My story, and how it shapes the way I work with you.
Katie Lamboglia has devoted nearly two decades to serving clients, developing real estate professionals, and raising the standard of service throughout the Catawba Valley. Licensed since 2006, Katie has built her career through nearly every type of market—giving her the experience, perspective, and practical knowledge needed to guide both clients and agents through complex transactions with confidence.
Before founding True North Realty, Katie served in a senior leadership role with a large real estate firm of nearly 100 agents. That experience helped shape her hands-on approach to brokerage leadership and gave her an in-depth understanding of compliance, contract strategy, risk management, agent development, marketing, and the day-to-day systems required to operate a successful real estate company.
Katie also holds a degree in Computer Programming & Internet Marketing, allowing her to combine traditional real estate expertise with a sophisticated understanding of digital marketing, technology, branding, and consumer behavior. Under her leadership, True North Realty has become known for its innovative property marketing, strong relocation presence, professional media, agent training, and highly personalized approach to client service.
Her professional credentials and affiliations include AHWD, C2EX, NCREA, and CREIPS. She was named one of Hickory Young Professionals’ 2022 Top 10 Under 40, recognized as an Inman 2026 Future Leaders Award recipient, and selected to serve on the Canopy REALTOR® Association Grievance Committee for 2026–2027.
As Broker in Charge and Owner of True North Realty, Katie remains actively involved in every level of the company—from contract guidance and transaction strategy to marketing innovation, agent mentorship, business development, and client care. Her passion for leading through service, elevating those around her, and investing deeply in the growth of others is the heartbeat of the brokerage. She leads with integrity, genuine care, and high expectations, working alongside her team while remaining a fierce and steadfast advocate for the clients and agents who place their trust in her.
Whether she is representing a client through an important sale, helping a family relocate to North Carolina, mentoring an agent through a challenging transaction, or developing the next advancement for the brokerage, Katie brings a rare combination of experience, creativity, professionalism, and heart to everything she does.
A local guide, with a boutique brokerage's full weight behind them.
Katie pairs deep local knowledge with True North's marketing, technology, and distribution — so clients get concierge-level attention without giving up scale.
How Katie + True North actually market your home.
No cookie-cutter checklists. Every listing gets the same senior-level treatment.
A real comparative market analysis with live absorption data from Canopy MLS — plus an honest range, not a wish price.
Every listing includes pro photography, floor plans, and — where it earns its keep — drone, video walk-throughs, and twilight shots. No 'good enough' iPhone photos.
Your home hits Canopy MLS plus Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin, and Homes.com — all with correct data and pro media.
True North's Social Studio generates on-brand posts across Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, plus a targeted email push to our sphere and past-client database.
Katie negotiates with a full brokerage playbook behind them — pricing strategy, inspection response templates, and appraisal defense that a solo agent can't match.
A dedicated coordinator owns your timeline — inspections, appraisal, lender check-ins, closing — so you get updates, not scavenger hunts.
You get a real person on the phone, backed by the entire True North operation.
- ✓Direct access — you text Katie, Katie answers. No junior handoff.
- ✓Local expertise across Hickory, Lenoir, Valdese — schools, commutes, HOAs, the stuff Zillow can't tell you.
- ✓Early access to True North's coming-soon listings and network-sourced opportunities before they hit the public MLS.
- ✓Preferred lender + inspector + attorney bench — vetted, not paid referrals.
- ✓A written buyer or seller game plan before you ever tour or list.
- ✓Transparent pricing — no junk fees, no surprise closing costs.
- ✓Post-close support: contractor referrals, tax appeals, refinance timing.
- ✓A brokerage that treats agents like partners, not seat-fillers — which is why your agent is here for the long haul.
True North Realty · Hickory, NC
Based in downtown Hickory and serving buyers and sellers across the Catawba Valley, Lake Norman, the High Country, and the greater Charlotte and Triad regions. Katie works with you virtually or in person.