Top Real Estate Agent Choices in La Jolla, California

Bob Andrews is a Realtor with Compass who has worked in real estate since 1994 and has spent most of his life in La Jolla. He is a graduate of UC San Diego and La Jolla High School. Past sales on his Compass profile include 9828 La Jolla Farms Road at $15.25 million and 6106 Camino De La Costa at $13.863 million, and he currently lists a home on La Jolla Shores Lane. RealTrends Verified credits his team with $32.61 million in 2025 volume.

Rob and Joy Aumann founded LUXURYSOCALREALTY, a 10-member San Diego team that joined The Real Brokerage in October 2026 after working with Compass. Licensed since 2011, the team reports more than $750 million in career sales, including at least 16 waterfront properties. It represented the buyer in the $47 million sale of 6026 Camino De La Costa in La Jolla. RealTrends Verified credits the team with $121.43 million across 54 sides in 2025 and ranked it No. 2 among La Jolla teams by volume.

Erika Borunda Ahajanian is a broker associate with Compass and leads Exude Luxury Group, which moved from Side to Compass in 2025 and opened a street-level office in La Jolla. Her Compass profile reports more than $580 million in career sales. Past sales there include 9860 La Jolla Farms Road at $17.25 million, and she was the buyer's showing agent for the Razor House at 9827 La Jolla Farms Road. RealTrends Verified credits her team with $80.21 million across 45 sides in 2025.

Vincent Crudo is a Compass Realtor who was born and raised in La Jolla and has helped buyers, sellers and investors since 2007. Past sales on his Compass profile include 6216 Camino De La Costa at $15.9 million, 210 Palomar Avenue at $14.5 million and 5410 Calumet Avenue at $7.995 million. He currently lists 6911 Neptune Place in La Jolla. RealTrends Verified credits his team with $77.6 million across 31 sides in 2025. He works in English and Spanish.

Greg Cummings founded The Greg Cummings Group at Compass, a team serving coastal and greater San Diego that RealTrends Verified lists as doing business in La Jolla. RealTrends credits the team with 64 sides and $90.34 million in volume in 2025, with an average price of $1.41 million. Past sales on his Compass profile include 5945 Waverly Avenue, 5650 Dolphin Place and 319 Bird Rock Avenue in La Jolla. The team holds the CCS and ABR designations and works with condos, investment properties and coastal homes.

Lenna Doyle is a Compass Realtor who moved into real estate in 2005 after working as a zookeeper at the San Diego Zoo. She represents buyers and sellers of luxury homes, condos and residential income properties in central and coastal San Diego County, including 1031 exchanges. Past sales on her Compass profile include 6423 Avenida Cresta at $6.285 million, 5825 Waverly Avenue and 421 Bird Rock Avenue in La Jolla. She holds the Certified Senior Advisor designation and is a founding member of Compass Plus.

Maxine Gellens and her daughter Marti Gellens-Stubbs lead a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties team with a storefront office on Girard Avenue in the Village of La Jolla. The pair have worked together for more than 30 years and focus on the La Jolla and Del Mar luxury markets. Their website reports nearly $3.8 billion in lifetime sales and more than 2,150 homes sold. The team includes six buyer's agents, a showing agent and listing, marketing and transaction coordinators.

Deborah Greenspan is an agent with Pacific Sotheby's International Realty, based at the firm's office on Prospect Street in La Jolla. A San Francisco Bay Area native with degrees from UC Berkeley and Santa Clara University, she began her career in San Francisco and joined Pacific Sotheby's in 2012. RealTrends Verified credits her with $40.36 million across 14 sides in 2025, an average of $2.88 million. She has listed a gated, 1.47-acre ocean-view estate in Olde Muirlands.

Craig Lotzof joined The Agency's San Diego team in June 2026 with his team, Craig Lotzof & Associates, after working with Compass. The Agency reports more than 31 years of experience, over $2 billion in career sales and about $118 million in team sales volume in 2025. His La Jolla work includes the Muir Garden Estate and a sale on Palomar Avenue that The Agency describes as one of the highest prices per square foot for a non-direct oceanfront home in La Jolla.

Marc Lotzof is a Compass Realtor who became a real estate agent in 1985 and has been an active broker in California since 1988. Originally from South Africa, he holds the CRS and SRES designations and is a member of the La Jolla Brokers Association and the Luxury Properties Division. Past sales on his Compass profile include 5220 Chelsea Street at $19.25 million, 9860 La Jolla Farms Road at $17.25 million and 5850 Camino De La Costa at $12.795 million. He currently lists 1718 Valdes Drive in La Jolla.

Donna Medrea is an agent with Pacific Sotheby's International Realty in La Jolla who specializes in oceanfront sales. She entered the La Jolla market when Ross Perot Jr. recruited her to market and sell all 158 homes in the Ridgegate community. Her profile reports more than $2 billion in residential sales and over 1,300 transactions. RealTrends Verified credits her with $38.65 million across 10 sides in 2025, an average of $3.87 million. She has served on the board of the La Jolla Historical Society.

The Nelson Brothers Team works with Willis Allen Real Estate, a La Jolla-based brokerage that RISMedia describes as one of the largest independently operated real estate companies in Southern California. RealTrends Verified lists the team as doing business in La Jolla and credits it with $127.26 million in volume across 31 sides in 2025. That works out to an average price of $4.11 million per sale, and RealTrends ranks the team 186th in the United States by volume.

Dane Soderberg is a broker associate and founding partner at Compass with 20 years of experience in coastal San Diego. RealTrends Verified credits him with $78 million in volume across 41 sides in 2025 and places him first among La Jolla agents by volume for that year. Past sales on his Compass profile include 484 Prospect Street at $9.8 million and several units at 1020 Prospect Street. He currently lists 5416 Candlelight Drive in La Jolla at $30 million.

Alison Sorley Atwood is a Luxury Property Specialist with Coldwell Banker Realty, working from the firm's La Jolla office on Prospect Street. RealTrends Verified credits her with $14.3 million in volume across 6 sides in 2025, an average of $2.38 million per sale. Her listed specialties include buyer representation, luxury homes, new construction, relocation, vacation homes and first-time buyers. She also holds the Certified Negotiation Expert designation and is a short sale and foreclosure resource.

Steve Springer is a Compass broker who focuses on luxury and second-home sales in Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, La Jolla and Encinitas. His Compass profile reports nearly two decades of experience, more than 150 sales and work with coastal zoning and development potential. Past sales there include 274 Coast Boulevard in La Jolla at $12.85 million and 5622 Taft Avenue. He was named to the WSJ/RealTrends Thousand in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and works in English and Spanish.

David Thayer is an agent with Pacific Sotheby's International Realty in La Jolla and a San Diego native. RealTrends Verified credits him with 31 sides and $40.3 million in volume in 2025, an average of $1.3 million per sale. His profile says he works with clients from first-time buyers to developers and pairs data-driven analysis with investment strategies. Before real estate he worked in the real estate software industry and corporate fashion, and he favors homes with a coastal modern feel.

Kathleen Westwood is a Compass Realtor who focuses on trust sales and downsizing transitions and holds the Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation. RealTrends Verified credits her with $11.91 million across 5 sides in 2025. Past sales on her Compass profile include 1329 West Muirlands Drive at $4.175 million, 6028 Beaumont Avenue at $4.1 million and 342 Bonair Street at $3.495 million, all in La Jolla. Her profile lists Circle of Excellence honors for 2025.