the Belleville Area Association of REALTOR's. She was honored with the RE/MAX Regional President's Award for 1994, and the Belleville Area Association of REALTOR's Associate of the Year in 1995.She is one of the top production agents in Monroe County and the Realtor Association of Greater Southwest Illinois. She is a member of the Realtor Association of Greater Southwest Illinois, Illinois Association of Realtors, and the National Association of Realtors. She served as the 2001/2002 President of the Belleville Area Association of REALTORS, and has served on the Budget & Finance Committee, Membership, RPAC, MLS, Education, Technology and Visionary Committees. She also has past experience as a Governor of the Southwestern Regional Multiple Listing Service. At a state level, she has served on the Illinois Association of REALTORS Professional Standards Committee. A portion of every commission she earns is donated to the Children's Miracle Network, benefiting local children. In 1995, she was honored with the Regional President's award for contributions to Community as well as Real Estate endeavors. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the HBA - Homebuilders Association of Greater Southwest Illinois. Barbara is a designee Certified New Home Construction Specialist (CNHS) and is Residential Construction Certified (RCC). She has the knowledge and the experience to help you with the new home construction process
Credentials
LICENSE
Specialties
- Buyer's Agent
- Listing Agent
- New Construction
- Short sale specialist
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2026
TOP AGENT
Waterloo, IL
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Barbara Markham's Reviews & Ratings
- Knowledgeable
- Responsive
- Professional
- Communicative
- Trustworthy
- Hard working
- Attentive
- Great for new buyers
- Outstanding
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ZillowVERIFIEDTo say Barb has been amazing to work with, would be an understatement. My husband and I have had Barb as our realtor for both buying and selling property. They are very different positions and she walked us through both. Barb is incredibly knowledgeable about her industry; housing market, trending and staging, pricing, local and area codes/guidelines, contracts, and negotiating. We recently sold our home, because we had found our aEURoenewaEUR? home project! Barb helped us with preparing the house, staging recommendations, and of course the right price. We were going to list for a lot less, but we trusted Barb. While selling in an uncertain market, we ended up with three full price offers to choose from!Simultaneously, we were also on the buyers end of purchasing our new house. She effortlessly coordinated both selling and buying. She helped us with inspections, negotiations, and understanding all of the paperwork in between. Everything went smoothly from sale to closing day. I would highly recommend Barb because of her outstanding knowledge of her field, ethical integrity, and she was just so kind and fun to work with! We plan on continuing business with her in the future. We consider Barb more than a realtor; We consider her a friend!
Chippedmug
ZillowVERIFIEDBarbara was excellent in every aspect in the sale of our old home and the purchase of our new home. She came in to our old home, expressed what we could do to resolve any issues, gave us advice on how to sell it, and walked us through the process of selling it. In addition,l she helped us close on a new home, advised us on what we should do, and gave us confidence that we could do it. We were very green in all of this and having Barbara was a God send. She also was diligent though she was going through a difficult time personally. Thank you Barbara for all that you did!
Craig M.
ZillowVERIFIEDBarbara Markham is an absolute Professional. She artfully photographed the best features of our home, taking 37 incredible photographs of our home's best interior and exterior features. Spot-on Market analysis ensured we received full value for our home. Always available to answer our questions, she skillfully guided us through the entire listing/negotiating/selling process. Barbara is without a doubt the "ABSOLUTE BEST" Realtor we have ever had the pleasure of doing business with.
Daniella K.
ZillowVERIFIEDMy husband and I were first time home buyers and I'm convinced we couldn't have made it through this process without Barbara! We've read a lot and done a lot of research the past two yeaars, on the home process, so we anticipated a stressful process.... but than we met Barbara! Barbara walked us through our first home buying process, explaining everything in detail, with patience and answering questions we had, sometimes the same questions. And from all the real estate agents my husband and I met, Barbara is also, I believe, one of the last ethical real estate sales professionals around. With Barbara, you can expect honest, patient and extremely knowledgable advice and feedback. She's helped us purchase our dream home and we're so incredibly happy!!! We're very honored and proud to share this moment with her, as well as our family and friends! Thank you Barb, for helping us out, for being you, for walking us through what was supposed to be a stressful process, and turned out to be a real pleasant and enjoyable experience! Thank you for our first home, our forever home :)
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ZillowVERIFIEDBarb has been an amazing realtor! She took care of everything ans made the sale of our house go extremely smooth! This is the second time we've used her, and tell everyone they should use her services.
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ZillowVERIFIEDBarbara has been a trusted advisor and partner through this process. She is responsive, engaged, and willing to share her expertise. I don't think 12 hours ever passed that she didn't reply or respond to a question or concern I had. She is positive and supportive - while being an informative, advising and realistic partner in the sales process. Although the property did not sell - it was not for lack of her effort! I would recommend her to family/friends and strangers.(Thank you for all your help and for all you do, Barb!)
Rzipprich
ZillowVERIFIEDBarb is very professional, responsive and pleasant to work with from initial listing through the closing. Barb provided a comprehensive packet for us to understand the value of our home and determine an appropriate sale price, including a pro forma closing statement to help us understand in advance what to expect. Additionally, during the inspection processes she provided excellent contacts for professionals to address the inspection issues.
Lieutenant
ZillowVERIFIEDThis is our second house we have sold with the services of Barbara Barkham. And once again our house sold in a very short time and above our asking price. We were always kept up to date with the proceedings and never had any surprises. Closing went smooth as silk and on time. Thank you.
Ajskippers
ZillowVERIFIEDBarb is an amazing agent. She's easy to work with and she addresses all your questions, concerns and needs with years of experience and knowledge!! I would recommend her to anyone!
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ZillowVERIFIEDWe absolutely loved working with Barbara, she was amazing! Very knowledgable, she stayed on top of everything, gave wonderful advice, and made sure that as first time homebuyers we were making good financial decisions. We truly got a wonderful home, and we could not have done it without her! We would absolutely work with her again, and we highly recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell.
Nlglenn
ZillowVERIFIEDWe have worked with Barb several times and have been completely satisfied on every occasion. Barb has been very responsive to our needs and knows the real estate business very well. We would highly recommend her.
Peggyk9
ZillowVERIFIEDI have known Barb for years as a fellow active member of the Home Builders Association of Southwest IL. So when I decided to purchase an investment property to renovate I knew exactly who I was going to call. Barb always impresses me in terms of her knowledge level of the market, rules, regulations and transactions. She truly was helpful in aiding me find the right property (and let me tell you some days I think it was down right painful in a very cold winter in homes with no heat and were not the tidiest). Then when it came to sell the property and guide me through the transaction, hands down she made it easy and successful. Barb provides a level of compassion, intellect, and an extreme work ethic that her service delivers more than 5 stars. I have worked with 4 other realtors on previous homes prior to her and will never go back!Thank you Barb!Peggy
Hadleybennett
ZillowVERIFIEDWe have known Barb for 20+ years. Her knowledge and expertise has guided us to making our first decision on buying real estate and over the years she has always been our expert in selling real estate. Barb is very dedicated to her profession and we highly recommend her!!Joan Johnson
Jason S.
ZillowVERIFIEDI was a very difficult person for Barb to work with because I was extremely indecisive in what I was looking for. I went from looking at large single family homes to multi-family rental opportunities. She continued to be patient, kind and most of all helpful in listening to me and then helping to identify my own needs and wants better than I could have. She is more than just another real estate agent, she takes helping her clients personally and makes it her goal. Such a joy to work with.
James H.
ZillowVERIFIEDI have known Barb for over ten years and have referred her several of my clients that were looking to buy or sell - she is very knowledgeable and professional. But most of all will stay in touch with you from beginning to end. Whether she has good news or bad - she will at least be up front with you and follow through with her commitments.
Joy F.
ZillowVERIFIEDBarbara Markham came highly recommended to us after our home had been on the market (w/ a different agent) for over a year with no offers and very little interest. We were extremely frustrated and were ready to give up and just foreclose on the property. It was our first time selling a house so we had no idea what a poor agent we had before we met Barbara. She knocked our socks off! Within one day of my first phone call to her, she provided us with an incredibly detailed market report, other documentation, and the proposed closing costs based on the list price. It soon became clear to her that we would be perfect candidates for a short sale, something our previous realtor never even mentioned. Simply put, Barbaras knowledge and expertise of options for pre-foreclosure properties is truly mind-boggling. She was able to help us navigate through the cumbersome paperwork and went to bat for us with both of our lenders time and time again. She spent innumerable hours in contact with our lenders to solidify the short sale. Without Barbaras encouragement and perseverance, we surely wouldve resigned ourselves to foreclosure.Did I mention that we received multiple offers within weeks of listing the house with her? Her marketing abilities are unmatched. She is incredibly effective, and always the consummate professional. She gets results! As a realtor, she is capable, responsive, knowledgeable, diligent, dedicated and downright amazing. As a person, she genuinely cares about her clients and it shows. If you need a realtor in the St. Louis Metro East area, you simply cannot do better than Barbara Markham.
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ZillowVERIFIEDBarbara Markham is truly one of the most experienced and professional REALTORS I have had the pleasure to work with. When I was ready to purchase my home she was always right there to answer all my questions and definitely made this process extremely comfortable. From beginning to end the expertise that Barbara shared with me helped to give me additional credits that I would have never known about. I cannot thank Barbara enough for all she did for my family to enjoy our new home.
Bellevillealex7
ZillowVERIFIEDMrs. Markham is especially punctual in returning phone calls and always has the information you are looking for, plus MORE. I have been in the real estate business for 35 years and Barbara is the first and ONLY agent that I have found that I would consider "the TOTAL package". I have closed on two deals with her and they were the two easiest transactions I have ever been involved with.
Terricom4676
ZillowVERIFIEDWhen Barbara started working with us we had a contract within months but finally sold our house within the year. If you are looking for a professional realtor that really knows real-estate in the Metro East please talk to Barbara Markham. She was very knowledgable and helpful in all area of the selling process. We couldn't be more pleased.
Ajohnson9
ZillowVERIFIEDBarb Markham is not only an expert in her industry but also a delightful person. Barb offers an honest assessment of your property. She provides in detail the necessary measures a home owner must take in order to sell their property. Barb will research the market so the home owner can assess their property to determine a competitive yet reasonable asking price. She is quick to reply to your needs and answer any questions you may have. I would recommend Barb Markham time and time again!
MaeD
ZillowVERIFIEDWe bought our first home with Barb. She was very patient with us and answered all of our questions well. She is very knowledgeable about the Columbia area and has many contacts. She has kept contact with us and is still very helpful 2 years after the sale. We worked with other agents to search for a house prior to working with Barb and will definitely choose her again in the future.
