PHOTO: Auckland’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents. FILE
The Names Dominating Auckland Real Estate Right Now
Who are Auckland’s best real estate agents?
It’s one of the most searched property questions in New Zealand.
The reality is there is no perfect answer.
Some agents dominate through sales volume.
Others through luxury property.
Others through client reviews, suburb dominance, auction performance, longevity, reputation or social influence.
So we decided to take a different approach.
Using a combination of:
- RateMyAgent review data
- Market visibility
- Industry awards
- Sales performance indicators
- Agency influence
- Public reputation
- Market share
- Industry recognition
- Longevity and consistency
we created our 2026 Property Noise AI Rankings.
These rankings are not based purely on commission earned or internal franchise awards.
Instead, they reflect who consistently appears among the most recognised, influential and talked-about agents across Auckland’s property market.
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🏆 The Top 20
1-20
- Megan Jaffe
- Owen Piggott
- Ross Hawkins
- Daniel Coulson
- Steve Koerber
- Jayne Kiely
- Antonia Dickson
- Murray Cleland
- Terry King
- Ricky Ellis
- Chris Greenslade
- Robert Ashton
- Sonia Theodorus
- Gary Wallace
- Grant Lynch
- Kanta Lala
- Bob Qin
- Fiona Li
- Benjamin Neal
- Selina Zheng
📈 The Next 30
- Howard Sidnam
- Deepak Hariharan
- Kendall van Straalen
- Josh Coombes
- Nic Mayhew
- Nick Gilbert
- Sharene Temple
- Alina Yang
- Diego Traglia
- Rachel Millard
- Shane Coote
- Brent Bastin
- Anna James
- Carl Watkins
- Carl Madsen
- Simone Dredge
- Aaron Foss
- Lana Huang
- Lawrence Tian
- Kathy Xu
- Cindy Bishop
- Michael Ma
- Tom Rawson
- Fraser Robertson
- David Rainbow
- Josh Powell
- Ben East
- Richard Lamb
- Steve Pennington
- Phil Parker
🏠 Positions 51-100
- Aaron Paterson
- Matt O’Brien
- Lisa Crowe
- Jason Hennessey
- Kelvin Davidson
- Simon Prasad
- Nicky White
- Karen Spires
- Ian Small
- Adrian Chisholm
- Karen Carlson
- Ben Guild
- Carl Muir
- John Lantz
- Stephen King
- Dean Burrell
- Vanessa Williams
- Lisa Westerby
- Brett O’Donnell
- Shane Cortese
- David Ding
- Steven Field
- Vicki Broker
- Peter Tanner
- Carl Andersen
- Jo Wong
- Michael Wood
- Jason Huan
- Calvin Choi
- William Ma
- Emma Campbell
- Sarah Liu
- Richard Long
- Peter Sullivan
- Mike Pero
- Mark Ellis
- Nick Goodall
- Rachel Glucina
- Steve Duggan
- Mark Honeybone
- James Law
- Darren Brady
- Dean Gardens
- Lisa Zhang
- George Wang
- Jeremy Wang
- Colin Leung
- Tony Jiang
- Ryan Yue
- Michael Zhang
📊 What The Rankings Actually Show
One thing became very clear while compiling this list:
There is no single Auckland property market.
There are dozens.
The best-performing agent in:
- Remuera
- Epsom
- Ponsonby
- Howick
- Albany
- Takapuna
- Papakura
- Flat Bush
- Titirangi
may be completely different.
Local market expertise remains one of the strongest indicators of success.
🏆 The Agencies Dominating Auckland
Agency data also reveals several brands continue to dominate Auckland market share and customer review performance.
Leading names include:
- Ray White Remuera
- Barfoot & Thompson
- Bayleys Real Estate
- Harcourts Property Ventures
- Ray White Manukau
Ray White Remuera continues to be one of the most dominant agencies nationally, winning multiple major RateMyAgent awards and maintaining exceptionally strong review performance.
🤔 What Sellers Should Actually Look For
Before choosing an agent, ask:
✅ How many homes have you sold in my suburb?
✅ What is your auction success rate?
✅ What percentage of listings actually sell?
✅ How many repeat clients do you have?
✅ How many verified reviews do you have?
Because while rankings are interesting, the best agent is ultimately the one who delivers the best result for your property.
And that is different for every seller.