Liesel Jankelowitz
REALTOR | 773.320.1477 | liesel.jankelowitz@compass.com
Liesel is part of the #1 real estate team in Highland Park and Top 12 team in Illinois,* contributing to more than $93M in sales year-to-date and over 525 lifetime transactions. As a trusted advisor, she brings exceptional market insight, strategic guidance, and a client-first approach to every transaction across Chicago and the North Shore.
With decades of business experience — from consulting for global corporations to managing her family business — Liesel blends analytical thinking with a warm, personalized style. Clients consistently praise her proactive communication, strong negotiation skills, and calm, solutions-focused approach that helps them navigate even the most complex real estate situations with confidence.
Liesel works with a wide range of clients, including first-time homebuyers, upsizers, downsizers, luxury sellers, and investors. She tailors her strategies to each client, providing high-touch service, clear guidance, and unwavering advocacy from start to finish.
Originally from South Africa, Liesel has called the Chicago area home for more than 25 years. She has lived in both the city and Northbrook before settling in Riverwoods with her husband, two sons, and their Maltipoo.
A passionate and engaged community member, Liesel has served on the boards of Solomon Schechter Day School and Na’amat USA and is an active supporter and fundraiser for Breakthrough T1D. Outside of real estate, she enjoys playing tennis, paddle, and pickleball, traveling, and spending quality time with her family.
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"Liesel Jankelowitz works 24/7. Truly. I don’t think she sleeps. She did everything to make selling our property as simple, efficient, and pleasant as possible. She found us the perfect buyer super quickly and moved the whole process along beautifully from start to close. Cannot recommend her enough!!!”
"Working with Liesel made the home-buying process an absolute pleasure. Her communication skills are excellent and always kept me in the know during the search process through closing. Regardless of the time of day, she was quick to respond and lend a helping hand. She made me feel like I was the only client she had. I would highly recommend working with Liesel."
"Liesel was magnificent to work with. As a first time home buyer, this process was daunting to navigate. Liesel's patience with me as well as her expertise and knowledge was beyond valuable. She helped me negotiate a lower price and walked me through every step of the way. She also gave me good referrals to multiple lenders and attorneys who were also good to work with. I'm excited to finally be in my first home and will work with Liesel again when the time arises!"
“Liesel is thorough, professional and works with 100% dedication and integrity to match her client's needs. In a very difficult market, Liesel brings multiple talents and networks to make things happen/close a deal. She goes above and beyond in terms of service and is practical, savvy and has an outstanding eye for detail. Thank you!!!”
"Liesel was involved in both purchasing a new home and selling an existing home for my family. I will never be able to express in words how wonderful and easy Liesel made what is usually a daunting task. She took care of everything from day one. She made the experience as easy and stress-free as possible. Her immediate responses to our inquiries, constant follow up on the details, and her overall wonderful personality, positive attitude, and unbelievable knowledge made us feel confident in the entire process. She made sure to secure the buying of our new home despite several bidding parties, and sold our old home for an unbelievable price in only four days!!! I can’t thank Liesel enough for getting us through this process and highly recommend her for any of your real estate needs. "
"Liesel was nothing short of incredible. She is extremely knowledgeable on the Chicagoland area, quick to answer any email or text, and extremely positive and fun to be around. She made the stressful process of finding an apartment easy and stress free. Couldn’t recommend enough!"
"Liesel was terrific, she advocated for my roommate and I when we were having difficulties communicating with our potential landlord and we would not have been able to land our dream apartment without her. She was kind, hardworking, and responsive and I would recommend her and her services highly."
“Liesel is the consummate professional real estate agent! She is also a warm and caring person who was wonderful to work with on the sale of my home. Her ideas were spot on yet she was understanding and listened to my concerns. I can only give her the highest recommendation!!”