2026 Palos Verdes Estates, California Agent Directory

Top Real Estate Agent Choices in Palos Verdes Estates, California

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Palos Verdes Estates, California

Palos Verdes Estates is a coastal city of about 13,300 residents on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, master-planned in the 1920s by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and incorporated in 1939. Homes range from single-family houses in Valmonte to estates on Paseo Del Mar, and Malaga Cove sales averaged about $3.9 million in 2023. This directory features 15 agents who actively work Palos Verdes Estates.

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15 Agents Featured
90274 Primary ZIP Code
2026 Directory Year

Buying or selling here means working within the Palos Verdes Homes Association's Protective Restrictions, recorded in 1923, and its Art Jury, which must approve any exterior change to a home. Larger projects can also go before the city's Planning Commission. The agents below all have documented Palos Verdes Estates listings or sales, or work from an office on the Peninsula.

How We Compiled This Directory

This is a directory, not a ranking. Agents are featured because they actively work Palos Verdes Estates:

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Active in Palos Verdes Estates

Each agent has documented Palos Verdes Estates listings or sales on their brokerage profile, their own website, MLS records or local press, or works from an office on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

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Public production data

Where RealTrends Verified publishes an agent's or team's 2025 sales figures, we cite them on the card so you can check the numbers at the source.

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Palos Verdes Estates experience

We looked for agents who know local specifics such as Art Jury review, the 1923 Protective Restrictions, bluff-top and ocean-view lots, and the difference between Palos Verdes Estates and its Peninsula neighbors.

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15 Real Estate Agents to Consider in Palos Verdes Estates

A directory of agents worth contacting, listed alphabetically by last name. Tap the links on any card to check details at the source.

15 agents
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Tony Accardo, Realtor at Compass
Tony Accardo
Broker Associate; Founder, Accardo Real Estate Associates
Compass · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Tony Accardo is a broker associate with Compass and founder of Accardo Real Estate Associates, which he runs with his wife, Marina, who leads marketing and design. Born and raised in Palos Verdes, he was named Realtor of the Year by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Realtors association. RealTrends Verified credits his team with 46 transaction sides and $86.9 million in 2025 volume. His Compass profile lists Palos Verdes Estates sales including 601 Via Del Monte at $8 million and 1380 Via Romero at $5.51 million.

Focus Palos Verdes Estates HomesPre-Listing DesignSeller Representation
2
Chris Adlam, Realtor at Vista Sotheby's International Realty
Chris Adlam
Real Estate Agent
Vista Sotheby's International Realty · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
30+ yrs experience

Chris Adlam works from Vista Sotheby's International Realty's office at 16 Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates, the city where he lives with his family. He has sold South Bay real estate for more than 30 years. RealTrends Verified credits him with $191.17 million in 2025 sales volume across 56.9 transaction sides, ranking him No. 85 in the nation by volume. In October 2026 he sold 1412 Lower Paseo La Cresta in Palos Verdes Estates for $8 million.

Focus Luxury EstatesConfidential SalesPalos Verdes Peninsula
3
Britt Austin and Cari Corbalis
Team Leads, Cari & Britt Group
Vista Sotheby's International Realty · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
43 yrs experience

Cari Corbalis and Britt Austin work together as the Cari & Britt Group at Vista Sotheby's International Realty, and both are listed at the firm's Malaga Cove Plaza office in Palos Verdes Estates. Their HomeLight profile shows 43 years of experience and 772 transactions, with specialties that include luxury, waterfront and relocation clients. In 2026 they sold 4400 Via Azalea in Palos Verdes Estates for $2.73 million, and in 2021 they listed 4004 Via Nivel in the city at $3.6 million.

Focus Peninsula HomesRelocationBuyer and Seller Representation
4
Gerard Bisignano
Partner and Owner, Vista Sotheby's International Realty; Lead, The Bisignano Group
Vista Sotheby's International Realty · Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Gerard Bisignano is a partner and owner of Vista Sotheby's International Realty and leads the Bisignano Group, which Palos Verdes Magazine lists at 16 Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates. RealTrends Verified credits the team with 55 transaction sides and $72.81 million in 2025 volume. He holds an MBA from Loyola Marymount University and served eight years on the Redondo Beach City Council. The group serves the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the Beach Cities and reports more than a century of combined team experience.

Focus Legacy EstatesArchitectural HomesTeam Representation
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Jen Caskey, Realtor at Compass
Jen Caskey
Founder, Jen Caskey Group
Compass · Hermosa Beach, CA
30 yrs experience

Jen Caskey founded the Jen Caskey Group at Compass and has worked as a South Bay Realtor for three decades. Her Compass bio says the team generated more than $400 million in sales in 2021 and that she works with buyers and sellers from Manhattan Beach to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Her Compass past sales include 3701 Via Valmonte in Palos Verdes Estates at $9.5 million, and in 2026 she and Patrice Radden listed 1325 Via Gabriel in the city at $5.999 million.

Focus Luxury ResidentialSeller RepresentationNegotiation
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Kyle Daniels, Realtor at Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties
Kyle Daniels
Realtor
Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties · Manhattan Beach, CA
15+ yrs experience

Kyle Daniels is a Realtor with Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties with more than 15 years in real estate sales and a background in tax and corporate accounting. Born and raised in the South Bay, he has also served as a Los Angeles County Ocean Lifeguard. His sold listings include 4024 Via Picaposte at $4 million, 857 Rincon at $2.8 million and 4405 Via Valmonte at $2.5 million, all in Palos Verdes Estates, and he is currently listing 4012 Via Opata in the city.

Focus Palos Verdes Estates HomesInvestment PropertyLeasing
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Suzanne Dyer, Realtor at Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties
Suzanne Dyer
Realtor; Lead, The Dyer Group
Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
35+ yrs experience

Suzanne Dyer leads The Dyer Group at Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties, and her website lists an office at 79 Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates. She has served the Palos Verdes Peninsula since 1990 and reports more than 1,000 homes sold. RealTrends Verified credits her team with 40 transaction sides and $74.75 million in 2025 volume. Her Palos Verdes Estates sales include 952 Paseo La Cresta at $12.5 million and 1640 Paseo Del Mar at $5.15 million.

Focus Luxury EstatesEquestrian PropertiesProbate and Trust Sales
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Lauren Forbes, Realtor at Compass
Lauren Forbes
CEO and Founder, Lauren Forbes Group
Compass · Hermosa Beach, CA
20+ yrs experience

Lauren Forbes is CEO and founder of the Lauren Forbes Group at Compass and a founding agent of the brokerage's South Bay office. A former litigation attorney with a law degree from Loyola Law School, she has more than two decades of real estate experience and reports more than $1 billion in career sales. Her Compass past sales include 609 Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates at $9.6 million. She was named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's Top 100 residential agents list in 2025.

Focus Luxury SalesContract NegotiationOff-Market Properties
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Ram Handa, Realtor at Compass
Ram Handa
Real Estate Agent
Compass · Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Ram Handa is an agent with Compass who was born and raised in the South Bay and holds a degree in social and behavioral sciences from the University of Arizona. RealTrends Verified lists him in Palos Verdes Estates with $17.36 million in 2025 sales volume at an average price of $5.79 million. His Compass past sales include 1901 Paseo Del Sol at $12,288,888, 1701 Paseo La Cresta at $7.51 million and 1549 Via Lopez at $6.6 million, all in Palos Verdes Estates.

Focus Luxury HomesBuyer RepresentationSeller Representation
10
Tony Kim, Realtor at Compass
Tony Kim
Team Lead, Tony Kim & Associates
Compass · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
20 yrs experience

Tony Kim leads Tony Kim & Associates at Compass and has worked as a full-time agent since 2006. He grew up in Torrance, now lives in Palos Verdes, and works with clients in English and Korean, including Korean buyers relocating from overseas. RealTrends Verified lists him in Palos Verdes Estates with 21 transaction sides and $23.88 million in 2025 volume. His Compass past sales include 900 Via Nogales at $4.525 million and 2513 Via Olivera at $4.3 million, both in Palos Verdes Estates.

Focus Palos Verdes HomesKorean-Speaking ClientsRelocation
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Lily Liang, Realtor at Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties
Lily Liang
Executive Vice President and Founding Partner
Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
45 yrs experience

Lily Liang is executive vice president and a founding partner of Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties, and Palos Verdes Magazine lists her at the firm's office on Yarmouth Road in Palos Verdes Estates. She has worked in high-end residential real estate since 1981 and reports nearly $1 billion in career transactions. She speaks Mandarin and has lived on the Peninsula for more than 30 years. Her sold listings include 553 Via Almar at $4.44 million and 709 Via Somonte at $4.4 million in Palos Verdes Estates.

Focus Luxury EstatesRepeat and Referral ClientsMandarin-Speaking Clients
12
Gayle Probst, Realtor at Estate Properties
Gayle Probst
Real Estate Agent
Estate Properties · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
34 yrs experience

Gayle Probst is an agent with Estate Properties, working from its office at 450 Silver Spur Road. She earned her real estate license in 1992, began her career at Coldwell Banker and moved to RE/MAX Estate Properties in late 2012. She has lived in the South Bay and Palos Verdes since the 1970s and was named to the REAL Trends The Thousand list in 2016. Her Palos Verdes Estates listings include 940 Paseo La Cresta at $7.2 million and 1315 Granvia Altamira at $5.1 million.

Focus Single-Family HomesPeninsula SellersLeasing
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Georgiana Rosenkranz, Realtor at Compass
Georgiana Rosenkranz
Broker Associate
Compass · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
20+ yrs experience

Georgiana Rosenkranz, known to clients as George, is a broker associate with Compass and a native of the South Bay. Before real estate she spent 11 years as an attorney practicing transactional law, and she has been a broker for more than 20 years. RealTrends Verified lists her in Palos Verdes Estates with $23.08 million in 2025 volume. Her Compass past sales include 2425 Via Pinale at $3.85 million and 4424 Via Pinzon at $3 million, and in 2024 she listed 2733 Paseo Del Mar at $8.98 million.

Focus Contract NegotiationRelocationStaging
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Cameron Stearns, Realtor at Compass
Cameron and Janet Stearns
Realtors, Cameron & Janet Stearns
Compass · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Cameron Stearns and his mother, Janet Stearns, are Compass Realtors who both grew up on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. RealTrends Verified credits their team with 39 transaction sides and $80.11 million in 2025 volume. Their Compass past sales include 1564 Via Zurita at $9.19 million and 1409 Via Fernandez at $6.399 million in Palos Verdes Estates, and their current listings include 1905 Paseo Del Sol. Cameron played varsity basketball at Palos Verdes High School, and Janet worked for nearly ten years on the former Marineland property.

Focus Palos Verdes Estates LuxuryListing RepresentationInvestment Property
15
Steve and Ceci Watts
Founding Partners, Watts, Engle & Associates
Vista Sotheby's International Realty · Palos Verdes Estates, CA
40+ yrs experience

Steve and Ceci Watts are founding partners of Watts, Engle & Associates at Vista Sotheby's International Realty, based at 16 Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates. Steve has worked as an agent since the mid-1980s and has lived in Palos Verdes since 1963, and Ceci, an interior designer, guides home presentation and staging. RealTrends Verified credits the team with 19 transaction sides and $35.39 million in 2025 volume. Past team sales include 2056 Via Visalia in Palos Verdes Estates at $4.098 million.

Focus Home StagingSeller RepresentationPalos Verdes Estates Homes

Palos Verdes Estates Neighborhoods and Nearby Areas

Agents in this directory work across Palos Verdes Estates and the Peninsula communities around it, including:

Malaga Cove

Home to Malaga Cove Plaza, a Spanish Renaissance-style center designed by Myron Hunt and built in 1925 around a replica of Bologna's Neptune fountain, with 19 single-family home sales in 2023 at an average of about $3.9 million.

Lunada Bay

A coastal neighborhood centered on Lunada Bay Park, a blufftop park with a pergola, ocean views and native plantings maintained by volunteers with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy.

Valmonte

An early residential area where the Homes Association notes lots sold for about $600 in 1925, now a neighborhood of single-family homes along streets such as Via Valmonte.

La Cresta

The area around Paseo La Cresta, tracked as its own neighborhood in local sales reports, where recent sales include 952 Paseo La Cresta at $12.5 million and 1701 Paseo La Cresta at $7.51 million.

Miraleste

A community within Rancho Palos Verdes that shares the Palos Verdes Homes Association and its Art Jury with Palos Verdes Estates, so exterior changes to homes there also need Art Jury approval.

Rolling Hills Estates

A neighboring city incorporated in 1957 with 8,280 residents at the 2020 census, known for its many horse paths and home to the Promenade on the Peninsula shopping center.

Where Palos Verdes Estates Sits in the South Bay

Palos Verdes Estates lies on the Pacific coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, about 26 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, bordered by Torrance to the north and east, Rolling Hills Estates to the southeast and Rancho Palos Verdes to the south.

Hiring a Realtor in Palos Verdes Estates, California: FAQs

Which real estate agents should I consider in Palos Verdes Estates?

Agents worth contacting in Palos Verdes Estates include Chris Adlam of Vista Sotheby's International Realty, who works from the firm's Malaga Cove Plaza office, Suzanne Dyer of Strand Hill | Forbes Global Properties, Tony Accardo of Compass and Cameron and Janet Stearns of Compass, all with documented sales in the city. The right fit depends on multiple factors, including your property and price point, so compare a few of the agents on this page.

Is this list a ranking of the best agents in Palos Verdes Estates?

No. This page is a directory of agents who actively work Palos Verdes Estates, listed alphabetically by last name. The order isn't based on sales volume or reviews. The best agent for you depends on multiple factors, including your property, price point and whether you're buying or selling.

What is the Palos Verdes Homes Association Art Jury?

The Art Jury is a six-member panel, established in 1923, that reviews plans for the exterior appearance of homes and other structures in Palos Verdes Estates and Miraleste. Its review covers new construction and remodels as well as repainting, re-roofing and replacing windows and doors, and the Homes Association states that no structure can be built or altered without Art Jury approval.

Do homes in Palos Verdes Estates have deed restrictions?

Yes. The Basic Protective Restrictions of Palos Verdes Estates were recorded in 1923 and are legally enforceable limits on how property can be used and improved. The Homes Association says unapproved changes are usually resolved at the time of sale, when buyers are typically required to bring the property into compliance, so ask your agent to check a home's approval history before you buy.

Do I need city approval as well as Art Jury approval to remodel?

Often, yes. The Art Jury approves a home's exterior appearance, while the City of Palos Verdes Estates approves how it is built. Projects that meet the city's Neighborhood Compatibility Ordinance criteria also go to a Planning Commission public hearing, and neighbors within 300 feet are notified and can comment.

How is Palos Verdes Estates different from Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills Estates?

Palos Verdes Estates incorporated in 1939, had 13,347 residents in 2020 and is the only Peninsula city with its own police department, and its homes fall under the Homes Association and Art Jury. Rancho Palos Verdes incorporated in 1973 and is larger, with 42,287 residents, while Rolling Hills Estates incorporated in 1957 and is known for its horse paths. All three are served by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District.

Is the Portuguese Bend landslide in Palos Verdes Estates?

No. The Portuguese Bend landslide complex is in Rancho Palos Verdes and covers about 260 acres. Movement there led to a state of emergency in September 2024 and utility shutoffs for hundreds of homes, so buyers anywhere on the Peninsula should review geology reports and seller disclosures with their agent.

Which schools serve Palos Verdes Estates?

Palos Verdes Estates is part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, which also serves Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills and Rolling Hills Estates. Its high schools are Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and Rancho Del Mar High School, a continuation school, so confirm a home's assigned schools with the district before you buy.

How much does it cost to hire a Realtor in Palos Verdes Estates?

Commission is negotiable and is not set by law. Since August 17, 2024, buyers sign a written agreement with their agent before touring homes, and that agreement must spell out the agent's compensation, so discuss terms up front.

How do I check an agent's reviews and track record?

Look up the agent on Zillow, Google and their brokerage profile, and use the links on each card to check RealTrends Verified data and past sales at the source. Ask about recent Palos Verdes Estates sales, Art Jury experience and team size, and confirm the license through the California Department of Real Estate.

About This List

This page is independently compiled and isn't affiliated with any Palos Verdes Peninsula brokerage. It is a directory of agents who work in Palos Verdes Estates, not a ranking, and agent details come from public profiles and may change. If you're an agent and believe your information needs correcting, reach out to contact@topagenttoday.com.

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