Top Real Estate Agent Choices in Palm Springs, California

Jeff Blacker is a Realtor with Compass, working from its Palm Springs office on North Palm Canyon Drive. He has spent more than 19 years in real estate and specializes in midcentury and architectural homes. Palm Springs Life included him on its 2026 Top Realtors list, and RealTrends Verified credits him with $18.28 million across 28 sides in 2025. His Compass past sales include 3036 Arroyo Seco for $2.599 million and 278 Patel Place for $2.48 million. He earlier spent 20 years as a project engineer.

Jim Caldwell is a Compass agent and part of the Caldwell and Linger Group with Paul Linger and Glen Nadeau, a team named to Palm Springs Life's 2026 Top Realtors list. He is a full-time Palm Springs resident who represents buyers and sellers of residential and income properties. Nearly all of the sales on his Compass profile are in Palm Springs, including 690 West Linda Vista Drive for $2.84 million and 1525 East El Alameda for $2.395 million. His listed specialties include relocation.

Alex Dethier is a Realtor with the Paul Kaplan Group at Bennion Deville Homes, based on North Palm Canyon Drive. Palm Springs Life's 2026 Top Realtors list places him among the 10 individual agents with the most transactions in the Coachella Valley, and RealTrends Verified credits him with 45.9 sides in 2025. He launched the condo site pscondos.com in 2014 and pshomes.com in 2017, which maps Palm Springs neighborhoods and condo communities. Born in Normandy, France, he lives in Palm Springs.

Scott Ehrens is a Realtor in the Palm Springs office of Compass. A Princeton graduate, he worked in equity research at Goldman Sachs before starting in real estate in 2008. His Compass profile notes particular experience with homes on Indian leased land and with new construction sales for a Palm Springs developer. RealTrends Verified credits him with $38.46 million across 29 sides in 2025, and his past sales include 775 West Chino Canyon Road for $5.5 million and 2399 City View Drive for $5.4 million.

Gregg Fletcher is a principal with Compass and has more than 30 years of experience marketing architectural homes, estates and country club properties. He worked in Los Angeles real estate before moving to the Palm Springs area. Palm Springs Life named him to its 2026 Top Realtors list, and RealTrends Verified shows $20.38 million in 2025 sales. His Palm Springs past sales include 815 North Prescott Drive for $6.4 million and 861 East Granvia Valmonte for $4.25 million. He is involved with the Palm Springs Art Museum.

James Gault is a Realtor with Compass whose profile reports more than $180 million in properties sold. His profile says he has appeared on Palm Springs Life's Top Realtors list for four consecutive years, and the 2026 list includes him. RealTrends Verified shows $17.39 million across 20 sides in 2025. His Palm Springs past sales include 328 West Mountain View Place for $7.7 million, 475 South Via Las Palmas for $6.7 million and 591 North Belardo Road for $3.85 million.

Mark Gutkowski is a Realtor with Bennion Deville Homes, where he has worked since 2009 after five years as a broker with Coldwell Banker Bain in Seattle. Zillow shows 306 total sales and 22 years of experience, and RealTrends Verified credits him with $36.72 million across 32 sides in 2025. His website, MarkGPS, publishes Palm Springs maps of Indian lease land, wind and mountain shade, plus a lease expiration calculator. He has appeared on HGTV's House Hunters and is on Palm Springs Life's 2026 list.

Patrick Jordan and Stewart Smith are the principals of PS Properties, a Bennion Deville Homes team at 201 North Palm Canyon Drive that has served Palm Springs since 2004. Palm Springs Life placed the team in its 2026 $100 Million Circle, and RealTrends Verified shows $109.82 million across 55 sides in 2025. The team has represented the Sutter House by E. Stewart Williams and the Hope Estate by John Lautner. The partners attend showings themselves rather than using lockboxes, unless an owner asks for one.

Andy Linsky has lived in the desert full time since 1989 and has been licensed since 1993. He is part of ASK Palm Springs at Compass with Sven Vennen, Kevin Bass and Read Brown, a team on Palm Springs Life's 2026 Top Realtors list. His specialty is architectural property, and his Compass past sales include 3220 Ave Sevilla for $3.7 million and 877 South Via Las Palmas for $2.525 million. He served on the Desert AIDS Project board from 1990 to 2004, four years as its president.

Scott Lyle has worked in Palm Springs area real estate since 1978, and his team, The Scott Lyle Group at Compass, includes Brad White and Kyle Gilligan. He is a past president of the Palm Springs Regional Association of Realtors and a past state director of the California Association of Realtors. RealTrends Verified shows the team with $55.37 million across 18 sides in 2025. Past sales on his Compass profile include 252 Ridge Road for $8.5 million and 698 Las Palmas Estates Drive for $5.2 million.

Keith Markovitz and Todd Monaghan are the principals of TTK Represents, a Compass team on North Palm Canyon Drive that Monaghan formed with Markovitz and Tyler Morgan in 2008. RealTrends Verified shows $121.85 million across 58 sides in 2025 and ranks it first among Palm Springs teams by volume. Palm Springs Life placed it in its 2026 $100 Million Circle. Current listings include Sheepfold, a $9 million home in Desert Palisades, along with homes in Deepwell Estates and Indian Canyons.

Ty Nasief is a Realtor with Compass who has worked in Coachella Valley residential real estate since 2014, with a focus on Palm Springs and architecturally significant properties. Before real estate he worked in engineering, design and the culinary arts. Palm Springs Life included him on its 2026 Top Realtors list, and RealTrends Verified shows $13.54 million across 15 sides in 2025. His Compass past sales include 815 North Prescott Drive for $6.4 million and 418 East Via Colusa for $2.365 million.

Marc Sanders is a Compass agent who has lived in the desert since 1987 and began buying and restoring properties in Palm Springs and Pasadena in 1993. His own purchases have included Donald Wexler's home and the Sinatra House designed by E. Stewart Williams. RealTrends Verified shows $23.73 million across 13 sides in 2025, and he is on Palm Springs Life's 2026 list. His Palm Springs past sales include 1350 Ladera Circle for $7.3 million and 345 North Via Las Palmas for $6.495 million.

Douglas Turold is a Realtor with Compass and a California native who is licensed in California and Illinois. He began his real estate career in Chicago and has owned his current California home since 2002. Palm Springs Life included him on its 2026 Top Realtors list, and RealTrends Verified shows $12.98 million across 8 sides in 2025. His Compass past sales include 780 North Via Monte Vista for $3.85 million, 729 North High Road for $3.396 million and 701 North Patencio Road for $3 million.

David Whitworth is a Realtor with Compass and part of DJR Palm Springs with Jesse Huskey and Romina Gil de Matos, a team named to Palm Springs Life's 2026 Top Realtors list. The team says it was founded and focused in Palm Springs and has more than 30 years of combined experience. Whitworth has over 25 years in the industry and is licensed in three states. His Compass past sales include 2290 South Yosemite for $3.4 million and 2262 South Yosemite for $3.2 million.