Real Estate Agents in Santa Monica, California

Kate Bransfield has been a licensed Realtor since 1997 and has lived in Santa Monica since 1989, owning two properties in the city herself. She began her career in commercial brokerage with Coldwell Banker before transitioning to residential in the early 1990s, and today works out of Coldwell Banker's Santa Monica office. Her Zillow profile also lists Los Angeles, Marina del Rey, and Playa Del Rey as service areas alongside Santa Monica.

Ian L. Brooks is described on his Zillow profile as the #1 producer in the Santa Monica Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices office and ranked in the top 1% of agents nationwide. With 40 years of experience — the longest tenure in this directory — he focuses on luxury and architecturally significant properties, marketed with a global outreach approach. His profile notes past work with entertainment-industry clients and fluency across four languages.

Engel & Völkers Santa Monica is the local shop of the global luxury real estate franchise, operating directly out of Santa Monica. Zillow reviews highlight agent Staci Siegel by name as "the absolute best" and "extremely trustworthy," suggesting the team page aggregates reviews across multiple individual agents working under the brand. The team's stated language coverage (six languages) is notably broad even for this directory.

Jimmy Heckenberg leads the Heckenberg Realty Group out of Rodeo Realty, working the west side of Los Angeles including Santa Monica. Zillow reviewers describe him as "knowledgeable" and "responsive," citing "expert negotiation skills, and accurate pricing strategies." His team's recent activity spans a wide price range, from the $800Ks up to eight figures, averaging roughly $3.7M per sale.

Cynda Kaiser co-leads the Cynda and Robert Kaiser Team at Compass, branded online as "Westside Moves" — a name that reflects their focus on the Santa Monica/Westside LA corridor. With 26 years of experience and a staging specialty alongside standard buyer/listing representation, the team emphasizes long-term client relationships built over the course of a transaction.

Ray Lyon is the founder and CEO of Ray Lyon Realty, a boutique residential brokerage headquartered in Santa Monica. His profile describes a focus on luxury homes, family residences, and new construction across Santa Monica and the broader Westside, backed by 17 years of experience and one of the fullest specialty lists in this directory.

Peter Maurice is an Estates Director at Rodeo Realty's Beverly Hills office and a native of the Westside, with over 30 years as a top-producing agent. His Zillow profile explicitly lists Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica as his service areas, and states a decade of ranking in the top 0.1% of agents nationally. Note: his brokerage's physical office is in Beverly Hills rather than Santa Monica itself — included here on the strength of his profile's own stated Santa Monica service area.

Dan and Charlee Nessel have worked together as a husband-and-wife real estate team for more than 25 years, operating out of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices' Santa Monica office on Wilshire Blvd. Their Zillow profile describes them as "one of the Westside's most trusted real estate teams," built on deep neighborhood knowledge and a personal, steady client experience.

Sherri Noël entered real estate in 2000 as a solo agent and trained at Coldwell Banker's Brentwood office, building a specialty in luxury marketing over the past 25 years. Her team's Keller Williams Advisors office sits directly on the Brentwood/Santa Monica border. Note: her brokerage's physical office is in Brentwood (Los Angeles) rather than Santa Monica itself — included on the strength of her Zillow profile surfacing in Zillow's own Santa Monica agent search and her Westside-wide practice area.

Pence Hathorn Silver (branded as the Luxury Property Group) is a long-established, multi-agent Compass team headquartered in Santa Monica. Their own profile describes them as "the #1 team in Santa Monica," with more than three decades of combined market experience and consistent national and California top-producer rankings. This is a genuine team-page entry — reviews and stats reflect the combined team, not one individual.

Sabine Pleissner is a Compass agent based in Santa Monica with 19 years of experience and a reputation, per her Zillow reviews, for work ethic and honesty that has built "a thriving referral business." Her specialty list spans both sides of the transaction along with property management, first-time buyer guidance, and investment property work.

Scott Price is a Compass broker with 21 years of experience leading his own team on the LA Westside. Zillow reviewers describe his service as going "above and beyond" with "advocacy...beyond exceptional." His recent sales activity spans roughly $540K to $6.2M, averaging around $1.6M per transaction.

Richard Schulman leads a 13-member team at Keller Williams Los Angeles that his own profile describes as "the #2 Keller Williams Team in the World" (a self-reported ranking, not independently verified by this research pass). The team has been active since 2004, has the highest review count in this directory at 584, and handles both primary residences and investment properties across the greater LA area.

Regina Vannicola leads her own real estate group at Compass, based in Santa Monica, with 22 years of experience. Her Zillow profile is noted for "expertise in the Santa Monica neighborhood" and a full-service approach that includes support for clients managing transactions remotely.

Megan Whalen is a Compass Realtor with 22 years of experience, described by Zillow reviewers as "responsive, professional, personable, and knowledgeable," including handling of trust sales and first-time homebuyer transactions. Her recent activity includes 10 sales in the past 12 months across a $693K–$3.9M range, averaging roughly $2M per sale.

Keri White leads the Human Element Real Estate team, headquartered on Montana Ave in Santa Monica, with 21 years of experience. Client feedback highlights her responsiveness and guidance through the transaction process, with 17 sales in the past 12 months averaging around $1.6M.

David Yun leads Eighty8 Group at Compass' Santa Monica office, representing both buyers and sellers across luxury/residential homes, condos, and income properties. His profile notes prior experience as a top producer on a globally ranked team, plus a background in real estate development. Cross-market note: this same team also appears on this agency's separate Pacific Palisades directory (its Compass affiliation and service area legitimately span both markets) — flagging this overlap for the client/developer's awareness rather than treating it as an error.