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Content is loading, please wait.West Metro · Hennepin County
Rankings updated August 2026
Minnetonka is the west metro's deep, liquid middle market — wooded lots and a median list price around $585,000. It spans parts of Minnetonka ISD 276 and Hopkins ISD 270, making address-level boundary verification a frequent buyer question. Inventory moves quickly here, so responsiveness and boundary knowledge matter more than lakefront specialization.
| # | Agent | Score | Focus | Brokerage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Houghton | 9.4 | Waterfront | MN Property Group · RE/MAX Results |
| 2 | Ellen DeHaven | 9.2 | Luxury | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 3 | Bryce Caldwell | 9.1 | Waterfront | RE/MAX Advantage Plus |
| 4 | Graham Smith | 9.1 | First-Time Buyers | The Graham Smith Team · Keller Williams Integrity Lakes |
| 5 | Brian Scates | 9.0 | Relocation | Scates Real Estate |
| 6 | Jeffrey Dewing | 8.8 | Luxury | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 7 | John Schuster | 8.8 | Luxury | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 8 | Kristi Weinstock | 8.8 | Luxury | The Weinstock Group · Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 9 | Brandon Doyle | 8.7 | New Construction | RE/MAX Results |
| 10 | Daniel Gustafson | 8.7 | Luxury | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 11 | Josh Pomerleau | 8.6 | Relocation | JPW Realty |
| 12 | Tom Nicklow | 8.6 | Waterfront | Minnetonka Realty, Inc. |
| 13 | Becky O'Brien | 8.5 | Waterfront | RE/MAX Results |
| 14 | Kelly Brown | 8.4 | — | BROWN & CO Residential, eXp Realty |
| 15 | Gregg Larsen | 8.3 | Luxury | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 16 | Michael Hall | 8.3 | Waterfront | RE/MAX Advantage Plus — The Hancock Real Estate Group |
| 17 | AJ Pettersen | 8.2 | First-Time Buyers | Pemberton Real Estate (The Advisory Realty Group) |
| 18 | Jaclyn Gavzy | 8.1 | New Construction | Compass |
| 19 | Katie Fears | 8.1 | First-Time Buyers | Leicht Fears Group · Edina Realty |
| 20 | Kent Stoa | 8.0 | — | Coldwell Banker Realty |
| 21 | Aaron Argent | 7.9 | Relocation | Real Estate Masters |
| 22 | Andy and Teresa Mitchell | 7.7 | Luxury | Edina Realty |
| 23 | Miriam Johnson | 7.3 | — | Coldwell Banker Realty |
Profiles compared
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Based in Minnetonka
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Listed service area
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Editorial area match
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Area match distinguishes a recorded home base, a stated service area and a manually curated editorial assignment. None by itself verifies a recent closing in Minnetonka; ask candidates for relevant recent examples.
$127K–$1.9M
Joe Houghton operates Minnesota Property Group under RE/MAX Results in Plymouth. Minnesota Commerce showed resident-broker license 40503429 Active through June 30, 2028 when checked August 2, 2026. His biography claims 1,600-plus career sales since 2002, while Zillow separately displayed 1,597 team sales, 20 in the prior 12 months and 183 team reviews at a displayed 5.0.
$185K–$8.8M · 2 reviews
Ellen DeHaven leads a Coldwell Banker Global Luxury team in Wayzata and held an Active Minnesota resident-salesperson record when checked August 2, 2026. RealTrends reports 9 individual sides and $22.01M for 2025, while Homes.com displayed 82 closed sales and $170.9M over five years. Her $800M career-sales and 300-plus lakeshore-sales figures remain first-party claims, not independently reconciled career totals.
$126K–$891K · 27 reviews
Bryce Caldwell is a Minnetonka-based RE/MAX Advantage Plus agent whose strongest public differentiator is a library of sourced west-metro and Lake Minnetonka due-diligence guides. Zillow displayed 27 reviews at 5.0, 17 sales in the prior 12 months, 62 total sales and a $126K–$891K range when reviewed. His own About page claimed 64 career sales, so the two totals remain separate rather than being blended.
$150K–$2.8M · 119 reviews
Graham Smith leads The Graham Smith Team at Keller Williams Integrity Lakes. Zillow displayed 119 team reviews at a 5.0 average, 80 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 1,419 total team sales when this profile was reviewed. Those figures describe the team—not Graham's individual production—and replace earlier unsourced cross-platform and career-volume totals.
$300K–$1.2M · 155 reviews
Brian Scates leads Scates Real Estate from Wayzata. Redfin displayed 155 reviews at a 4.9 average, license 20529014 and 756 homes closed when reviewed. Zillow separately displayed 120 team reviews, 52 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 941 total team sales. The 800-plus career figure appears in profile biography copy and is kept as an attributed claim rather than an audited individual total.
$263K–$7.6M · 24 reviews
Jeffrey Dewing is a Coldwell Banker Realty luxury agent in Wayzata with an Active Minnesota resident-salesperson record when checked August 2, 2026. RealTrends reports 46 individual sides and $134.10M in 2025 volume, ranking first in Minnesota by individual volume for that edition. Zillow's separate July 18 snapshot displayed 24 reviews, 35 trailing-12-month sales and 615 total recorded sales.
$15K–$2.9M · 326 reviews
A high-volume Coldwell Banker team with independently verified 2024 production of 282 sides and $125.61M. Zillow displayed 326 team reviews at 5.0 and 217 trailing-year team sales; none should be read as John's individual totals.
$475K–$3.9M · 9 reviews
Kristi Weinstock is a Coldwell Banker Realty agent in Excelsior with a first-party Lake Minnetonka and west-metro focus. Zillow displayed nine reviews at a 5.0 average, 53 sales in the trailing 12 months, 814 total recorded sales and a $130,000-to-$4.5 million sold-price range when this profile was reviewed. Coldwell Banker's experience and award statements remain attributed brokerage claims.
$220K–$750K · 139 reviews
A second-generation, tech-forward Maple Grove team pairing an outstanding review record with genuine new-construction expertise.
$150K–$3M · 1 reviews
Daniel Gustafson is a Coldwell Banker Realty agent in Wayzata. Minnesota Commerce showed salesperson license 40402029 Active through June 30, 2028 when checked August 2, 2026. A separate 2016 Commerce consent order imposed a $5,000 civil penalty, a 30-day suspension, ethics education and mortgage-satisfaction terms; that historical order is not a claim of current suspension.
$18K–$1.7M · 321 reviews
Josh Pomerleau co-founded the Pomerleau Team and JPW Realty. Zillow displayed 321 team reviews at 4.9, 338 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 4,892 total team sales when reviewed. Coon Rapids is a named service area, but the operation is based in Maple Grove and its figures cover all team members.
$250K–$1.5M
Tom Nicklow has run Minnetonka Realty, a brokerage carrying the city's name, as broker/owner for the past 14 years, inside a firm with more than three decades of history there. He has sold Twin Cities residential real estate since 1984, holds the NAR's GRI designation, and was named a Mpls/St Paul Magazine "Super Agent" in 2023 and 2024. He works alone rather than leading a team, and covers a broad mix of property types — lakeshore, distressed, land — rather than one narrow niche.
$175K–$660K · 66 reviews
A 25+-year Maple Grove veteran whose electrician/housing-inspector background gives real technical edge on rural, acreage, and lakeshore deals.
$65K–$2.4M · 173 reviews
A high-volume eXp Realty team with a clearly defined social-media listing strategy and current Plymouth activity. Zillow displayed 173 team reviews at 5.0 and 126 team sales in the prior year; Realtor.com separately displayed 6 verified reviews at 4.5, so both platform snapshots are disclosed rather than blended.
$275K+
A 30-year Lake Minnetonka waterfront specialist — strong for lakefront or luxury business, less suited to a budget starter-home search.
$350K+ · 58 reviews
A Chanhassen-office broker-owner with a genuine lake-property niche and real, verifiable reviews behind him.
$51K–$2.6M · 791 reviews
AJ Pettersen leads The Advisory Realty Group, now part of Pemberton Real Estate following a January 2026 merger. Zillow displayed 791 team reviews at 5.0 and 514 team sales in the trailing 12 months; those figures describe the 38-member team, not AJ's individual production. Pemberton identifies AJ as its Hopkins office leader, while Zillow lists Saint Louis Park among the team's service areas.
$450K–$1.8M
A marketing-background Compass agent posting real $10M-plus annual volume across Minneapolis and the West Metro, verified by RealTrends rather than just self-reported.
$180K–$1.2M · 6 reviews
Katie Fears is an active Edina Realty agent in Eden Prairie (part of the Leicht Fears Group) with a fast-growing practice — 61 homes sold and 21 in the last year, at a perfect 5.0 across her reviews. She's a strong, responsive choice for mid-market buyers and sellers across Eden Prairie and the west metro, from first purchases up to about $1.2M.
$350K–$950K
A genuine Chanhassen resident since 2005 who has built his practice specifically around the city and its ISD 112 school district.
$145K–$630K
A solo agent headquartered in Blaine with a decade-plus track record and a 4.8-star Redfin rating, covering an unusually wide swath of the metro.
$285K–$1.7M
An Edina Realty husband-and-wife team with Minnetonka named explicitly as one of four core southwest-metro markets.
$450K–$875K
A solo Coldwell Banker agent with confirmed transactions inside Minnetonka and an unusually hands-on read on home condition from a prior career in TV home improvement.
Ranking disclosure
This page compares 23 researched agents serving Minnetonka. The displayed order follows the published five-factor score. The math is fixed; the five input scores are editorial evaluations of the public evidence available through August 2026.
In Minnetonka, prioritize an agent who can help verify the Minnetonka 276 and Hopkins 270 boundaries using official resources and move quickly in a fast-turning market. Consumers should evaluate school information using their own criteria rather than an agent's neighborhood rating.
By Minnesota Top Agents' current five-factor editorial score, the first three agents in this published Minnetonka comparison are #1 Joe Houghton (9.4/10), #2 Ellen DeHaven (9.2/10), and #3 Bryce Caldwell (9.1/10). Numbered order follows the published score formula; it is not an MLS production ranking or a guarantee of fit.
Minnetonka is split between Minnetonka ISD 276 and Hopkins ISD 270; the boundary matters, so confirm the address.